It's new year time, again, and Fortitude Valley's The Lanes precinct is celebrating. To mark the Year of the Pig, Bakery and California Lanes are throwing together a heap of festivities from 6pm on Saturday, February 9.
All of the bases are covered, so expect a double lion dance moving through both laneways, complete with roving musicians; plenty of food, including Fat Dumpling's finest and MisFortune Cookies getting into the appropriate cookie game; and themed cocktails — lychee martini, anyone? — from The Stand Cocktails and Desserts, King Tiki and TSO Lounge and Dining.
If you'd like to get into the spirit of the date and learn a new skill, you can also drop by earlier in the day, with tea meditation workshops happening at 11.30am and 5.30pm.
While attending the general shenanigans is free, you'll need your wallet for the food and drink side of the fun. And, to take part in the meditative bliss, which costs $30.