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Vancouver’s Chinatown . When and Where. Vancouver’s Chinese New Year’s parade happens in Chinatown from 11:00 am until about 1:00 or 1:30 pm. After the parade, from around 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm, lion dances take place throughout the neighbourhood. The Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Parade, also known as the Vancouver Chinese New Year Parade, takes place on the Sunday after the Lunar New Year. In 2025 the 51st edition of the parade happens on Sunday, February 2nd. 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. Vancouver’s Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) Parade returns on Sunday, February 11, 2024, starting at 11:00 am at the Millenium Gate (000 Block W Pender). The parade will head east on Pender until Gore, then take a right and proceed on Gore until Keefer, then take another right and proceed west on Keefer until the end point at Carrall. Vancouver’s 51st Chinatown Spring Festival Celebration is set to captivate the city this Spring! The festival and parade will take place on Sunday, February 2, 2025. It marks the start of Lunar New Year festivities and welcoming the Year of the Snake. RELATED: 29 Fun Things To Do In Metro Vancouver This January Last year, the 50th Golden Jubilee celebration attracted nearly 200,000 spectators from near and far. This year marks the start of a new era, as the Spring Festival Celebration enters its second 50 years. A wide array of events will take place on February 2, 2025 (Year of the Snake, Lunar New Year’s 5th day), in Vancouver’s Chinatown. The 50th Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Celebration is happening on Sunday, February 11, 2024, the second day of the Year of the Dragon. The popular event is expected to draw over 5,000 participants and 100,000 spectators to the neighbourhood, with family-friendly activities, live entertainment, and more for everyone to enjoy. What: The 51st Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Celebration is happening on Sunday, February 2, 2025, the fifth day of the Year of the Snake. The popular event is expected to draw over 5,000 participants and more than 100,000 spectators to the neighbourhood, with family-friendly activities, live entertainment, and more for everyone to enjoy. Festivities continue with the free Spring Festival Cultural Fair at the Chinese Cultural Centre and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Plaza from 2 to 4 pm, with multicultural artistic performances and more for all ages to enjoy. Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Celebration and Parade. When: February 2, 2025 Time: 11 am (parade start), 2 to 4 pm (fair) The 50th anniversary of the Chinatown Spring Festival Parade took place on Sunday in Vancouver's historic Chinatown neighbourhood. It is one of the biggest celebrations of the Lunar New Year in Lunar New Year Events in Downtown Vancouver. Chinese New Year events in downtown Vancouver usually include Lunarfest, Asian-themed films at FlyOver Canada, the Parade in Chinatown, Lunar New Year activities at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, festivities at Chinatown Plaza and celebrations at the International Village Mall. One of the city’s largest annual parades is returning to Chinatown next month to help kick off Lunar New Year celebrations in Vancouver. The 51st Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Celebration is happening on Sunday, February 2, 2025, the fifth day of the Year of the Snake. The popular event is People reach out to touch a gold ingot from the Chinese God of Wealth, Caishen during the 50th annual Spring Festival Parade through Chinatown for the Lunar New Year in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday Now in its 50th iteration, the Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival brings the masses to watch and participate in the family-friendly parade that beckons in the Lunar New Year. Ring in the Year of the Snake with your favourite local CBC personalities at the Chinatown Spring Festival Parade on Sunday, February 2! Kick off Lunar New Year celebrations in Vancouver's This article contains information about Lunar New Year in general as well as a list of things to do and see during the holiday season in the Lower Mainland. Other articles that might be of interest include Lunarfest Vancouver, Chinese New Year in Vancouver and Vancouver’s Chinatown Spring Festival Parade. The parade is organized by a consortium of six organizations — the Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver, the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver, the Vancouver Chinatown People reach out to touch a gold ingot from the Chinese God of Wealth, Caishen during the 50th annual Spring Festival Parade through Chinatown for the Lunar New Year in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday At a glance: • Feb. 3 – 4: UBC Botanical Garden’s Lunar New Year Market • Feb. 9: Chilliwack Chinese Spring Festival • Feb. 9 – 11: Taste of Chinatown! at Vancouver’s Chinatown Festivities continue with the free Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Fair at the Chinese Cultural Centre and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Plaza from 2 to 4 pm, with multicultural artistic performances, Lunar New Year celebration and more for all ages to enjoy.
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