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Lunar New Year festival

London Museum Docklands — Series

  • A child in a red floral dress holds a pink fan, surrounded by yellow and pink fans in motion.

    A family-friendly weekend celebrating Lunar New Year.

  • Young child wearing a colorful headdress with pom-poms and sequined shirt, smiling indoors.

    Try your hand at some traditional crafts.

  • Children are playing indoors with flowing red and blue fabric ribbons against a brick wall background.

    Get moving with a ribbon dance workshop.

21 – 22 Feb 2026

Gallop into the Year of the Horse in this weekend-long family festival just a stone’s throw away from London’s original Chinatown in Limehouse.

Listen to classic Chinese folktales, make tasty tangyuan, master martial arts moves and much more in this celebration that spans cultures and countries. What better way to start the New Year?

This family-friendly weekend is the perfect way to introduce little ones to the different traditions for Lunar New Year.

Highlights include lion dances, a silent disco, ribbon dance workshops, a chillout games space and hands-on crafts.

For:

Families

How to attend:

In-person only

Ticketing:

Some events are ticketed need to be booked in advance

Duration:

10.30am – 4.30pm

2025 Lunar New Year at Docklands Museum

Need to know

Some events are ticketed and need to be booked in advance, as tickets won't be available on the day. Tickets will be released at 10am on Mon 16 Feb.

Drop-in events will be first come, first served. We may need to direct you to other events if they become too busy.

Filming and photography will be taking place. If you don't wish to be filmed or photographed, please speak to a member of staff.

With thanks to Cyril Jackson Primary School students, community partners from Vietnamese Family Partnership, Step Out Arts (co-producer), Locy Lee Learning and New Earth Theatre.

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