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Join the festivities for the Year of the Snake in Manchester, with red lanterns, live performances, food, stalls and funfair. Don't miss the Dragon Parade, the illuminated night dragon dance finale, and other cultural events at museums and venues. Manchester’s spectacular Chinese New Year celebrations for 2025 have been unveiled - and will feature a huge dragon parade, acrobatic performances and a food market. Just days after the official Manchester’s legendary Dragon Parade will make its way through the city centre once again next weekend. As Manchester gets ready to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025 – which begins next Wednesday (29 January) and runs through to Sunday 2 February – and mark the ‘Year of the Snake’, the iconic Dragon Parade will be making its grand return to the streets of our city centre next weekend Chinese New Year Celebration at Manchester Central Library . Across the weekend of 1-2 February, Bowen Education will present a cultural exchange event, showcasing the best of Chinese traditions This weekend celebrations will be held in the city centre for Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year falls on Wednesday, 29 January and Manchester’s Chinatown will host a weekend Find out how to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon in Manchester with events, activities and workshops. Enjoy the legendary Dragon Parade, red lanterns, calligraphy, brush painting, cocktails and more. The heart of Manchester will soon come alive with colour, culture and celebration as the city gears up for its much-anticipated Chinese New Year festivities. Taking place on 1 st and 2 nd February 2025, this year’s celebrations promise to be a dazzling display of traditional and contemporary Chinese culture, cantered on the iconic Chinatown The annual Chinese New Year Dragon Parade will take place in the city centre from Oxford Street to Chinatown. There will be further celebrations in the car park and surrounding streets of Chinatown. Road closures. Chinatown From 5am Saturday 1 February to 11.59pm Sunday 2 February: Nicholas Street (George Street to Faulkner Street) With Lunar New Year fast approaching, Hong Kong Cultural Community and co-organisers have announced that a Lunar New Year Market will be making a return to Manchester in 2025. Featuring more than 110 diverse vendors , the market is set to double in scale, offering a mix of cultural festivities, mouthwatering cuisine, and vibrant performances. This weekend, Chinese New Year celebrations will get underway in the city centre as the much-loved dragon parade returns to the streets of Manchester. It's just one of the many ways the city will Chinese New Year 2025, The Year of the Snake falls on Wednesday, January 29, and will be celebrated in Manchester on Saturday, February 1 and Sunday, February 2. Manchester holds one of the Chinese New Year in Manchester is a long-standing internationally recognised festival and one the largest events of its kind in the UK. Events celebrate Chinese culture spanning Chinatown, cultural venues and Manchester’s shopping and leisure districts. Chinese New Year in Manchester (Image: Manchester BID). Throughout the Sunday in Chinatown there will be performances of acrobatics, singing, poetry readings, dancing and kung fu from 12 noon to 7pm. READ MORE: Manchester’s Chinese New Year 2025 celebrations revealed with huge dragon parade and food market. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival and has been celebrated in China for thousands of years, with different types of activities across the different regions of China. Traditionally, the New Year celebrations are It’s that time of year again—Chinese New Year is here, and Manchester is ready to shine! Experience one of the city’s most dazzling celebrations as it comes alive to welcome the Year of the Snake. Stroll through streets adorned with iconic red lanterns, marvel at a shimmering golden dragon, and immerse yourself in captivating live Starting from the 10th of February, 2024 will be the year of the Dragon. People all over the world will join in the celebrations and bring in the lunar new year. Manchester is home to the UK’s second largest Chinatown district, so it’s a perfect place to celebrate. The city has a plethora of incredible Cantonese, Sichuan, Hong Kong and Hunanese cuisine to enjoy with options for all palettes. 🎉🐉 Excited for the Chinese New Year Parade in Manchester 2025? Here’s what to expect: Dragon Parade: Catch the 175-foot dragon weaving through the streets This year’s celebrations, organised by the Federation of Chinese Associations of Manchester (FCAM), in partnership with Manchester City Centre Business Improvement District (BID) and the city Chinese New Year Celebrations in Manchester, 1–2 February 2025, free entry Join many, many others in Manchester’s Chinatown to celebrate the Year of the Snake, with live performances, workshops, food stalls and a funfair on the cards. Lunar New Year is a festival celebrated across Asia, in countries such as Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, as well as China, and it’s always a highlight of the Museum calendar. To reflect the diversity of this colourful celebration, our festivities will feature a range of exciting performances, from a lion dance, traditional Chinese dance and
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