As the year 2024 is around the corner, no one could ever feel lonely in Hangzhou as so many events in town are worthy of going. The only challenge is to decide with which to get involved!

New Year countdown

The exciting moment comes at 23:59 on December 31, 2023 at Wulin Square and Hubin Intime in77 to mark the countdown to the New Year and toast the arrival of it.

Time: starting from 23:55, Dec 31, 2023

Venue: Hangzhou Wulin Square (杭州武林广场), Hubin Intime in77 (杭州湖滨银泰in77)

Fireworks

The night sky will be aglow with fireworks to celebrate the approach of the year 2024. Let's immerge in the festive atmosphere amidst the colors and crackers！

·Iron flower fireworks

Time: 18:30-20:30, Dec 31, 2023

Venue: Square of Binjiang Intime Department Store, Binjiang district (杭州滨江银泰AB区外广场)

·Starlight falls fireworks

Time: starting from 23:50, Dec 31, 2023

Venue: Gate 1, Powerlong Square, Hangzhou Future Sci-tech City, Yuhang district (余杭区杭州未来科技城宝龙广场1号门外广场)

·Qiandao Lakeside Fireworks

Time: starting from 20:30, Dec 31, 2023

Venue: Qiandao Lake Beautiful China Resort (淳安县千岛湖华美胜地度假区)

Wool themed New Year activities

The wool themed activities will be launched this weekend at the warehouse-converted block with pretty New Year decorations. Garden party, handicraft fairs, art exhibition and music performances will bring about great warmth in the cold winter.

Time: 12:00-20:30, Dec 30, 2023-Jan 1, 2024

Venue: Dongchao Art Park (浙农·东巢艺术公园)

Address: No.689 Xiaohang Road, Xiaoshan district (杭州萧山区萧杭路689号)

Admission: Free

Fantastic Carnival

As the fantastic X world arrives in Hangzhou, during the New Year's holiday, a one-of-a-kind circus-themed amusement park will open for a limited time! The "Fantastic Carnival" circus-themed amusement park including a plethora of entertainment options will offer you an unbelievable adventure in a wonderland!

Time: Dec 20 to Jan 1

Location: Hangzhou Suntiandy Theatre front square and circus market（杭州新天地剧场前广场绮幻嘉年华）

Admission: Free

Hangzhou Center art season

Hangzhou Center（杭州中心）, a new commercial complex at Wulin Square, made its debut with numerous shopping coupons as well as a grand art session on Dec 24, exploring the new possibilities of art businesses.

Address: No.150 Zhanlan East

Road, Gongshu district (杭州拱墅区展览东路150号)

·Panoramic Theater

International artists and teams will engage in a dialogue with the public through artistic installations and interactions at Hangzhou Center.

Time: Dec 25, 2023-May 31, 2024

Venue: Hangzhou Center（杭州中心）

Admission: Free

·Embarking·Hangzhou：Central Art Museum Opening Exhibition

The art team of the China Academy of Art will present the opening ceremony with more than 50 groups of authentic contemporary art collections, among which more than 10 national master works will be displayed for the first time.

Time: 14:00-22:00 (Mon) & 10:00-22:00 (Tue to Sun), Dec 25, 2023-May 5, 2024

Venue: L3, Hangzhou Center（杭州中心）

Admission: 60 yuan per person on weekdays and 80 yuan on weekends

·Fear & Love：International Exhibition for Contemporary Jewelry

More than 50 top international jewelry artists and designers will present their works, showcasing the brand stories, cutting-edge design and artistic concepts.

Time: Dec 24, 2023-Mar 24, 2024

Venue: L218, Hangzhou Center（杭州中心）

Admission: Free

Liangzhu Museum Annual Exhibition

The annual exhibition "The Immortal: Continued and Gorgeous Lacquer Art" officially opens to the public in the special exhibition hall of the Liangzhu Museum.

The exhibition starts with lacquerware from the Liangzhu culture, bringing together nearly a hundred exquisite lacquerware pieces from the Neolithic period to the present day. Taking the development of lacquer art as a clue, the exhibition explores from archaeological and artistic perspectives, juxtaposing the ancient and the modern times to highlight the inheritance, changes and developments, artistic texture, and spiritual connotations of the lacquer art.

Time: Dec 27, 2023 - May 5, 2024

Venue: Liangzhu Museum (良渚博物院)

Admission: Free

Musical Anna Karenina

This musical, adapted from the novel of the same name by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, will hit the stage in Hangzhou soon. This touring version is in Russian.

The story tell tales about betrayal, faith, family, marriage, the upper society in Russia, desire, and the differences between rural and urban lives around an extramarital affair between Anna and the dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky, the scandal that shocks the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy seeking for happiness.

Time: Jan 12 19:30, Jan 13 14:00/19:30

Venue: The Grand Canal Theater (杭州运河大剧院)

Admissions: 1080/880/680/480/280/80 yuan