

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Chinese Lunar New Year family fun
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am – Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: 11am - 2pm. Free, drop in, no booking required

This February during half-term holidays at Discovery Museum, join us to welcome the Year of the Horse with a day of family making activities, crafts and tasty treats. Help us decorate the museum and celebrate the traditions of the festival. ?

Chinese New Year is a key celebration for Chinese and British Chinese communities, including here in Newcastle. The city’s annual Chinese New Year parade has become a much-loved community event. ?

This is our first year marking the festival at the museum and we’re excited to add to the celebrations.?

Featuring: 

✂️ Window Blossom Making – Create beautiful paper cut-out blossoms to decorate the museum and take home for good luck in the New Year!
? New Year Wishes – Write your hopes for the year ahead and hang them on our glowing lantern wish wall.
? Chinese Tea Tasting – Discover the flavours and traditions of Chinese tea with a special tasting experience with special brews of Jasmine and Oolong 
? Sweet Rice Cake Tasting – Try delicious traditional New Year rice cakes symbolising prosperity and togetherness.
? Solve the Lantern Riddles – Put your thinking cap on and crack the classic Chinese lantern riddles for festive fun!

? Lion Dance – 2:30pm – Experience a vibrant burst of colour, music and movement as the Lion Dance brings good fortune for the year ahead!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newcastle-upon-tyne/chinese-lunar-new-year-family-fun/200029530654500
- **Event Categories**: chinese-new-year, festivals, mid-autumn-festivals, holiday, parades, half-term
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 417

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029530654500?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=newcastle+upon+tyne-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newcastle Upon Tyne
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Discovery Museum
- **lat**: 54.969199425394
- **long**: -1.6246424001975
- **full address**: Discovery Museum, Feline Friendz, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Discovery Museum (https://allevents.in/org/discovery-museum/5876952)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Discovery Museum, Feline Friendz, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Discovery Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** chinese-new-year, festivals, mid-autumn-festivals, holiday, parades, half-term
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Chinese Lunar New Year family fun ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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