The Best Things to Eat, See and Do During Lunar New Year in Brisbane

Concrete Playground
Published on January 20, 2020
Updated on February 07, 2024

Get ready for sensory overload — Lunar New Year is here. Time to fill the streets with fireworks and dancing lions while you alternate between inhaling incredible street snacks and watching the entrancing movements of dragons twist their way through the city.

For the Year of the Rat, the festival will be connecting you with lunar markets, rooftop parties and feasting, feasting, feasting. With so much to do and see, here are a few highlights from Brisbane's Lunar New Year celebrations you shouldn't miss.

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Little Valley's Chinese New Year Festival

Tuesday, January 21 - Saturday, February 1, 2020
Little Valley, Fortitude Valley

Because Lunar New Year calls for parties, potato and truffle spring rolls, and bottomless lychee spritzes.

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Chinese New Year Celebration in The Lanes

Saturday, February 1, 2020
Bakery Lane, Fortitude Valley

Feast on dumplings, knock back sake and eat 'misfortune' cookies.

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Chinese New Year Banquet

Saturday, January 25 - Saturday, February 8, 2020
Donna Chang, Brisbane City

The CBD's Chinese fine diner is putting on a Lunar New Year banquet — with matching wines.

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Technicolour Chinese New Year Night Market

Saturday, February 1, 2020
Multicultural Community Centre, Newmarket

Kick off the new lunar year with a feast of Asian food stalls.

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Lunar New Year in the Chinatown Mall

Saturday, February 1 - Sunday, February 2, 2020
Chinatown Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley

With fire shows, traditional music and workshops — and plenty of food in the vicinity.

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Lunar New Year Party

Saturday, January 25, 2020
Piano Bar by Emporium Hotel, South Brisbane

Celebrate the Year of the Rat with two hours of non-stop dumplings, pork buns and lychee martinis.

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Lunar New Year Rooftop Party 2020

Tuesday, November 30, -0001
Sunnybank Plaza, Sunnybank

Party on a rooftop while making lanterns, dancing to K-pop and enjoying a tasty feast.

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BrisAsia Festival 2020

Saturday, February 1 - Saturday, February 29, 2020
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Feast on Asian delicacies, dance in cosplay to DJs or party on a rooftop.

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