Ways to watch the Chinese New Year Parade: Watch our Livestream of the complete parade from ~6:00PM to 9:00PM on several platforms: Facebook Live linked here; YouTube Live linked here; Instagram Live linked here (Follow for IG Live notification) KTVU FOX 2 Live Broadcast on TV or on their website livestream airing 6PM to 8PM. Here's what you need to know about the 2024 San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2025 FOX Television Stations Spring Festival Gala 2025 will begin with a worldwide live telecast on Tuesday (January 28) at 8:00 pm Beijing time. The Chinese community from across the globe and others will watch the Chinese Watch the full 2024 Chinese New Year Parade for the Year of the Dragon. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2025 FOX Television Stations “ABC7 Presents: The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade” will be available to all audiences LIVE, SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 2025, on all ABC7 streaming platforms and will broadcast in its entirety on ABC7/KGO-TV. Additionally, ABC7 Bay Area will produce a one-hour special program bringing the most colorful moments of the parade to viewers in the "ABC7 Presents: The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade" will be available to all audiences live, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 wherever you stream ABC7. Lunar New Year begins January 29, 2025. About us. Chinese New Year Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association and USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice award, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. Lunar New Year is next week, and excitement in San Francisco is growing as the city and ABC7 will host the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade, the biggest celebration outside of Asia, next month. The parade, which is sponsored by Alaska Airlines, will be broadcast live on KGO-TV and will also be available for livestreaming. Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade: 6 p.m. Feb. 15. Free. The broadcast will be on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 6-8 pm. Watch the parade on KTVU FOX 2 or KTVU.com. More stories and videos about the Chinese New Year Parade and Lunar New Year are here: bit.ly along the parade route, or watch the live broadcast on TVB Jade or HKTB’s official website DiscoverHongKong.com. This year’s “Cathay International Chinese New Year Night Parade” will start at 8:00pm on the first day of Chinese New Year. The parade will feature nine floats and a total of 29 performing groups, The Golden Dragon, near the finish on Kearny, marks the climax of the New Year Parade in 2017. The two-week Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, sponsored by Southwest Airlines in recent years, includes two fairs, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair and Chinatown Community Street Fair, the Miss Chinatown USA pageant, and concludes with the parade Today, the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is the largest celebration of its kind in the world, attracting over three million spectators and television viewers throughout the U.S., Canada, and Asia with the help of both ABC 7 and KTSF, Channel 26 (Chinese broadcast). Chinese New Year Festival & Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. By 1996, the IFEA (International Festival and Events Association) had recognized the Chinese New Year Parade as one of the top ten Parades in the world and Hong Kong had asked if our Parade team to consult with them on their own Lunar New Year Parade. Over the next decade, KTVU would win several Emmys for their Parade broadcasts. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown, which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025 at 1 p.m. CHINESE NEW YEAR & YEAR OF THE PIG Chinese or Lunar New Year is a 4,000 year old Spring Festival tradition with roots in ancient agrarian society. Chinese astrology and the lunar animal zodiac can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 256 BC). According to legend, the Lord Buddha called all the animals to him before he departed from Earth. San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival & Parade www.chineseparade.com Can’t make the live event? Be sure to watch the Parade Broadcast on KTSF 26 (Chinese broadcast) on Sunday, February 20th from 6pm – 8pm, on KTVU Fox 2 (English broadcast) on February 26th Saturday, February 15th, 2025. Thank you for your interest in covering the 2025 Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade. Members of the press who wish to take photos or video at one of our designated Press Zones within the parade route, must agree to adhere to our rules and complete the following form. if you wish to take photos or videos from outside the parade route (behind the barricades Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade, San Francisco, California. 5,696 likes · 129 talking about this. Celebrating the Year of the Snake!
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