Various events and displays celebrating the Lunar New Year 2025 or the Chinese year of the snake.

Including free events:

Lion Dance display at 1:30pm, 2:15pm and 3pm

Dragon Dance display at 1:45pm, 2:30pm and 3:15pm

Canteen Paper Lantern Display by Yi Crafts in the Canteen Food Hall.

Splendours of Henan: A cultural tapestry showing from the 1st to 27th February at the FirePit Gallery – No.2, Upper Riverside, 10 Cutter Ln, London SE10 0XX

A Journey Within Inner Light – An art exhibition also showing from 1st – 27th February daily at 12pm at the Firepit Gallery.

There are a number of ticketed and bookable events also  but all are now sold out.

weaving These include: Play Mahjong with Dear Asia 12:30pm – 2pm (sold out) and 2:45pm – 4:15pm (sold out) Bureau at the Design – Building C3, 13 Soames Walk, London SE10 0AX

Tickets are now sold out. A limited number of walk-in spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please check with the door staff upon arrival.

There is also workshops for Brut tea tasing, woodblock printing, paper cutting, cloth tiger workshop, Lantern painting workshop, Chinese Knot-Making and Bamboo coaster workshop.

There is also four South East Asian DJ sessions playing in the Canteen Food Hall from 12pm till 4pm:

Cheri 12pm – 1pm

Lorry Lorry G 1pm – 2pm

Jess Young 2pm – 3pm

Half East Records 3pm – 4pm