BrisAsia Festival is back with an electrifying line-up of food, music, dance & art events from 1-19 February. Celebrating Brisbane’s cultural and creative voice, our Asian cultural heritage and our place in the world, the sounds, sites and tastes of Asia flow through a three-week-long cultural immersion of concerts, parties, community events, cultural learning experiences and storytelling across live and digital platforms.
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How Lunar New Year will be celebrated across Australia in 2021
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The Year of Ox Lunar New Year celebrations have been scaled back in many cities.
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Lunar New Year is usually celebrated with vibrant festivals around the country, featuring Asian food stalls, lion dancing, and cultural performances.
It s a special time comparable to Christmas on the Asian calendar, with more than a million Australians, mostly from the Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese communities, coming together to celebrate their cultures and traditions.
However, the upcoming holiday from February 12 to 26 will look very different from previous years, with many public events either cancelled, scaled back or moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Major festival makes a comeback A year has passed since the COVID pandemic shut down Brisbane’s Chinese New Year celebrations but a rebirth is on the cards with a delicious new addition.
Entertainment by Michelle Collins
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Subscriber only Chinese New Year celebrations in Brisbane s Chinatown Mall and the Holi - Festival of Colours will go ahead next month as part of the BrisAsia Festival. Both events were cancelled last year at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but Brisbane City Council has just announced its BrisAsia Festival is back on from February 1. Celebrate Chinese New Year in the Chinatown Mall.