The official opening date of the 35th Harbin China International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (commonly Harbin Ice Festival 2019) is on January 5, 2019. Sponsored by Heilongjiang Provincial Government, Harbin Municipal Government, China National Tourism Administration and some China travel companies, the great celebration will last to the end of February, 2019. It will last to early March of 2019 if weather permits. The opening ceremony will be held in Harbin International Exhibition Center & City Stadium in the evening of January 5. A big firework display will come after a meeting in Harbin Ice and Snow World.
The Harbin Ice Festival 2019 consists of a lot of winter events, activities and four theme parks. The four theme parks are the 31st Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, the 20th Harbin Ice and Snow World, the 45th Ice Lantern Fair in Zhaolin Park and the 2nd Wanda Ice Lantern World in Wanda Theme Park. In mid-December of 2018, the workers and sculptors will start to make the ice/snow sculptures and ice lanterns. From December 21, 2018 to Jan 4, 2019, snow and ice sculpture competitions will be held in these parks. All the parks will have a trial run from December 24, 2017 to Jan 4, 2018.
If you visit Harbin for the Ice Festival 2019, try to avoid these expensive and crowded dates: Dec 24-26, 2018; Jan 1-3, 2019 and Feb 4-10, 2019. Click Harbin Ice Festival Tours for sample itineraries.
A List of Some Events and Activities for 2019 Harbin China International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
Introduction of Event & Activity | Date | Venue |
25th National Snow Sculpture Competition | Dec 17-20, 2018 | |
21st International Skiing Festival Opening | Dec 20, 2018 | |
31st Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo | Dec 20, 2018 - Feb, 2019 | Sun Island Park |
20th Harbin Ice and Snow World | Dec 21, 2018 - Feb, 2019 | The West of Sun Island Park |
45th Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair | Dec 22, 2018 - Feb, 2019 | Zhaolin Park |
Dec 22, 2018 - Feb, 2019 | Harbin Wanda Theme Park | |
Christmas Circuit | Dec 24-26, 2018 | West Shiwudaojie Street to Youyi Road |
8th Central Street Ice Sculpture Art and Culture Festival | Dec 25, 2018-Feb, 2019 | Central Street |
2019 New Year Concert | Dec 31, 2018 | Harbin Concert Hall |
Songhua River Ice Snow Happy Valley | Jan 1- Feb.5, 2019 | Songhua River (near Harbin Flood Control Monument) |
24th Harbin International Snow Sculpture Competition | Jan 4-6, 2019 | Sun Island Park |
11th International University Students Snow Sculpture Competition | Jan 4-7, 2019 | Harbin Engineering University |
2019 International Winter Swimming Invitational Champions | Jan 5-6, 2019 | Harbin Winter Swimming Bathing Place (Songhua River) |
34th Harbin Ice Festival International Trade Fair | Jan 5- 8, 2019 | Harbin International Exhibition Center |
2019 International Children Art Variety Tournament | Jan 5-10, 2019 | Harbin Youth Palace |
33rd Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition | Jan 6-8, 2019 | Zhaolin Park |
Harbin Venus Ice and Snow Group Wedding Ceremony | Jan 8, 2019 | Harbin Flood Control Monument |
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The above dates of the theme parks, events and activities are just for your information. All the dates for 2019 are estimated based on the dates of 2018 because everything must be submitted to the weather and temperature.
The venues for the four theme parks of the ice festival are fixed in the same places every year. The venues for some activities and events may be changed for some reasons. For the newly information about the ice festival, events and activities, please pay close attention to our Harbin Travel News after November of 2018.
We only list some of events and activities, actually more winter sports,competitions and cultural activities are held in Harbin during the ice and snow festival.
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