In pictures: Chatswood's Year of the Dragon; Our Chatswood Year of the Snake design; Events Sub-menu. Draw your lunar fortune; Festival Eats Sub-menu. What to eat to celebrate Lunar New Year; Lunar New Year Celebration Day 2025 Sub-menu. Stall applications closed; Lantern parade applications; Performers applications open; Fortune Booth Sub-menu In pictures: Chatswood's Year of the Dragon; Our Chatswood Year of the Snake design; Events Sub-menu. Draw your lunar fortune; Festival Eats Sub-menu. What to eat to celebrate Lunar New Year; Lunar New Year Celebration Day 2025 Sub-menu. Stall applications closed; Lantern parade applications; Performers applications open; Fortune Booth Sub-menu Welcome in the Year of the Snake at one of Sydney’s largest Lunar New Year celebrations. With over 130 stalls spread throughout Chatswood on Victoria Avenue from Chatswood Interchange to Archer Street, you'll smell the aroma of steamed dumplings, fried rice, and succulent pork rolls as well as many other flavours from the globe as we all Willoughby City Council is proud to announce the Chatswood Year of the Snake Festival, its premier Lunar New Year celebration for 2025. The vibrant, month-long festival will take place from January 23 to February 16, transforming Chatswood’s CBD into a bustling hub of festivities to mark the arrival of the Year of the Snake. Chatswood will burst to life in colour and movement with lion dancers, performers, musical experiences, food stalls, and finishing with a Lantern Parade. Chatswood is synonymous with world-class Asian food so this year’s Festival Eats food spots, sponsored by SBS Food, will see the city’s restaurants – from hidden local haunts to revered Join us in Chatswood on Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 10 am to 10 pm for Lunar New Year Celebration Day. From street stalls and a fortune booth to cultural performances and a lantern parade, it's a day filled with flavours, fun, and festivities! The Chatswood Year of the Tiger festival is staged thanks to key partnerships with local businesses, media sponsors, and with the support of the Australia China Institute for Arts and Culture, the Chinese Cultural Centre, SBS, Western Sydney University, and Chatswood Culture Bites. CHATSWOOD YEAR OF THE TIGER FESTIVAL EVENT OVERVIEW Lunar New Chatswood will burst to life in colour and movement with lion dancers, performers, musical experiences, food stalls, and finishing with a Lantern Parade. Chatswood is synonymous with world-class Asian food so this year’s Festival Eats food spots, sponsored by SBS Food, will see the city’s restaurants – from hidden local haunts to revered Willoughby City Council is proud to announce the Chatswood Year of the Snake Festival, its premier Lunar New Year celebration for 2025. The vibrant, month-long festival will take place from January 23 to February 16, transforming Chatswood's CBD into a bustling hub of festivities to mark the arrival of the Year of the Snake. Join us for an enchanting evening of cultural wonder at the Chatswood Year of the Dragon lantern parade, where the streets of Chatswood come alive with the glow of hundreds of lanterns from handheld to large displays. There will be vibrant dancers and harmonious melodies of traditional Chinese music by marching bands and performers. In pictures: Chatswood's Year of the Dragon; Our Chatswood Year of the Snake design; Events Sub-menu. Draw your lunar fortune; Festival Eats Sub-menu. What to eat to celebrate Lunar New Year; Lunar New Year Celebration Day 2025 Sub-menu. Stall applications closed; Lantern parade applications; Performers applications open; Fortune Booth Sub-menu Why Chatswood is the Place to Be for Chinese New Year. Chatswood, a bustling and culturally diverse hub, is renowned for its spectacular Chinese New Year festivities. As one of Sydney’s premier festivals, it’s a wonderful opportunity for families to explore Chinese traditions, arts, and delectable foods. Chatswood's Year of the Rabbit Festival to begin on 18 January. Last modified on 01 December 2022. Willoughby City Council is celebrating the Year of the Rabbit as part of its 2023 Lunar New Year celebrations, encouraging visitors to leap in and discover the culinary delights, entertainment and art experiences on offer in Chatswood from 18 January to 12 February, 2023. About us. Chinese New Year Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association and USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice award, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. In pictures: Chatswood's Year of the Dragon; Our Chatswood Year of the Snake design; Events Sub-menu. Draw your lunar fortune; Festival Eats Sub-menu. What to eat to celebrate Lunar New Year; Lunar New Year Celebration Day 2025 Sub-menu. Fortune Booth Sub-menu. Fortune Booth expression of interest; Celebration Day road closures; Lion dancers on At the Chinese New Year Celebration Day on 21 January, the Chatswood CBD will come alive with live entertainment. Other highlights include the Lunar New Year Comedy Festival, a contemporary concert featuring “Australia’s R&B Princess” Milan Ring, lion dances and a new multi-cultural visual arts exhibition. Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival is one of the biggest celebrations outside of China and runs for a couple of weeks with Lunar Markets, Pop Up Food Festivals, Lion Dances, Fireworks and even Dragon Boat Racing on the last weekend of the Festival. Here's how Sydney will be welcoming the Year of the Rabbit in 2023! Sydney Chinese New Year 2024 🏮 Dragon Dance | Lion Dance 🦁 Lanterns Street Parade🎊 in Chatswood in 4K60FPS | 新年龙狮表演 灯笼巡游 悉尼华人区 Chatswood 慶祝 2024 春节 On Saturday 3rd February 2024, Chatswood (north of Sydney CBD) held a Chinese New Year 2024 Year of the Dragon Parade. Every year the main attraction is the Join us to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025, the Year of the Snake with a multilingual Storytime. We will read stories, sing, dance, and make a special snake craft which in Chinese tradition is admired for its beauty and elegance.
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