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. When is Chinese New Year celebrated in London? Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, always falls between late January and mid-February. In 2025, Chinese New Year falls on 29 January. The 2025 Chinese New Year festival in central London, organised by the London Chinatown Chinese Association (LCCA), takes place on 1 and 2 February. 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. Chinese New Year at the Horniman museum The Horniman Museum celebrates the Lunar New Year with an evening of immersive music , calligraphy workshops, tea tastings and a snake talisman workshop on the 6 Feb 2025. 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 London's Chinese New Year Parade and Trafalgar Square celebrations on 1 and 2 February 2025 Museum of the Home in Hoxton invites you into this British Vietnamese house for Tết. Image: Londonist 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 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 for renewal and spiritual growth. As well as this year's main parade through Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square , for which full details are yet to be released, London will come alive Lunar New Year 2023. ©London Museum. Our address is London Museum Docklands, No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. Learn about the Chinese zodiac Celebrate Chinese New Year with a traditional lion dance by the London Chinatown Chinese Association in the Museum ' s Great Court. Beginning with the customary ' waking ' of the lion, this traditional lion dance is believed to bring good luck and drive away evil spirits. Book free tickets for the Lunar New Year festivities at the National Maritime Museum. Lunar New Year Family Festival at Museum of London Docklands. 10 – 11 February 2024. Welcome the Year of the Dragon at the Museum of London Docklands’s weekend family festival. In Chinatown London you’ll find lion dancing, stalls and plenty of places to stop off for a Chinese New Year feast. Full Schedule of Chinese New Year Events in London: 1st February 2025. 11:00am – 5:00pm: 📍Chinatown: Lion Dance Performances throughout Chinatown; 2nd February 2025. 10:00am – 11:45am: 📍 East of Trafalgar Square to As the Lunar Year dawns, join the Science Museum to celebrate the Year of the Dragon and the opening of Zimingzhong å‡ æ—¶è šç , their new exhibition about Chinese clockwork. Amongst lion and dragon dancers, Chinese drummers, and New Year’s arts and Chinese New Year – Science Museum Lates Read More » Start the new year with a roar! Listen to classic Chinese folktales, learn how to ribbon dance, master martial arts moves and make crafts inspired by this celebration. This family-friendly weekend is perfect way to introduce the little ones to the different traditions of Lunar New Year. Booking required- Booking opens Mon 29 Jan at 9am. Dragon He has previously told “Jimmy’s First Big Chinese New Year”, “Wintermelon Story” and “A New Year’s Reunion” at the Museum of the Home Tony has written and performed his solo play with music “Passion on the Night Tube” at the Vault2020 Festival. Museum of London Docklands Lunar New Year. The museum has been hosting Chinese New Year events since 2003. Karen Garvey, the museum’s programming officer and Spring Festival coordinator Chinese New Year in London: How is the Lunar New Year celebrated and what is my Chinese zodiac sign? Chinese New Year 2022: When is Lunar New Year and how to celebrate in London Museum of London Docklands Lunar New Year celebrations The Chinese New Year Parade. True to the city’s tradition, the largest and most beautiful celebration will be the Chinese New Year parade, with its main stage in Trafalgar Square. With over 300,000 people participating in London's Chinese New Year festivities, the parade promises to bring color to the streets of London. Chinese New Year in 2025 will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 29. In London, the main festivities, including parades and events in Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, are typically held on the weekend following the actual New Year's Day. So, for 2025, the largest public celebrations will take place on the weekend of February 1-2, 2025. THE Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍 is the Science Museum's new exhibition on Chinese clockwork, and at this one-off special Chinese New Year Late, you can delve into the history of timekeeping, with added lion and dragon dancers, Chinese drummers, and New Year's arts and crafts.
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