2. Sydney
Sydney has a sizable Asian population, and it offers Chinese New Year celebrations in its Chinatown and beyond. This year will feature the colorful Lanterns of the Terracotta Warriors exhibition, with life sized replicas of the statues illuminated beneath the Sydney Harbor Bridge. On Sunday, February 22, the Twilight Parade will meander from Sydney Town Hall to Chinatown, capped off by fireworks over Darling Harbour. Magical projections will illuminate the sky and nearby buildings as floats, dancers and musicians march by. Check out the Dragon Boat Races at Cockle Bay, where elaborate longboats battle it out to the pounding beat of drums.