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Celebrate the year of the Snake in Canada’s oldest Chinatown Presented by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Main event starts at the Gates of Harmonious Interest, featuring an 8 lion performance by the Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club, dragon dance by the Victoria Chinese Public School, and traditional Chinese dances. Celebrate the Year of the Snake in Canada’s oldest Chinatown, presented by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association! The festivities kick off at the Gates of Harmonious Interest with an 8-lion performance by the Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club, a dragon dance by the Victoria Chinese Public School, and traditional Chinese dances. According to the Chinese Zodiac, which follows a 12-year cycle, each year is represented by a different animal, all embodying unique personality traits. This year, Lee noted, is represented by the snake, which symbolizes agility, adaptability, prudence, and transformation. Another key component of the Lunar New Year is the emblematic parade In addition to the popular Lunar New Year parade in Victoria’s Chinatown, set for Feb. 9, Low said his club has booked about 20 public and private lion-dancing performances. The Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club, pictured here performing at Uptown on Jan. 21, 2023, will be performing in the Feb. 9, 2025, Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown. The Victoria Chinatown Lioness Lions Club is hosting their annual Lunar New Year dinner at Don Mee Seafood Restaurant on February 8th. They’re offering 10 courses of delicious Chinese cuisine and the Lion Dancers will be present as well! Tickets are $88 per person, and you can put yourself on the waitlist here. Victoria's original and premier Kung Fu and Lion Dance club, founded in 1974. 2025 Lunar New Years. February 9, 2025. Located in Victoria BC We are pleased to be holding our Chinese New Year Fundraising Dinner again! You are invited to celebrate the Year of the Wood Snake on February 8th, 2025 at Don Mee Seafood Restaurant. We will have 10 courses of delicious Chinese cuisine! To wish us luck, the Lion Dancers will be blessing us as we enter the beginning of the Year of the Wood Snake. Collaboration with Chinese Dance Victoria, Carlton House Oak Bay -(Feb 15 2024) Family Arts Festival at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre -(Feb 19 2024) Premier of British Columbia, David Eby, Hall of Honour in the Legislature Building of BC, Lunar New Year Celebration - (Feb 21 2024) Get ready to slurp xiao long bao and jostle with dragons in Melbourne's Chinatown for Lunar New Year, with festivities kicking off on 29 January 2025. Centred around Little Bourke Street, Melbourne's Chinatown is the second-longest continuous Chinese settlement in the Western world, dating back to 1851 – so it’s no surprise that locals like to get out and celebrate the city’s Chinese Ring in the Year of the Snake by watching late-night lion dances by local lion dance groups in Chinatown. Event Details. Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony & Parade January 29 & February 16 | Manhattan Chinatown Better Chinatown’s annual firecracker ceremony and parade are approaching! Featured in the parade includes an eight lion performance by the Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club, a dragon dance by the Victoria Chinese Public School, and traditional Chinese dances. Lastly, on BC Family Day on Monday, February 19th, the museum will host family-friendly activities, such as Build-Your-Own Family with Lego, a Chopsticks Challenge to As tradition strikes again, lion dancers will be shimmering through the streets of Victoria’s Chinatown to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year. The Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club dancers have been practicing for the annual Grand Parade and several other Lunar New Year performances set for Greater Victoria throughout February. The traditional Chinese Lion dance is a part of Chinese New Year festivities. If the dance is done correctly, it is believed that will bring happiness and lu Celebrate the year of the Dragon in Canada’s oldest Chinatown. Presented by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. Main event starts at the Gates of Harmonious Interest, featuring an 8 lion performance by the Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club, dragon dance by the Victoria Chinese Public School, and traditional Chinese dances. Celebrate the Lunar New Year at Uptown. This year Uptown shopping centre is set to celebrate the Lunar New Year alongside Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club with a traditional Lion Dance! Where: Uptown Shopping Centre, 3440 Saanich Road When: Saturday, January 21st, 12:30 p.m. The Golden Rabbit Chinese New Year Dinner Temper Chocolate and Pastry. Indulge in the Year of the Snake with Temper Chocolate and Pastry’s limited-edition chocolate bar, available from January 20 to February 2. . Priced at $15, this decadent treat features rich chocolate, smooth caramel filling, and an elegant edible snake design, making it an ideal gift or personal indulgence for Lunar New 1 / 1 Three-year-old Ella Wu smiles and waves as the Wong Sheung Kung Fu Club performs a lion dance Saturday at Uptown to mark the Lunar New Year. This is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac. The festivities begin at the entrance gate with an eight-lion performance, a dragon dance and traditional Chinese dances by local groups. After the parade, two lion teams will then visit merchants that hang offerings of lettuce and red envelopes of money for the lions. The 2025 Lunar New Year kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 29, followed by the centrepiece parade in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Feb. 2, and wrapping up with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. Here’s
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