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 A map of the Dragon Parade route and other Manchester events for Chinese New Year. The full guide to the map is at the bottom of the page. Find out what it means if you are born in the Year of the 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 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) Celebrate Chinese New Year in Manchester, as we welcome the Year of The Snake. Map. Click here to view map. Opening Times. Season 1 Feb 2025 - 2 Feb 2025 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 Chinese New Year celebrations are set to take over the city this February, with plans including a huge dragon parade, live performances and fantastic food. Taking place across Sat 1 Feb & Sun 2 Feb, the famous red lanterns will transform the city’s streets as they come alive with a vibrant array of free, family-friendly festivities. 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 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 Sunday 11th February: The Dragon Parade (led and managed by FCAM and Manchester City Council) 2024 Footfall +13% increase in footfall across Chinese New Year weekend v 2023 [10th and 11th February v 21st and 22nd January 2023] +16% increase in footfall for the Dragon Parade v 2023 Dragon Parade [11th February 2024 v 22nd January 2023] 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 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 council, have also seen the city's streets and squares dressed with thousands of traditional red lanterns over the last few weeks in the run-up to 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. 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. The UK’s brightest celebrations. We welcome in the Year of the Snake. Featuring Manchester’s famous red lanterns, live performances, street food stalls, Chinese arts and crafts, stalls and funfair, plus the annual appearance of the city’s dazzling 175ft legendary Dragon Parade. Take a look at the map for Manchester's dragon parade from Albert Square to Chinatown for the Chinese year of the pig 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 Manchester. 10 — 11 February 2024 Entrance is free — Visit now. 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 Dragon. The Dragon is a symbol of power, nobility, honour, luck and success in traditional 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 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
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