Lunar New Year Festival Vancouver

This year the lunar new year begins on february 5 2019 but many of the festival events begin at the end of january.

Lunar new year festival vancouver. It s also the traditional new year mark for korean vietnamese and many other east asian cultures so for multicultural vancouver which had residents from china even before the city incorporated in 1886 the new year is a huge celebration and events extend into. Chinese new year the lunar new year based on the chinese calendar isn t just a customary festival for the people of china. The lunar new year is celebrated in vancouver with lion dances colorful parades vibrant street fairs and the lunar fest a massive cultural event.

Spring festival parade is the highlight of lunar new year celebrations. Lunar new year festival aims to highlight the abundance of events happening across vancouver and richmond canada celebrating spring chinese new year and traditional asian new year. Year of the rat creative chinatown fair.

Sunday january 26 2020 11 00 am 1 30 pm. The fair will feature amazing lunar new year art crafts and foods created by 20 local artists and vendors. Lunarfest 2021 celebrates the year of the ox like no other.

The creative chinatown fair is coming back on sunday january 26 the day of the 47th vancouver chinatown spring festival parade. With 2020 comes the year of the rat the first of all zodiac. Vancouver chinatown spring festival parade.

Celebrations start at vancouver s historic chinatown with the annual chinese new year parade which has been held by the chinese benevolent association of vancouver since 1979. The event is inclusive to all cultures and celebrates the lunar new year in general so not specifically the chinese new year although they take place at the same time. This is vancouver s chinese new year signature event and features the largest assembly of traditional lion dance teams in canada and of course dozens of performing troupes acrobats marching bands cultural performers and parading dragons.

Lunarfest vancouver is an annual festival that takes place around chinese new year each year and includes family friendly activities and entertainment. The festival is your guide to discovering a whole new world of festive traditions at a myriad of independent events across the region.