The Sydney Chinese New Year Festival has grown to become one of the largest celebrations of the Lunar New Year outside of Asia. The Festival started in 1995 as a modest community street market and has now transformed to include a large scale city-wide exhibition of Zodiac lanterns that inspire, excite and amuse local and international audiences.

In 2019 we will celebrate the 'Year of the Pig' and the 23rd Anniversary of the Festival. It will also be the City's fourth year exhibiting larger than life Zodiac Lanterns across the Sydney CBD.

The 2019 Festival will be held from Friday 1st February to Sunday 10th February 2019 with the lanterns on exhibition for 10 days.

The Zodiac Lanterns form the major component of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival which is supported by a curated community performance program and an extensive schedule of over 80 partnered events. Additionally the City produces the Dragon Boat Races at Darling Harbour.

Tenders close at 11AM AEST on Tuesday, 11 September 2018