• Welcome in the Year of the Snake in Manchester's Chinatown. Parade starts at 1pm in Albert Square. Fireworks at 6pm. Free. In London there are Dragon dances and entertainment in Gerrard Street and Leicester Square from noon to 5pm. Free.

• Step back in time in a replica of the 1940s house at the Imperial War Museum, London. (020 7416 5320). Adults £5.50, children free.

• Tiptoe through the snowdrops in the gardens of Chirk Castle, Wrexham. Potted snowdrops for sale. Noon-4pm. £1 (01691 777701)

• Replenish body and soul at the Healing Arts Fair. Stockport Town Hall 10am - 4.30pm (0771 300 8522). £1.50

• Learn to play the spoons, the whistle or the bodhran at a workshop at Glasgow Royal Festival Hall (0141 353 8000). 1pm-3pm. £6. Part of the Celtic Connection music festival (www.grch.com)

• Polish artist Katarzyna Kozyra will open her new exhibition of video, photography and performance art with a talk at 2pm. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (01865 722 733). 11am-6pm. £2.50

• Meet at Windermere Tourist Information Centre, Cumbria (015394 46499) at 10am for a guided winter walk. Adults £2, children £1.

• Last chance to catch the Painting Quickly in France exhibition of Impressionist paintings at the National Gallery, London (020 7747 2885).10am-6pm. Adults £7, children free.

• See the sculpture, drawings and prints of British artist Peter Randall-Page at the Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham (0115 951 3192). 2pm-5pm. Free.

• Make a difference to the survival of garden birds by taking part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 2001. Watch for one hour and identify the birds in this national survey. Details on www.rspb.org.uk.