Chinese New Year at Queen Victoria Market

Overview

Ring in the Year of the Rooster at the Queen Vic Market with Chinese food and live entertainment over the next two and a half weeks.

On Saturday, January 28 between 10am and 2pm, the market will play host to a variety of performances, including music acts and a martial arts show. There'll also be a free cooking demonstration by celebrity chef Elizabeth Chong, ahead of a three-course ($80 per person) Chinese banquet — featuring suckling pig, tea-smoked ocean trout and cumquat custard tarts — at Pickett's Deli and Rotisserie from 7pm that evening.

The festivities will continue on the night of Wednesday, February 1 when the Summer Night Market takes on a distinctly Chinese flavour, complete with lion dancers and traditional drumming on the main stage.

Finally, the market will host a two-day lantern festival starting February 11, where you can gorge yourself on delicious Chinese food all weekend long.