Community
18 February, 2024
Lots to do in Chinese New Year
THE annual Chinese New Year Festival continues this weekend and into next week as part of a 15-day program.
Organised by the Cairns and District Chinese Association Inc. (CADCAI), this year’s celebration heralds the arrival of the auspicious year of the wood dragon 2024. It also marks the 20th year since the Cairns Chinese New Year Festival began as community celebration in 2004.
The highlights include a visual arts exhibition with Cairns’ sister city Zhanjiang at the Tanks Art Centre, a Chinese New Year banquet, a yum cha experience, and the grand finale – the lantern festival and fireworks extravaganza on February 25 on the Esplanade Lagoon Plaza from 5.30pm-7.30pm.
The Chinese New Year banquet is at the Golden Boat Chinese Restaurant on Saturday, February 17, from 6.30pm, while the Year of the Dragon yum cha lunch is at the Imperial Chinese Restaurant for a 11.30am start. Until February 25 is the Chinese zodiac exhibition by Hayley Gillespie and the Zhanjiang Calligraphy Association at Tank 4 Gallery, Tanks Art Centre, Collins Ave, Edge Hill.
The exhibition celebrates 20 years of strong cultural ties, between Cairns and Zhanjiang.
