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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 1st and 2nd February 2025, this year’s celebrations promise to be a dazzling display of traditional and contemporary The event is also known as Spring Festival and as Lunar New Year to other Far Eastern countries. READ MORE: Manchester’s Chinese New Year 2025 celebrations revealed with huge dragon parade and Saturday, 1 February and Sunday, 1 February 2025 will be one of the UK’s ‘brightest’ and most colourful events as we welcome the Year of the Snake and celebrate Chinese New Year in Manchester. Bright red lanterns hang resplendently from trees across the city centre as the streets host live performances, stalls and funfair, plus the return 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 Central Library will be celebrating the Chinese New Year of the Dragon with crafts, face painters and performances for the whole family with the following events: Saturday, 1st February 2025 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm : Arts and Crafts, Face Painting, Selfie Booth, and Hanfu Show 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 Important road closure and event information. 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: Chinese New Year Manchester. 1 — 2 February 2025 Entrance is free The UK’s brightest Chinese New Year celebrations are returning to Manchester this February, as the city comes together to celebrate and welcome in the Year of the Snake. The Snake is a symbol of rebirth, wisdom, transformation, luck and authority in traditional Chinese culture. 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. Come and celebrate the Year of the Snake as Jinlong Culture & Performing Arts returns with a spectacular line-up of exciting programmes! After 5 years of dormancy since Covid, the show brings back their 18 metre dragon that illuminates the stage to bring joy and blessings for the 2025 Lunar New Year. The show also features their popular acts including cheerful lions, Britain's best Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year 2025 in Manchester - all the parades, events and celebrations One of the most popular events marking The New Year in Manchester is always the dragon parade Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year and is one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. This year, Manchester’s Chinatown will be transformed into a festive wonderland, with lanterns, music, food, and family-friendly activities creating a magical atmosphere. 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. 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 Festival. Chinese New Year in Manchester is a long-established and internationally recognized celebration, making it one of the largest events of its kind in the UK. The festival spans various parts of the city, including Chinatown, cultural venues, and popular shopping and leisure districts. 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. The Chinese New Year Parade 2025 will celebrate the Year of the Snake on various dates across major cities. In Hong Kong, it’s on Jan 29. In London, it’s on February 2; Chicago’s on February 9; San Francisco’s on February 15; and New York City’s on February 16. 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 Visit Manchester Official (@visitmanchester). 7 Likes. Chinese New Year in Manchester Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February 2025 Celebrate Chinese New Year in Manchester, as we welcome the Year of The Snake. Featuring Manchester’s famous red lanterns, live performances, stalls and funfair, plus the city’s legendary Dragon Parade and illuminated night dragon dance finale. Thousands of red Mumbai: Chinese New Year in 2025 will fall on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.It marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac. The celebration typically lasts for 15 days, ending with the Lantern Festival on February 12, 2025.
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