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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 Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year 2025 in Manchester - all the parades, events and celebrations Culture & Performing Arts returns with a spectacular line-up of exciting programmes at The 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. 1 – 2 February 2025 12pm – 10pm Chinatown. Celebrate Chinese New Year in Chinatown with live performances, stalls, a funfair, Manchester’s famous red lanterns and the city’s legendary Dragon Parade 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 falls on Wednesday, 29 January and Manchester’s Chinatown will host a weekend of festivities on February 1 and 2 to mark the event, which is also known as the Spring Festival Chinese New Year 2025 also known as Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29 and the Manchester dragon parade returns to the city centre on February 1 and February 2 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) Manchester’s legendary Dragon Parade will make its way through the city centre once again next weekend. As Manchester gets ready to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025 – which begins next Wednesday (29 January) and runs through to Sunday 2 February – and mark the ‘Year of the Snake’, the iconic Dragon Parade will be making its grand return to the streets of our city centre next weekend 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. 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 Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year and is one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. This year, Manchester’s Chinatown will be transformed into a festive wonderland, with lanterns, music, food, and family-friendly activities creating a magical atmosphere. This year Chinese New Year will be celebrated on Wednesday 29th January 2025. Most places will have celebrations spanning Tuesday 21st January right through to Friday 20th February 2025. The date of the Chinese New Year changes each year due to the Chinese Lunar Calendar and the new moon. Spring Festival Gala 2025 will begin with a worldwide live telecast on Tuesday (January 28) at 8:00 pm Beijing time. The Chinese community from across the globe and others will watch the Chinese 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. Chinese New Year- Temple in Manchester. On Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese people around the world head to the temples after the family dinner to celebrate the arrival of the Lunar New Year. The temple is open on New Year's Eve from 23:00 to 02:00. 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 Visit Manchester Official (@visitmanchester). 7 Likes. Chinese New Year in Manchester Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February 2025 Celebrate Chinese New Year in Manchester, as we welcome the Year of The Snake. Featuring Manchester’s famous red lanterns, live performances, stalls and funfair, plus the city’s legendary Dragon Parade and illuminated night dragon dance finale. Thousands of red for Chinese New Year and beyond Includes the chance for your pupils’ work to be exhibited during the Festival of Libraries in June 2025 #MCRNJExchange Chinese New Year 2025 manchestercityofliterature.com 7 Contentment is funded by the British Council’s International Collaboration Grants,
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