Dragon Boat Victoria in association with CNY United (CNYU) presents the Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Festival (墨爾本春節龍舟賽) at Victoria Harbour, Docklands over the weekend 16-17 February 2019.

Starting each day with an unique eye dotting ceremony to awaken the dragons and the blessing of the boats and water to ensure safe racing, the festival is a blend of tradition and heart-stopping action as the spectacular dragon boats race along Victoria Harbour to the beat of the drums. These experiences bond team member together for years to come. While thousands of people cheer on paddlers, others come to enjoy cultural performance, lion dance, dragon boat tug of war and and food trucks.

Join us and celebrate this special Chinese tradition, dragon boating and the spirit of friendly competition at this inaugural Dragon Boat Festival!

Day One: 16th February 2019

Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm

Entry to Day One for 200m races is open to corporate organisations, community and social groups, university teams, registered charities, cancer survivor groups and international clubs. 

Entries close by 23:59pm Thursday, 31 January 2019.

Entry Fee (per team):

Corporate $1,000

Community & Social group $800

University $800

Registered Charity $700

Cancer Survivors Group $700

International: $800 (Day 2 only) or $1,500 (Day 1 and 2)

*Entry Fee includes cost of one 2-hour training session prior to race day, individual sport injury insurance to all waiver listed members of a team, use of personal floatation device and paddles on training and race days, and a space (3m x 3m) for your team along Victoria Harbour  facing the race course.

Training Sessions:

All teams must complete a minimum of one training session prior to race day. The cost of this training session is included in the entry fee.

Teams can purchase additional 3 training sessions up to a maximum of 4 training sessions per team. Each additional training session costs $200 per session. *A minimum of 14 paddlers is required for a training session to go ahead.

Please submit how many training sessions will be required on registration.

Marquee Hire:

Teams can bring a marquee/tent or hire a marquee (3m x 3m) for the space from DBV. Hire fee is $200 per marquee. Please submit how many marquee will be required on registration.

If you have any query about the event and registration, please contact us via email  cny@dragonboatvictoria.com.au

Team Registration Brochure

Day Two: 17th February 2019

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Entry to Day Two for 200m races is open to DBV affiliated club, AusDBF clubs and international teams. VIC based clubs enter via revSPORT. Interstate and international clubs should contact DBV.

Entries close by 23:59pm Monday, 04 February 2019.

Club Category: Open, Women, Mixed, Senior A

Become a Sponsor

Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Festival is run by a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation. While we work tirelessly to deliver every event a success, we also believe that everyone taking part in the dragon boat experience should have fun and be brought closer together from all corners of our community. Dragon boating is an unique water sport promotes team spirit, healthy living and camaraderie. A sustained collaborative relationship with our brand sponsor is meant to create long term mutual partnerships and benefits.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities or media partnership, please contact Jonathan Low at bm@dragonboatvictoria.com.au 

      Festival Partner                                           

  Government Partner