The Sunshine Lunar New Year Festival is a free multicultural community event taking place in the busy Sunshine shopping precinct along Hampshire Road, Sunshine.

Celebrating the lunar calendar, a time of renewal and for friends and family to come together to celebrate the start of a new year. The Sunshine Lunar New Year Festival or Tét

Festival will bring the culturally diverse community together in a safe and fun environment.

A huge day of free family fun, live entertainment, children’s rides, street performers, music, dancing, street food, face-painting, magical Lion and Dragon dancing, red-pockets and firecrackers ending with spectacular fireworks.

A large performance stage will burst with exciting musical acts. Live multicultural bands and dance groups will entertain the community and showcase their cultural heritage and talented musicians. If you are a local group and would like to perform, please contact the team.

A fabulous array of street food stalls of many nations, super fun small and large children’s rides, face-painting, bubbles, street-performers and cultural kid’s activities will take over Hampshire Road.

Later in the day a vibrant Lion and Dragon dance complete with long string fireworks will take place at 6pm at the stage ending with a traditional Lunar New Year display of Fireworks at 9pm.

FREE.

More info here.