The 5 best 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year events to celebrate the Year of the Snake (that aren’t in Chinatown) Lunar New Year at London Museum Docklands. Celebrate the new year at our free family festival, just a stone's throw away from London's original Chinatown in Limehouse. Listen to classic Chinese folktales, take part in workshops, get stuck into celebratory crafts and enjoy a Dragon dance. Welcome the Year of the Snake with mesmerizing dragon dances enchanting folktales vibrant crafts and lively community-led events at the London Museum Docklands on 1st Feb 2025. Where you can celebrate the new year at their free family festival just a stone's throw away from London's original Chinatown in Limehouse. LUNAR NEW YEAR: London Museum Docklands is one of the venues going big for Lunar New Year, with a family-friendly all-weekender. Activities include dragon dancing, Chinese folktales and crafting sessions — some events require advance booking. 1-2 February Chinese New Year 2025, the Year of the Snake, falls on 29 January. Now run by the The London Chinatown Chinese Association (LCCA) , the CNY London celebrations began as a small community event in Chinatown more than 20 years ago; the festivities have now become the largest of their kind outside Asia, attracting hundreds of thousands of people From Chinatown to London Docklands, check our full list of events taking place across London on Sunday 11 February to bring in the Chinese New Year in both traditional and extraordinary fashion Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is coming upon us, and soon, it will be time to banish those January blues in a blaze of firecrackers, red lanterns and beating gongs. Chinese New Year 2025 falls on Wednesday, January 29, and will see the Year of the Snake - a symbol of wisdom, intuition, and creativity, seen by many as a time London Museum Docklands, Isle of Dogs; 1 Feb 2 Feb 2025. Celebrate the Lunar New Year a stone’s throw from Chinatown's roots at the London Museum Docklands, who’ll be running a free The London Chinese New Year fun continues across the West End with special performances, workshops and activities, including a showstopping finale in Trafalgar Square around 5pm. Pop along to our beautiful riverside setting and step into 400 years of London Docklands history – free and open to all. Lunar New Year festival. 1 – 2 Feb 2025. Expect acrobatic Lion and Dragon dances in Peninsula Square from 1.30pm, Firepit Art Gallery exhibitions celebrating Lunar New Year; hands-on workshops like woodblock printing, bamboo weaving and Chinese knot-making; live music from Eastern Margins DJs, and the Eternal Market - a vibrant Pan Asian showcase featuring contemporary and traditional fare, brimming with delicious food, unique crafts Chinese New Year at Docklands. District Docklands Celebration Date: Saturday 08.02.20 and Sunday 09.02.20 Time: 11:00 – 19:30 Location: District Docklands. Celebrate the new year in style at District Docklands! Children’s activities, food stalls and vibrant cultural performances will envelop the district and are sure to dazzle visitors big 6. Chinese New Year at London Museum Docklands. The London Museum Docklands offers a cultural dive into Chinese heritage. During Chinese New Year, it hosts exhibitions, traditional dance performances, and workshops that families can attend for free. 7. Lunar New Year at the BFI. Film enthusiasts, assemble! Ballarat - Chinese New Year at Sovereign Hill Bendigo Chinese New Year Celebration Box Hill - Market St and Whitehorse Rd Docklands - Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Festival Footscray East Meets West - Hopkins St Glen Waverley - King's Way Melbourne - Chinatown - Little Bourke Street Melbourne - Chinese Museum Melbourne - Crown Under 5’s Craft Celebrating Chinese New Year at Redbridge Central Library: A special Rhyme time and craft session to celebrate Chinese New Year. 28 January 2025, 10:30-12:00. Free, drop in on first come, first served basis. Under 5s. Chinese New Year crafts at Waltham Forest Libraries: Snake crafts taking place at libraries across Waltham London Museum Docklands - Series. Lunar New Year festival. More info 1 – 2 Feb 2025. Visit in person & get up close to objects. Coming soon. Opening 2026. Coming soon. Docklands was the place to be during last month’s Chinese New Year celebrations, with a tasty lunar market attracting some 85,000 people to the waterfront over 14 days. With plenty of Asian cuisine on offer to satisfy the masses, visitors and locals also enjoyed the trail of illuminated lanterns, moon and stars, pandas, opera masks and a The sound of firecrackers and fireworks, drums and dragons will sweep Docklands during Chinese New Year later this month. Docklands is part of a wider 10-day festival to welcome the Year of the Dog. From dazzling light installations and street performances to outdoor food stalls and vibrant acrobatic dragon dance workshops, colourful Chinese From Chinatown to London Docklands, check our full list of events taking place across London on Sunday 11 February to bring in the Chinese New Year in both traditional and extraordinary fashion When is Chinese New Year celebrated in London in 2025? Lunar New Year at London Museum Docklands. Things to do; Classes and workshops; Isle of Dogs 1 Feb 2 Feb 2025. Photograph: Museum of
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