Liverpool's Chinese New Year parade will return to the city on Sunday, February 2. To mark the Lunar New Year, there will be city-wide festivities and events with the majority of 11:52, 22 Jan 2025. Comments. What time is the Chinese New Year parade in Liverpool? This year's Dragon and Lion parade starts at 11:15am and finishes at approximately 3:30pm on Sunday Liverpool's Lunar New Year will be marked with music, light shows, parades, installations, activities and pyrotechnics. Full details of the Chinese new year celebrations for Year of the Snake have now been revealed. Explore the vibrant Chinese New Year 2025 celebrations in Liverpool, featuring parades, workshops, and cultural performances. At the heart of the festivities is the iconic Dragon, Lion, and Unicorn Parade, a signature element of Liverpool's Chinese New Year. Taking place on Nelson Street, performers in intricate costumes move rhythmically to the sound of drums and cymbals, believed to bring good fortune for the year ahead. Liverpool is gearing up for a spectacular Lunar New Year celebration, with events honoring Chinese culture, tradition, and community spirit. The Year of the Snake officially begins on Wednesday, January 29 , but the city’s main festivities are planned for Sunday, February 2 . Liverpool’s Bring the Fire Project are also returning to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2025 with their latest spectacular fire production, ‘Serpentine Flames: A Fiery Tribute to the Year of the Snake’ during the finale at Great Georges Square at 4:30pm. Chinese New Year Crafts (1, 8 & 22 February) On Saturday 25 January the Liverpool Hung Gar Kung Fu Friendship Association, Pagoda Arts and award-winning dance company Movema will lead a parade through the city centre, joined by members of the Chinese community and young people from In Harmony and the Shanghai Children’s Palace Orchestras. On Saturday 25 January the Liverpool Hung Gar Kung Fu Friendship Association, Pagoda Arts and award-winning dance company Movema will lead a parade through the city centre, joined by members of the Chinese community and young people from In Harmony and the Shanghai Children’s Palace Orchestras. Celebrate Lunar New Year in Liverpool! Welcome the Year of the Snake with vibrant festivities at Liverpool ONE and across the city. Main celebrations take place on Sunday 2 February in Europe’s oldest Chinatown featuring: 🐍 Traditional dragon, lion, and unicorn parades. 🐍 Firecracker displays, Tai Chi, street theatre, and stage performances 16:56, 25 JAN 2025; Updated 11:32, 27 JAN 2025; Bookmark. The Chinese New Year parade through Liverpool city centre this afternoon (Image: Liverpool Echo) What should you expect from the Chinese New Year event in Liverpool? Liverpool’s Chinese New Year celebrations are a major event in the city’s cultural scene. With its strong ties to Chinese culture—home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe—these festivities provide a colourful and immersive experience that brings the community together in spectacular fashion.The Chinese New Year liverpoolecho.co.uk - Chinatown will become a festival of colour and music to mark the Lunar New Year Chinese New Year celebrations in Liverpool(Image: Liverpool Liverpool Chinese New Year 2025 parade route and times | Flipboard From next week (week commencing 9 January), thousands of Chinese lanterns will adorn the city centre streets around Chinatown and Liverpool ONE, and from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 January, a number of buildings will be illuminated in red in honour of the new year – signifying good fortune and joy to everyone. READ MORE: Full timetable and events for Liverpool's Chinese New Year festival 2025. This year's Dragon and Lion parade starts at 11.15am and finishes at approximately 3.30pm on Sunday This year's parade starts at 11:15am and finishes at approximately 3:30pm. Members of the ECHO's Things to do in Liverpool WhatsApp community will receive the latest details on the events set to A range of traditional, creative and colourful events are available for Liverpool's Chinese New Year celebrations. While the Lunar New Year rings in on Wednesday, January 29, local festivities This year, we are thrilled to be able to celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year Celebrations in person once again. The symbolic Chinese lanterns will decorate the heart of Chinatown, buildings will be lit up red in honour of this age-old tradition, the dragon and unicorn will parade the streets and the stage returns to Great George Square Liverpool's Chinese New Year celebrations will light up the city for a festival of music, sound, dance and colour. This year's celebrations will reach their height on Sunday, February 2 with the Liverpool's Lunar New Year celebrations will reach their height this weekend in a festival of music, dance and colour. Taking place from 11am to 5pm on Sunday, February 2, the special event will
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