Nuanu Marks Lunar New Year with a Four-Day Site-Wide Cultural Programme

Nuanu Creative City will mark Lunar New Year with a four-day cultural programme unfolding across the site from 14 to 17 February 2026. Presented as a site-wide cultural moment, the celebrations bring together performances, rituals, and public-facing activations experienced across the site at different rhythms over several days.

The Lunar New Year programme takes the form of a micro-festival format, bringing a compact constellation of cultural experiences together across Nuanu. Shaped around proximity and circulation, the programme invites audiences to move through the site and encounter performances and activations at close range, allowing culture to unfold through presence and movement rather than fixed staging.

“We’re building Nuanu through repeated cultural moments,” said Ida Ayu Astari Prada, Director of Brand and Communications, Nuanu. “This site-wide approach allows us to work closely with artists and communities, while giving space for different forms of expression to coexist. It’s how culture here stays connected to place, people, and everyday life.”

Nuanu’s open layout, walkable distances, and pedestrian-first infrastructure make it particularly suited to this approach. With fuel-based vehicles restricted and movement supported by a public electric shuttle loop, programmes unfold through walking and gradual transition between spaces. Public areas, gardens, and enclosed venues sit in close relation, allowing the experience to be shaped by movement through place.

Each evening opens with Barongsai and Barong Bangkung performances, marking a ceremonial entry point into the Lunar New Year celebrations and setting the tone for the programme across the site.

Evening programmes at the Labyrinth DOME feature a rotating lineup of immersive performances and music-led sessions. Highlights include Invisible Magic, an intimate performance by Hong Kong–based magician and performance artist Chen Ting, alongside atmospheric DJ sets and sound journeys featuring Keigo Tanaka, Waxwood, Culcha Collective, and Roba Grow. Presented in close-range settings, these sessions explore rhythm, sound, and shared presence, extending the Lunar New Year atmosphere into the evening hours.

Across the four days, Labyrinth Art Gallery hosts a tea-focused programme that brings together guided tea ceremonies and a curated tea display, inviting visitors to slow down and engage with tea as both ritual and cultural practice. Positioned within the wider programme, the experience offers a quieter moment of pause amid the site’s evolving activities.

Daytime and early evening Lunar New Year Cultural Showcases continue on 16 and 17 February, activating public spaces with accessible performances that extend the celebrations beyond the evening programme and invite repeat visits at different times of day.

Together, the Lunar New Year programme reflects Nuanu’s approach to culture as something built over time — through place-specific programming, close collaboration with artists, and sustained public participation.

PHOTO CREDIT: Nuanu Creative City