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Marking the first solar term in a Chinese calendar year and the end of the winter season, Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. While the official Chinese New Year falls today, the 23rd of January, the celebrations last for fifteen days, culminating in Lantern Festival. Most Australian workers don’t enjoy the same official holidays granted to many Taiwanese, Chinese and Singaporeans but festivities are held throughout Australian major cities for weeks either side of Chinese New Year.

Here are some events to check out over the next couple of weeks.

This Sunday the 29th, there’s not one but two festivals taking place in Melbourne – on Barkly Street, Footscray from 10am to 10pm, and in the heart of Melbourne’s Chinatown on Little Bourke Street from 10am to 8pm. The Year of the Dragon celebrations will include dragon dances, new lion dances, Chinese magic shows, and firecrackers. Around 25 stallholders will be offering Asian food, games, giveaways and more.

Tomorrow, the Prahran Market will welcome the Year of the Dragon with attractions including free live entertainment, Chinese cooking demonstrations, lion dancing, a Chinese orchestra and a fortune cookie giveaway, plus a range of Chinese specials from traders. At 163 Commercial Road, South Yarra. Visit prahranmarket.com.au for info

As part of the Chinese Festival at Crown Casino (until February 17th), the Hawkers Bazaar takes place from the 27th to the 29th of January. The world renowned Dragon Tenors will appear daily on stage; other perfomers include the Melbourne Chinese Guzheng (plucked string instrument) ensemble.

Along with dance perfomances and martial arts demonstrations, there’s free face painting, activities and an animal farm for the kids, plus food demonstrations, a karaoke competition, and fireworks spectacular on Saturday the 28th at 10.45pm. Go to crownmelbourne.com.au/events for more info.

Entry is free to the Chinese Museum on Little Bourke Street in Chinatown on Sunday the 29th of January. The 63 metre-long Millennium Dragon will be awakened from its slumber with colourful and lively performances and lion dances, and other special events for the kids will be available from 11am to 4pm. The five floors of the museum include a Chinatown Visitor Centre, a Dragon Gallery displaying three generations of Chinese dragons, the "Finding Gold" below-ground experience, Australia's 200-year Chinese history told through artefacts as well as the story of recent arrivals from all parts of the Asia Pacific region since the 1950s.... READ MORE