As the footsteps of the New Year approach, the 2025 Chinese New Year Gala is set to begin in grand fashion, inviting you to a vibrant cultural celebration where tradition meets modernity. On this special night, we use art as a bridge to transcend time and space, presenting the richness and diversity of Chinese culture as we joyfully welcome the We would be delighted to welcome you to the Chinese New Year Celebrations 2025, presented by the Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow. This fantastic evening of traditional Chinese performances will take place on-campus (venue TBC) on Friday the 31st January 2025 between 6:30pm and 8:00pm. As the footsteps of the New Year approach, the 2025 Chinese New Year Gala is set to begin in grand fashion, inviting you to a vibrant cultural celebration where tradition meets modernity. On this special night, we use art as a bridge to transcend time and space, presenting the richness and diversity of Chinese culture as we joyfully welcome the Step into the cultural vibrancy of the Chinese New Year Gala for Scotland 2025 — an evening of celebration and enchantment at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall! READ MORE Chinese New Year Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2025 in Glasgow with a variety of things that you can do. Make way for interesting workshop and learn how to create lanterns. 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 Glasgow a fancy schmancy affair. Glasgow City Council has officially launched its Glasgow 850 programme for 2025, a spectacular year-long celebration marking 850 years since the city gained Burgh status! READ MORE Karen Hauer & Gorka Marquez are back with their biggest ever tour for 2025! As the footsteps of the New Year approach, the 2025 Chinese New Year Gala is set to begin in grand fashion, inviting you to a vibrant cultural celebration where tradition meets modernity. On this special night, we use art as a bridge to transcend time and space, presenting the richness and diversity of Chinese culture as we joyfully welcome the Share this event: The Mound Chinese New Year Celebration 2025 Save this event: The Mound Chinese New Year Celebration 2025 Celebrating Lunar New Year's Eve Tue, Jan 28, 11:00 AM Tickets and tables for the Chinese Burns Supper 2025 are now open for sale. The event will take place on Thursday 30th January at Hilton Glasgow. The event will feature a fusion of Burns Night traditions - including a ceilidh - with those of Chinese New Year as a backdrop for black-tie networking and presentation of the China-Scotland Business Other Mandarin films screening at Vue for Chinese New Year include Detective Chinatown 1900 (31 January), the latest instalment in the hugely popular Chinese detective comedy series. Set in the year 1900, the murder of a woman leads to a Chinese man being accused as the prime suspect, but an unlikely detective duo must seek out and find the 25th Jan 2025 to 26th Jan 2025 : 11am - 5pm Celebrate the Year of the Snake when Glasgow's annual Chinese New Year Celebrations return to George Square on Sunday In 2025, Glasgow will host its very own Lantern Festival, bringing a touch of magic and tradition to the city. This festival, rooted in the Chinese custom of lighting lanterns to celebrate the end of the Lunar New Year, will feature a spectacular parade and a grand lantern release, where thousands of lanterns will float into the night sky, symbolizing hope and new beginnings. Chinese Lunar New Year performances in Center Plaza Celebrate the Year of the Snake at Santa Monica Place! Visit us from January 28th to February 13th and write a wish for the cherry blossom wishing trees, stand under the red and gold lanterns in Center Plaza, and grab a photo with all of our festive Lunar New Year décor plus pick up a Lunar New Year craft kit for the kids*. Plus, visit us on We would be delighted to welcome you to the Chinese New Year Celebrations 2025, presented by the Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow. This fantastic evening of traditional Chinese performances will take place on-campus (venue TBC) on Friday the 31st January 2025 between 6:30pm and 8:00pm. Join Focus Hong Kong in January and bring in the Year of the Snake with a specially-curated selection of new and restored classic films. This year’s CNY programme includes the UK Premieres of moving new drama True Love, for Once in My Life, the acclaimed directorial debut of art director and scriptwriter Siu Koon-ho, produced by Fruit Chan, and special screenings of Ray Yeung’s All Shall Chinese New Year 2025 01.01.2025 - 29.01.2025. Prize draw-One entry per customer per gaming day (06:00-05:59), free to enter, last entry Wed 29th Jan,1 minute before draw & 1.45am for the final draw. Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 — the first day of the Lunar New Year. For those who celebrate this ancient festival, starting the Glasgow 2024; Chinese New Year 2025; Previous editions. Celebrating Ann Hui Season; Summer 2024; Chinese New Year 2024; Glasgow 2023; Halloween 2023; Whose Homeland 2023; July 2023; June 2023; CNY 2023; November 2022; Making Waves; May 2022; Chinese New Year 2022; Chinese Visual Festival 2021; Easter 2021; Chinese New Year 2021; Watch now. Q&As Chinese New Year 2025 falls on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, marking the beginning of the Year of the Snake. While the public holiday lasts for seven days (29 January – 4 February 2025), factory closures can extend well beyond this. 2025 Lunar New Year falls on January 29th. The public holiday lasts from January 28th to February 3rd, during which the New Year's Eve on January 28th and the New Year's Day on January 29th are the peak time of celebration. The commonly known New Year calendar counts from the New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival on February 12th 2025.
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