Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) marketing for Australian restaurants & cafes
17 February 2026lunar date (approximate)
Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) fell on 17 February 2026 this year. If it came and went without a post, you're in the majority — and that's exactly the gap worth closing before it comes around again. The working angle for Australia F&B: prosperity set menus and yum cha; strong in Sydney/Melbourne CBD and multicultural suburbs.
The window
For 2026 this moment has passed; the play now is to put it on next year's calendar with a 21-day head start.
Occasions with a longer lead time reward operators who book the content shoot and the campaign brief before the rush week.
What to post
- A 15-second reel shot in your own room, on your own product — prosperity set menus and yum cha; strong in Sydney/Melbourne CBD and multicultural suburbs is a visual brief, not a caption exercise.
- Two or three stills in the same aesthetic for feed and stories, sized per platform.
- A Google Business post with the practical line — dates, hours, how to book. It's the surface diners check last before walking in.
- A carousel that tells the gathering story — tables, sharing platters, the room filling up — rather than a single dish.
- Captions and search copy in your own register — the fastest tell of agency-template content is that every cafe sounds identical during occasion weeks.
Campaigns that fit
Clone one and the whole campaign — reel, stills, carousel, copy — is rebuilt around your product and your room, with Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) already on the brief.
Sharpen the craft first
The occasion sets the moment; these playbooks cover the content itself:
Ready before Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) lands?
One brief, and the whole campaign — reel, stills, carousel, copy — is built from your product and your room, with Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) already on it. Your first preview is free.
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