The City of Sydney will offer over two weeks of family-friendly music, feasts and performances as celebrations welcoming the Lunar New Year kick off.
The Sydney Lunar Festival will include a bigger Sydney Lunar Streets featuring its own carousel, a 43-metre walk-through lantern installation with more than 750 individual lights, lion dancing and colourful banner galleries brightening up the footpaths.
Sydney hosts one of the largest celebrations of the Lunar New Year outside Asia, and the City of Sydney has overseen the festival for 30 years.
“All of Sydney is embracing the festival, with increasing numbers of people from communities that don’t traditionally celebrate the Lunar New Year taking part and attending events,” says Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney.
“People born in the Year of the Horse are believed to be hard-working, independent and warm-hearted, traits that embody some of the key values of Sydney.
“The lasting impact of our hard work to revitalise Haymarket can be seen along the rejuvenated Dixon Street and is exemplified by the majestic Chinatown gates, whose restoration was completed in June 2025. These exciting improvements balance respect for the area's history with contemporary cultural expression will keep Dixon Street buzzing for generations to come."
Sydney Lunar Festival runs until March 1.
Giant Jenga, Connect 4 and Snakes and Ladders will be some of the oversized games available to play during the final festival weekend on Hay Street.
Associated events including art exhibitions, food and drink offerings, talks, tours, performances and workshops hosted by several organisations and businesses will also take place throughout the festival.
Visit sydneylunarfestival.com for more info.
Image: City of Sydney, Abril Felman/Phoebe Pratt
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