The Year of the Rat
Dublin Chinese New Year Festival (DCNYF) year-on-year celebrates, promotes and deepens the understanding of the Sino/Irish relationship. The 2020 programme celebrates The Year of the Rat and marks the 13th year of this internationally recognised festival. With Chinese New Year’s Day falling on Saturday 25th of January 2020, the festival plans to deliver a high profile cultural and celebratory programme to mark this significant date in the Chinese Calendar.
The program includes a number of different activities:
Dublin Goes Red for Chinese New Year:
- Various Venues
- 23 -26 Jan
- Various Times
- Free
Spring Festival Fair:
- Dublin City Fruit & Vegetable Market, Mary’s Lane
- 25 -26 Jan
- 11:00 – 18:00 (Sat) & 11:00 – 17:00 (Sun)
- Free
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Tours:
- EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
- 26 Jan
- 12:00
- €8 – €16.50
- Book Here
Asian Market Food Tours:
- Asia Market
- Sun 26 Jan / Sat 8 Feb
- 12:00
- €20 (Limited tickets)
- SOLD OUT
Whiskey Tasting and Tour in Mandarin:
- Irish Whiskey Museum
- Sun 26 Jan / Sun 2 Feb
- 14:30
- €5
- Book Here
Music and the Collections:
- National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History
- Sun 26 Jan
- 15:00 – 16:00
- €8/€5
- Book Here
Family Sketching Workshop:
- Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
- Sun 26 Jan
- 15:00 – 16:00
- Free
How Are Chinese Migrants Adapting to Life in Ireland?:
- St. Laurence’s – TU Dublin Grangegorman
- Mon 27 Jan
- 18:30
- Free
- Register Here
Traditional Chinese Dress Banquet:
- Good World Restaurant
- Tue 28 Jan
- 13:00 – 15:00 / 18:30 – 20:30
- €35.01
- Book Here
A Century of Chinese Children: Little Friends in a Changing World:
- Trinity Long Room Hub
- Tue 28 Jan
- 18:00 – 19:00
- Free
- Register Here
Traditional Chinese Banquet with Eeight Regional Cuisines of China:
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Good World Restaurant
- Wed 29 Jan
- 13:00 – 15:00 / 18:30 – 20:30
- €35.01
- Book Here
A Simple Life (2011):
- Chester Beatty
- Wed 29 Jan
- 17:45 (118 Mins)
- Free
Data Protection and Privacy in Eighteenth Century China:
- Trinity Long Room Hub
- Wed 29 Jan
- 18:00
- Free
- Register Here
Xīnnián Chinese Cocktail Masterclass:
-
Opium
- Wed 29 Jan
- 19:00 – 21:00
- €27.55
- Book Here
Chinese New Year Sichuan Style Banquet:
- The Vintage Teapot
- Thu 30 Jan
- 19:00
-
€35 including tea / coffee
- Book Here
Dumpling Day at Asia Market:
- Asia Market
- Fri 31 Jan
- 12:00 – 17:30
- Free
Kildare Village Welcomes Chinese New Year:
- Kildare Village
- Sat 1 & Sun 2 Feb
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Free
爱尔兰国家美术馆导览:
- National Gallery of Ireland
- Sat 1 Feb
- 11:30
- FULLY BOOKED
Chinese New Year Food Extravaganza at Asia Market – Drury Street:
- Asia Market
- Sat 1 Feb / Sun 2 Feb
- 12:00 – 17:30
- Free
Chinese New Year Food Extravaganza at Asia Market – Ballymount:
- Asia Market
- Sat 1 Feb / Sun 2 Feb
- 12:00 – 17:30
- Free
Asian Flavours Walking Tour:
- Meet at The Spire
- Sat 1 Feb & Sat 8 Feb
- 13:30
- SOLD OUT
National Gallery of Ireland Tour in Mandarin:
- National Gallery of Ireland
- Sat 1 Feb
- FULLY BOOKED
Chinese Square Dancing:
- Wolfe Tone Square
- Sat 1 Feb
- 14:00 – 16:00
- Free
Decorative Lantern Making:
- Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
- Sat 1 Feb
- 14:00 – 15:00
- Free
Lunch Tour in Mandarin at IMMA:
- IMMA
- Sat 1 Feb
- 14:30
- Free
Chinese New Year of the Rat Workshop:
- National Gallery of Ireland
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Sun 2 Feb
- 11:30 – 13:30
