Photo from ExploreChinatown.com - taken by flickr user sayheypatrick

Ok, that’s not Brisbane. It’s New York, actually. I couldn’t find any Brisbane pictures from Chinese New Year that were licenced under Creative Commons.

So I’ll be at Brisbane’s Chinese New Year celebrations at the Chinatown Mall, Duncan St, Fortitude Valley on Saturday and Sunday this weekend to make sure that problem is solved. Click here to see the exact location of the Chinatown Mall (it’s not the same as the Brunswick St mall - it’s one block closer to the city).

Some of the highlights will be:

Chinese Fortune Market all weekend.

Music and dancing at different times on Saturday and Sunday.

The God of Wealth handing out red packets and toys.

A Chinese fashion parade (a time tunnel of Chinese fashion).

Cantonese opera.

And, at 5.30pm on Sunday February 18th, the official New Year Welcome Ceremony

Picture of fish-shaped Nian Gao (New Year’s cake) by flickr user KateMonkey.

What are you doing for Chinese New Year? Leave a comment and let me know.