Newcastle timings for Chinese New Year 2025 parade, its route and full day of celebrations. Traditional dragon and lion dances will form the centrepiece of the main Lunar New Year event in The first day of the Chinese New Year festival this year is Wednesday, January 29 and Chinatown Newcastle has now announced the weekend date for its main event The 2025 Lunar New Year celebrations are set to bring a dazzling display of colour, sound, and tradition to Newcastle’s Chinatown on Sunday 2nd February, marking the Year of the Snake. This much-anticipated event will once again draw crowds to enjoy the vibrant procession, captivating performances, and delicious food offerings! Event in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom by Edmund Ng's Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu, Lion And Dragon Club and Chinatown Newcastle on Sunday, February 2 2025 with 4.8K people interested and 364 people The 2025 Chinese New Year celebrations are set to be a spectacle of colour and sound taking place on Sunday, February 2 in Newcastle’s China Town. Celebrating the Year of the Dragon this year, the popular procession featuring the famous lion and dragon dance, is to begin at Grey’s Monument in the city centre at 11.30am. In Chinese tradition, each year is associated with one of 12 animals. Chinese New Year marks the start of the next animal in the cycle. 2025 is the year of the snake. Find the animal for the year you were born by looking at this article from Britannica Library Also known as the Spring Festival, it's one of the biggest holidays celebrated by the Chinese community and Newcastle's Lunar New Year celebrations are always epic. When is it? Lunar New Year 2025 - aka the Year of the Snake - begins on Wednesday 29th January with Newcastle's official celebrations taking place the following weekend on Sunday Nestled in the heart of the city, Newcastle's Chinatown stands proudly as one of only five in England, providing the perfect backdrop for a splash of colour, sound and taste. The focal point of the celebrations in 2025 is the much-anticipated parade which will return to the heart of city. In 2025 the Chinese New Year falls on Wednesday 29th January & is the year of the Snake, which symbolizes wisdom, intuition, & transformation. The Newcastle celebrations which are free to attend should take place, in Stowell Street, by the Chinese Arch, and nearby locations on Sunday 26th January or Sunday 2nd February but details are yet to be In 2025, Chinese New Year starts on February 2nd and this year it's Year of the Snake. 10:00, 25 JAN 2025 Newcastle timings for Chinese New Year 2025 parade, its route and full day of celebrations READ MORE: Huge Newcastle United fan zone planned in city centre for Carabao Cup final READ MORE: Newcastle's Chinese New Year celebrations confirmed for 2025's Year of the Snake The parade - with Newcastle will celebrate the Chinese New Year this Sunday, 11 February with a whole host of festivities starting with the famous dragon dance parade through the heart of the city centre to Chinatown with drummers and dancers helping to ring in the New Year – the Year of the Dragon. Happy Lunar New Year 2025: The Year of the Snake. Saturday 1 February Clayport Library, Dunelm House (Students’ Union) The Oriental Museum and city centre streets 10.00am - 4.00pm. Free entry. Chinese language, Chinese lion dancing, Craft stalls for children, music and dance performances. Clayport Library Chinese New Year is always a big celebration in Newcastle and the North East, with a vibrant Chinese community welcoming everyone to join in. The READ MORE: I went to Newcastle and it felt more like a European tourism hotspot READ MORE: Newcastle's Chinese New Year celebrations confirmed for 2025's Year of the Snake It uses such occasions Celebrate the year of the Snake - Chinese New Year 2025 In Newcastle Upon Tyne with a bunch of interesting events. From extensive dinners to lantern making workshops in Newcastle Upon Tyne there is a lot to do on the occasion of the Chinese New Year 2025 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Chinese Lunar New Year performances in Center Plaza Celebrate the Year of the Snake at Santa Monica Place! Visit us from January 28th to February 13th and write a wish for the cherry blossom wishing trees, stand under the red and gold lanterns in Center Plaza, and grab a photo with all of our festive Lunar New Year décor plus pick up a Lunar New Year craft kit for the kids*. Plus, visit us on Welcome in the Year of the Snake with the incredible Lunar New Year celebrations in Newcastle city centre! Join in the spectacular parade on Sunday 2nd February, starting at Greys Monument at 11:30am and heading down Blackett Street and Gallowgate, before passing through the iconic Chinese Arch and making its way through Stowell Street. Free children's activities, a Chinese tea ceremony and a centrepiece lion dance will be among the attractions at this year's Lunar New Year celebrations in Durham. The annual event - this year
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