The Best Things to See, Do and Taste at Sydney Chinese New Year 2016

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The Best Things to See, Do and Taste at Sydney Chinese New Year 2016

Ring in the Year of the Monkey with lunar markets, laneway mini-festivals and contemporary Chinese movies.

Lunar Markets

Why should noodle markets come around but once a year?

Chinese New Year on Kensington Street

Fortune tellers, shadow puppeteers and piles of spicy deliciousness.

K-Pop Party

If you only go to one K-pop gig this year...

New Shanghai Dumpling Eating Competition

How many can you do?

Cinema Alley at Golden Age Cinema

Two Luo Li films in one night.

Lunar Feasts 2016

To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, swing into Sydney's best Asian restaurants for inspired fixed-price feeds.

Monkey Shoulder Pop-Up Whisky Bar

The perfect place to ring in the Year of the Monkey.

Chen Qiulin: One Hundred Names

Picture this: one hundred Chinese surnames carved in tofu.

Mahjong Playlunch

Learn an ancient Chinese game while feasting on dim sum.

Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival 2016

Spend the Chinese New Year with some of the country's latest cinematic exports.

Din Tai Fung's CNY Monkey Buns

Chow down on these adorable little dumplings for Chinese New Year.

The Karaoke Climb

Sing karaoke on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for Chinese New Year.

Dragon Boat Races 2016

Watch 3000 paddlers go for gold in Australia's largest dragon boat competition.

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