2013 Sydney Chinese New Year Festival

Festival Launch Celebration: 8th of February at Belmore Park
Belmore Park will become a bustling night-time market, complete with sizzling woks, firecrackers, dancing dragons and spectacular live performances.

Chinese New Year Markets: Friday 8th to Sunday 10th February at Belmore Park
For three days and nights, Belmore Park will become a pop-up Asian marketplace with more than 40 stalls from the local Asian community and visitors from Shenzhen.

Twilight Parade: Sunday 17 February from Sydney Town Hall to Chinatown
The highlight of each year's Chinese New Year celebrations, Sydney's annual Twilight Parade will be a feast for the senses with live music, amazing floats, dazzling costumes and beautiful illuminated zodiac lanterns.

Dragon Ball: Saturday 23rd February at Sydney Town Hall
A new addition to this year's festival, the Dragon Ball recreates the premier event of the local Chinese community's social calendar from the 1930s-70s at Sydney's famous Trocadero, where Chinese girls made their debut and Sydneysiders enjoyed glamorous evenings of big-band swing, dancing, supper, cocktails and fancy frocks.

Dragon Boat Races: 23rd and 24th February at Cockle Bay
Don't miss the thrilling competition as these spectacular 12-metre-long boats, featuring the head and tail of a dragon, battle it out in the largest dragon boat racing spectacular in the southern hemisphere.

Snake Snake Snake contemporary art exhibition: 5th to 23rd February at Sydney Town Hall
Celebrating the rich connections between Australia and China, Vietnam and Korea, this extraordinary art exhibition will feature both emerging and established contemporary artists.

Lunar Feasts: 8th to 24th February at participating Sydney restaurants
From dumplings and noodles to barbecues and banquets, some of Sydney's favourite Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean restaurants are serving delicious set-price meals to welcome the Year of the Snake.