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From Wednesday 29 January until Sunday 16 February, the Asian Events Trust with funding from Wellington City Council and other partners, are bringing Paint the Town Red, the Lunar New Year Festival, to Courtenay Precinct and the waterfront. Check out some ways to join in on the festivities below and to celebrate the year of the sssnake. Multicultural Festival 2025 – Celebrating the Chinese New Year. 55 Cable Street Wellington, 6011 New Zealand Phone: +64 (04) 381 7000. Contact us Jobs Media The Chinese New Year activities will run from 6 to 9 p.m., with the lion dance and martial arts demonstrations at 7:30 p.m. Live country rock music by Rough Shot starts at 6:30 p.m. In Chinese culture, a lion dance is typically performed during Chinese New Year celebrations to ward off evil and bring prosperity and food fortune for the new year. Decorate your places with beautiful lanterns and celebrate this event in style. Head to exhibition or get going to dinners and make the Chinese New Year 2025 in Wellington a fancy schmancy affair. There’s a lot to do on this day - Make a lantern, party hard and enjoy the Chinese New Year 2025 in Wellington like never before. Asian communities from all over the world welcome in the Year of the Wood Snake on 29 January 2025. Join us from the 29th of January - 16th of February 2025 to experience an absolutely positively celebration of the Lunar New Year in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, the coolest little capital in the world. The Lunar New Year Festival in Wellington, sponsored by Lee Kum Kee, will take place from 1-16 February 2025 at Wellington’s waterfront, New Zealand. This exciting two-week celebration will showcase a wide variety of events and activities, including food and craft stalls, and cultural entertainment! This will be a fantastic experience of an Asian street market in the coolest little capital in the world. Asian Events Trust is thrilled to bring the Wellington Lunar New Year Festival, sponsored by Lee Kum Kee back for 2024. The festival brings people from diverse backgrounds together to celebrate shared values and hopes for a fantastic year It also marks a return of the capital’s Lunar New Year Festival after a two-year hiatus. Opening the celebrations will be the dragon dance troupe from the Wellington Chinese Sports and Cultural Centre, who will be performing dragon and lion dances at Wellington City, the Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua on Saturday and Sunday ‒ the Lunar New On Sunday, a parade will wind through the streets of Wellington to share the spirit of Chinese New Year. The parade incorporates a variety of festive and traditional music, dances, lions and dragons. The parade starts at 2pm on Sunday, but Tennyson Street will be closed from 9am for the staging area, then there will be rolling lane closures On Sunday, a parade will wind through the streets of Wellington to share the spirit of Chinese New Year. The parade incorporates a variety of festive and traditional music, dances, lions and dragons. The parade starts at 2pm on Sunday, but Tennyson Street will be closed from 9am for the staging area, then there will be rolling lane closures Discover Wellington's best restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs and shops. Calendar. Experience the best and brightest events in town. The SF Chinese Chamber of Commerce has activities and entertainment for all ages. Enjoy Chinese folk dancing, opera, drumming and much more at the entertainment stage on Pacific St. below Grant Ave. Make sure to get a family photo with the giant puppets, dragon and other memorable artifacts from the Parade! Please note: This is a non-smoking event. 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. 40th Annual Wellington Holiday Parade Save the Date. Sunday, December 8, 2024 Parade begins at 1:30 PM. View the event page for more information. In addition to the vibrant celebrations in Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, Soho will also be buzzing with excitement next weekend for the Chinese New Year festivities. As part of the Year of the Snake celebrations, this lively area will host a variety of activities, including traditional Chinese performances, cultural showcases, and street food stalls. Where: Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St. When: Feb. 1, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. Flushing Lunar New Year Parade and Celebration Where: Starts at the 109th Precinct, 37-05 Organisers of Wellington’s Chinese New Year Festival have added an exciting new component to the 2021 festival. The Chinese New Year Zodiac Art Trail is an installation of specially commissioned artworks by locally and internationally based artists around Wellington’s CBD. We chatted with four of the exhibiting artists. HONOLULU (Island News) -- Celebrate Chinese New Year by slithering into the Year of the Snake at the Chinatown Festival & Parade this Saturday. The popular event returns on Jan. 25, 2025 with all Chinese New Year Festival Programme Director, Linda Lim, said the Chinese community is a small but important part of Wellington, making a vital contribution to the city's social and economic NEW LOCATION Wellington Amphitheater 12100 Forest Hill Boulevard. FREE to attend. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year's Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, while some may celebrate for up to a month.
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