Find tickets & information for 2025 Lunar New Year | Gold Coast. happening at Chinatown, Gold Coast, Southport, QL on Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 03:00 pm AEST. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. Celebrate the Year of the Snake in Chinatown with entertainment, amazing food deals, kids’ activities and fireworks! 2025 is the Year of the Snake, representing wisdom and transformation. Festivities will be kicking off at 3pm on Davenport and Young Streets where you can enjoy colourful entertainment including: fireworks finale at 7:30pm! Get ready for the ultimate Lunar New Year celebration at Southport’s Chinatown on Saturday 1st February! From 3pm, the streets will come alive with $5 plates, lion and dragon dancers, buzzing market stalls, and fun activities like lotus origami and Chinese calligraphy. When is Lunar New Year 2025 and where can you celebrate it in Australia? By Josh Hohne. 3:05pm Jan 28, 2025. Tweet; Also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year Highlights of the Chinese Lunar New Year 2025 showcase hosted by the Chinese Museum in Melbourne feature the annual Chinatown street festival on 2 February, 申城 1939/Immersive Theatre role play game and The Legend of the White Snake – A Timeless Tale of Love, an exhibition of Yangliuqing hand-painted wood block paintings. The three-week 📅 Date: Thursday, 13 February 2025 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM 📍 Venue: Yuyin Chinese Cuisine (Australia Fair Metro, 58 Scarborough Street, Gold Coast, QLD 4215) This is a celebration you won’t want to miss! Let’s come together to celebrate the Chinese New Year and make it an evening to remember! Hong Kong Airlines has resumed Australian services after six years, arriving on the Gold Coast in time for 2025 Lunar New Year celebrations. The seasonal service will deliver 5,000 seats into the Gold Coast over the next four weeks until 15 February, boosting tourism and trade over the festive period. Join us to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New Year on Saturday 1 February in Chinatown, Southport! 2025 is the Year of the Snake, representing wisdom and transformation. Festivities will be kicking off on Saturday 1 February at 3pm on Davenport and Young Streets where you can enjoy colourful entertainment including: 2025 Lunar New Year | Gold Coast at Chinatown, Gold Coast, Davenport St & Young Street, Southport QLD 4215, Australia, Southport on Sat Feb 01 2025 at 03:00 pm to 07:30 pm 2025 is the Year of the Snake, representing wisdom and transformation. Festivities will be kicking off on Saturday 1 February at 3pm on Davenport and Young Streets where you can enjoy colourful entertainment including: lion and dragon dancers; market stalls; kids’ activities (including lotus origami making, woodblock painting and Chinese 📅 Date: Thursday, 13 February 2025 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM 📍 Venue: Yuyin Chinese Cuisine (Australia Fair Metro, 58 Scarborough Street, Gold Coast, QLD 4215) This is a celebration you won’t want to miss! Let’s come together to celebrate the Chinese New Year and make it an evening to remember! The Chinese Lunar New Year 2025 will begin on January 29 and end with the Lantern Festival on February 12. Celebrations may last 16 days, starting from New Year's Eve on January 28. The year 2025 Chinese New Year 2025, the Year of the Snake, falls on January 29, 2025 Gold Coast Hotel & Casino: Thursday, Feb. 6: 8:00 p.m. begins at the Bingo escalator on Operating seasonally from 17 January to 15 February 2025, the service covers four flights per week for a four-week period for the Chinese Lunar New Year. What Is Lunar New Year? Lunar New Year for 2025, is January 29th (Wednesday) and it changes date every year, as the date of the Chinese New Year is determined by the lunar calendar. Lunar New Year is a huge annual celebration that follows the lunar calendar instead of the regular calendar. Ring in the Lunar New Year with a feast to remember! Explore Australia Fair Metro’s specially curated Dining Guide, showcasing the best places to indulge in festive Chinese cuisine and discover new dining experiences. Lord Mayor Nick Reece shared, "There is only one place to ring in the Chinese Lunar New Year and that's at our historic Chinatown Precinct." "Last year, more than 200,000 people flocked to Chinatown to celebrate and with new activations galore I can't wait to see what's in store as we make new memories and transition from the dragon to the snake." Walk through Chinatown right now, and you’ll see stacks of red envelopes blanketing shelves, markets with overflowing displays of ripe pomelos, and families dressed up for Lunar New Year celebrations. The year of the snake kicks off Wednesday, and the 15-day new year celebration will be marked across many cultures. Indulge your tastebuds with special menus at Uncle Su. From traditional favourites to the more exotic dishes, your dining experience at Uncle Su will be one worthy of a Lunar New Year celebration. WHEN. 1 – 28 February 2025 According to Chinese cosmology, each year is associated with one of the five basic elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, resulting in a 60-year cycle. Thus, 2025 is also known as the Year
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