I checked out Quezon City’s Chinese New Year Day festivities on January 22, 2023 held along the part of Banawe Ave. in between the corners of P. Florentino Street and Quezon Avenue.
Click here to view the album of photographs from this day.
I had Chinese New Year hotpot lunch here before shooting this street fair. (1 minute 26 second vlog)
00:00 Banawe corner Quezon Ave- red carpet
00:27 street food stalls
00:36 Philippine National Anthem
00:49 heading to the stage area
01:11 lion & dragon dance performance
02:20 more street food
02:30 rolling away the red carpet
02:44 hanging with Urban Sketchers Quezon City
(https://www.instagram.com/uskquezoncity/)
03:10 footage and street snaps of the lion/ dragon mascots and people milling about
03:50 my friend’s sketch of me
04:08 Urban Sketchers Quezon City’s completed sketches
(https://www.instagram.com/uskquezoncity/)
04:24 leaving the closed off portion of Banawe and walking towards P. Florentino