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From Wednesday 29 January until Sunday 16 February, the Asian Events Trust with funding from Wellington City Council and other partners, are bringing Paint the Town Red, the Lunar New Year Festival, to Courtenay Precinct and the waterfront. Check out some ways to join in on the festivities below and to celebrate the year of the sssnake. Wellington’s much-loved Chinese New Year Festival rebranded to the Lunar New Year Festival in 2022. Asian Events Trust presented this celebration which became the mainstay of Wellington’s events calendar, providing a platform for local community groups to showcase their talents and engage the wider community to experience and be enriched by vibrant and diverse culture. The Asian Events Trust brings a two-week culinary experience to Wellington for the 2025 Lunar New Year Festival, welcoming the Year of the Snake. Photo / Supplied For the first time, Courtenay Place and participating hospitality venues will be adorned in red and offer specialty cocktails and dishes from 29 January to 16 February in a Sssip and The Asian Events Trust brings a two-week culinary experience to Wellington for the 2025 Lunar New Year Festival, welcoming the Year of the Snake. For the first time, Courtenay Place and participating hospitality venues will be adorned in red and offer specialty cocktails and dishes from 29 January to 16 February in a Sssip and Sssavor The Asian Events Trust brings a two-week culinary experience to Wellington for the 2025 Lunar New Year Festival, welcoming the Year of the Snake. Decorate your places with beautiful lanterns and celebrate this event in style. Head to exhibition or get going to dinners and make the Chinese New Year 2025 in Wellington a fancy schmancy affair. There’s a lot to do on this day - Make a lantern, party hard and enjoy the Chinese New Year 2025 in Wellington like never before. The Lunar New Year Festival in Wellington, sponsored by Lee Kum Kee, will take place from 1-16 February 2025 at Wellington’s waterfront, New Zealand. This exciting two-week celebration will showcase a wide variety of events and activities, including food and craft stalls, and cultural entertainment! The Lunar New Year begins on 29 January, marking the transition from the Year of the Dragon to the Year of the Snake. To welcome the New Year, a free two-week festival programme will run from 1 to 16 February. Courtenay Place kicks off the festivities on 1 February. Dragons, performers, and musicians will take over the street. Part of the 2024 Lunar New Year Festival to mark the Year of the Dragon. A five-hour cultural extravaganza of showcasing the diversity of the talents of Wellington’s community groups. TSB Arena’s stage will light up with a captivating programme of song, dance and music – a visual feast of traditional and contemporary performances. This Saturday 10 February welcomes in the Lunar New Year, a two-week long festival celebrated in Asian cultures. Wellington will be celebrating the festival with a range of community events Join us with your friends and whānau (family) to celebrate Wellington’s vibrant cultural diversity in this annual festival of music and dance! NEW LOCATION Wellington Amphitheater 12100 Forest Hill Boulevard. FREE to attend. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year's Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, while some may celebrate for up to a month. What better way to begin this year’s Lunar New Year Festival experience than to get a birds-eye view of a performance by the WCSCC Dragon Dance Group. The spirit, vitality, soul and charm of the dragon will set the scene for Festival Day, making way for good fortune and luck for all festival-goers visiting TSB Arena and Shed 6. Farewell the Rat and welcome in the Year of the Ox! Welcome to Wellington’s celebration of Chinese New Year Festival; dragons, lions, fireworks, delicious foods, colourful street parade, demonstrations, traditional arts and crafts, free face-painting – we’re planning so much activity, sort your weekend now, and don’t miss out! Asian Events Trust are thrilled to present the 20th annual Chinese New Year Festival in Wellington. Taking place 13-14 February 2021, the festival will encompass a show featuring a festival retrospective, a spectacular fireworks display, a Zodiac art trail, and all the delicious tastes of Asian cui CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL 2021 13-14 February, Wellington. Visit www.chinesenewyear.co.nz or follow Chinese New Year Festival on Facebook for events and updates. For media enquiries and more information please contact: Leah Maclean, Publicist / aetpublicity@gmail.com / 0273359193 On Sunday, a parade will wind through the streets of Wellington to share the spirit of Chinese New Year. The parade incorporates a variety of festive and traditional music, dances, lions and dragons. The parade starts at 2pm on Sunday, but Tennyson Street will be closed from 9am for the staging area, then there will be rolling lane closures From humble beginnings in 2002, Wellington's Chinese New Year Festival has become an important part of the local events calendar, providing a platform Organisers of Wellington’s Chinese New Year Festival have added an exciting new component to the 2021 festival. The Chinese New Year Zodiac Art Trail is an installation of specially commissioned artworks by locally and internationally based artists around Wellington’s CBD. We chatted with four of the exhibiting artists. Supported by Asia New Zealand and Wellington City Council, the Chinese New Year Zodiac Art Trail will feature 12 artworks across discoverable sites in Wellington’s CBD and waterfront. Activations by local performing artists will also be developed at selected sites to further increase the exposure an
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