Events On This Month

Chinese New Year 26th of January - 20th of February

Chinese New Year is the biggest festival of the year in Chinese communities & is based on the lunar & solar calenders. The main areas for the celebrations will be in Chinatown, The Strand, Trafalgar Square & Leicester Square. The celebrations are very colourful with Dragon & Lion dances, Chinese arts, contemporary Chinese music & folk dancers Chinese acrobats, Shaolin monks performing their martial arts & firework, firecrackers, all these are intented to to scare away any evil spirits & bad fortune for the coming year, admission is free.