The Best Things to Eat, See and Do During Lunar New Year in Melbourne
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, film festivals and feasting, feasting, feasting. With so much to do and see, here are a few highlights from Melbourne's Lunar New Year celebrations you shouldn't miss.
Image: Golden Monkey by Julia Sansone
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Golden Monkey Chinese New Year Party
Sat, 25 Jan, 2020
Golden Monkey, Melbourne
This basement cocktail haunt is welcoming the Year of The Rat with drink specials, a lion dance and live R&B
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Lunar New Year at the NGV 2020
Sat, 25 Jan, 2020
NGV International, Melbourne
Ring in the Chinese New Year with workshops, gallery tours, music and dumplings.
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Chinese New Year at Hawker Hall
Tue, 7 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2020
Hawker Hall, Windsor
Welcome the Year of The Rat with a hearty Chinese banquet or an affordable yum cha feast.
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Chinese New Year Festival at Box Hill Central
Thu, 1 Jan, 1970
Box Hill Central, Box Hill
A 12-hour Lunar New Year celebration with hawker-style markets, 300-person tai chi performances and a roaming dragon dance.
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Lunar New Year Disco
Fri, 7 Feb, 2020
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Melbourne Museum will be filled with queer street dance battles, pop-up bars and roving entertainers for this Lunar New Year celebration.
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Bubble Tea Festival
Fri, 24 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2020
Melbourne Central, Melbourne
A four-day festival in Melbourne's CBD dedicated to the city's best bubble tea makers.