Activity Calendar

Planning a visit to Chinatown? Check out our activities calendar to see if you can schedule it around one of the area's many events and festivals.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Celebrate Chinese New Year on Sunday, February 21st

London's Chinese New Year celebrations are the biggest in the world outside Asia - and we hope you'll join us in Trafalgar Square this year to welcome the Year of the Tiger.

Last year, more than 300,000 people enjoyed London's Chinese New Year celebrations for the Year of the Ox - events included a two-hour parade through the West End with crowds lining the streets to watch lions, dragons and dancers make their way through Chinatown. In Trafalgar Square, spectators enjoyed displays of acrobatics, martial arts, opera and Chinese dance, while Leicester Square played host to an hourly firework and firecracker display.

Don't miss this year's party on Sunday, February 21st.

Sunday 21 February 2010 - Main celebrations

Trafalgar Square

• Main stage program from 12 noon until 6pm with International artists from Shanghai and from other Chinese provinces, lion and dragon dances
• Food court
• Promotional stalls and marquees

Leicester Square

• Fireworks and Firecrackers
• Promotional stalls

Chinatown

• Lion dances
• Non food promotional stalls

Shaftesbury Avenue

• Performance areas for local artists
• Non food promotional stalls