Sydney Lunar Festival

Fabulous feasts, spectacular shows and magnificent artworks.

Crowds gather under numerous red lanterns hanging above a city street at dusk for a festival. Tall buildings and decorative arches are visible in the background.
Sydney Lunar Festival is a celebration of the Lunar New Year, with the 2026 festival celebrating the Year of the Horse.

Our Sydney Lunar Festival program is one of the biggest Lunar New Year celebrations outside of Asia. Street parties, cultural performances, delicious food, lion dances, dragon boats and art and light installations dazzled crowds during this year's festival.

Sydney Lunar Festival opportunities

Get involved with bringing Sydney Lunar Festival 2026 to life. We have opportunities for artists, creatives, producers, local businesses and community members to design and produce various elements of the festival.

Sydney Lunar Festival highlights

Five women in colourful, ornate traditional costumes pose together outdoors in front of a decorative structure and modern buildings.
A woman stands smiling in a busy, lantern-lit street decorated with neon dragon signs during a night time festival, surrounded by blurred crowds.
Teams compete in a dragon boat race on a sunny day, with paddlers synchronized in two boats. Spectators line the waterfront in the background.
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