- Free
Explorer Workshop at IMMA:
- IMMA
- Sun 2 Feb
- 14:00 – 16:00
- Free
The Secret of Nimh (1982):
- Chester Beatty
-
Sun 2 Feb
- 14:00 (82 Mins)
- Free
Dumpling Making Workshop:
- The Vintage Teapot
- Sun 2 Feb / Sun 9 Feb
- SOLD OUT
Masters in the Forbidden City:
- National Gallery of Ireland
- Sun 2 Feb
- 15:00 (84 Mins)
- Free
Taste of China Food Tour:
- Meet at Sichuan Chilli King
- Sun 2 Feb
- €54.23
- Book Here
A Man with Rat-Like Eyes: How Chinese Speakers Swear:
- Trinity Long Room Hub
- Mon 3 Feb
- 18:00 – 19:00
- Free
- Register Here
Hot Pot Night:
- Lao Restaurant
- Tue 4 Feb
- 18:30
- €25
- Book Here
Looking at Ireland from China:
- National Library of Ireland
- Tue 4 Feb
- 18:30 – 19:30
- Free
- Register Here
Animal Flow:
- Chester Beatty
- Wed 5 Feb
- 18:00 – 18:30
- SOLD OUT
Chop Suey and Other Inventions the History of Chinese Overseas:
- Trinity Long Room Hub
- Wed 5 Feb
- 18:00 – 19:00
- Free
- Register Here
Happy New Year Rats! – Pre-School Children:
- Chester Beatty
- Thu 6 Feb
- 13:10
- Free
Traditional Chinese Art Workshop with Artist Chen Hu:
- National Gallery of Ireland
- Thu 6 Feb
- 18:00 – 20:00
- SOLD OUT
Animal Symbolism in Chinese Art (6 Week Course):
- The Vintage Teapot
- Thu 6 Feb / Thu 13 Feb /Thu 20 Feb / Thu 27 Feb / Thu 5 Mar / Thu 12 Mar
- 18:30 – 20:30
- €180 (€150 concession)
- Book Here
To the Far Side of the Moon – China’s Space Programme:
- Royal Irish Academy
- Thu 6 Feb
- 18:30
- Free
- Register Here
Chinese New Year Cantonese Style Banquet:
- The Vintage Teapot
- Thu 6 Feb
- 19:00
- €35 including tea / coffee
- Book Here
An Insight into Mandarin Chinese Language & Culture:
- National Library of Ireland
- Fri 7 Feb
- 15:30 – 16:30
- Free
- To register please email ireland-events@open.ac.uk or call 01 678 5399.
Evelyn Mok: Stand Up Comedy:
- The International Comedy Club
- Fri 7 / Sat 8 Feb
- 18:30 – 19:30
- €10 / €8
- Book Here
The Language of Art – Teens 12-17:
- Chester Beatty
- Sat 8 Feb
- 10:30 – 12:30
- Free
- Register Here
Shop and Cook with China Sichuan:
- Asia Market
- Sat 8 Feb
- 12:00 – 14:30
- SOLD OUT
The Dragon and the Flaming Pearl – Children 6 -11:
- Chester Beatty
- Sat 8 Feb
- 14:00 – 15:30
- Free – Limited to 20 children per session
Our China Town:
- Dublin City Hall
- Sat 8 Feb
- 15:00 – 16:15
- €8 / €5
- Book Here
Chinese New Year cocktails with Chinnery Gin;
- The Little Pig – Secret Location
- Sat 8 Feb
- 17:00 – 19:00
- €40
- Book Here
Chinese New Year – Dancing Dragon, Rat or Lion Puppet Making Workshop for 7-10 Year Old:
- Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
- Sat 8 Feb
- 14:00 – 15:30
- Book Here
CSSA Chinese New Year Celebration 2020:
- Venue TBC
- Sat 8 Feb
- 18:30 – 20:30
- Free – To register please contact CSSA on FB or by email at cssa.ucd@gmail.com
Rats and Cats in Chinese Art: Chinese Painting Workshop:
- The Lab, Foley Street
- Sun 9 Feb
- 12:00 – 14:00 / 15:00 – 17:00
- €20 / €16
- Book Here
Alice’s Chinese Food Tour:
- Meet at Duck Restaurant, Fade Street
- Sun 9 Feb
- 12:00 – 15:00
- €50
- Book Here
Lin Jin and I: Painting Workshop:
- Chester Beatty
- Sun 9 Feb
- 12:15 – 16:15
- €45
- Book Here
Xuefei Yang in Concert:
- National Gallery of Ireland
- Sun 9 Feb
- 15:00 – 16:15
- €5 – €20
- Book Here
Chinese New Year Bilingual Tour:
- National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History
- Sun 9 Feb
- 15:00 – 16:00
- Free
Spring Festival Gala Ireland 2020:
- The Convention Centre Dublin
- Mon 10 Feb
- 19:30 – 21:30
- €10 – €25 (Earlybird offer available)
- Book Here
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