Celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon at the 125th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in historic Chinatown. When Start Date: February 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM Ring in the Lunar New Year in the heart of L.A.’s Chinese community at this annual two-day Monterey Park festival. This street fair takes over five blocks of downtown Monterey Park with folk art 1. 126th annual Chinese New Year festival in Chinatown Image by Betto Rodrigues via Shutterstock. One of L.A.’s oldest traditions, Chinatown’s annual Chinese New Year Festival returns and will be honoring the year of the snake with an incredible Golden Dragon Parade on February 8, 2025, from 1 to 4 p.m. Get the full info here! In celebrating over one hundred years of tradition, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles presents the 125th Annual Golden Dragon Parade. With thousands and thousands of individuals lining the parade route and thousands viewing the telecast each year, this colorful celebration along North Broadway in Chinatown has become the premiere Golden Dragon Parade & Chinese New Year Festival Feb 17 One of L.A.’s oldest traditions is the 125th annual Chinese New Year parade and festival in Chinatown from 1 to 3:30 pm. In celebrating over one hundred years of tradition, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles presents the 126th Annual Golden Dragon Parade. lachinesechamber.org Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival What to Know. Saturday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. The parade begins at Hill and Ord Streets in Chinatown; Free to see (grandstand seating is separately priced) Chinese New Year Festival & Golden Dragon Parade (February 8, 2025) The Lunar New Year Kick-Off Ceremony is always held at Thien Hau Temple in Chinatown, located in downtown LA, the center of CNY festivities. Incense offerings, monks, New Year's Eve dragon dancers, Thien Hau Temple are the must-see! By Leah Schwartz , LA Downtown News Staff Writer; Jan 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023 Updated Feb 2, 2023 Chinatown’s Chinese New Year Festival. WHEN: Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28. The parade will kick off at Hill and Ord Streets, and concluding at Broadway and Cesar Chavez on Saturday, February 17 from 1-4 p.m. Happy Lunar New Year! 📺 Los Angeles news 24/7: Watch NBC4 Chinese Lunar New Year performances in Center Plaza Celebrate the Year of the Snake at Santa Monica Place! Visit us from January 28th to February 13th and write a wish for the cherry blossom wishing trees, stand under the red and gold lanterns in Center Plaza, and grab a photo with all of our festive Lunar New Year décor plus pick up a Lunar New Year craft kit for the kids*. Plus, visit us on 2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival — Year of the Snake Japanese American National Museum 100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012 The Japanese American National Museum invites families to visit Local marching bands and music groups will also participate, while public figures and leaders highlight the parade’s importance to Los Angeles. Beyond the parade itself, the streets of Chinatown come alive with a celebratory atmosphere. Food vendors line the route, offering Lunar New Year delicacies and unique souvenirs. D.C.’s annual Lunar New Year parade this weekend will be chockful of traditional dances and garb, but will also come with some road closures along the parade route. The 2025 Annual Chinese Lunar HONOLULU (Island News) -- Celebrate Chinese New Year by slithering into the Year of the Snake at the Chinatown Festival & Parade this Saturday. The popular event returns on Jan. 25, 2025 with all 23 reviews and 151 photos of GOLDEN DRAGON PARADE "The los angeles version of the chinese new years parade is definitely unique to LA. The reason being that its more like the multicultural parade if anything. I still chuckle at the scottish bagpipe band that shows up on an annual basis, but what the hey its a weekend for everybody to be chinese. 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. Hard to believe, but this year marks the 118th Chinese New Year Parade in DTLA. I grew up attending these parades, which used to be held on Friday nights when I was a kid; and I've passed the tradition on to my own children, now that the celebration is held on a more family friendly Saturday afternoon. My kids always love an excuse to go to Chinatown; it is definitely one of their favorite Over 100,000 spectators in Los Angeles' Chinatown celebrated the Year of the Rabbit. including Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese communities. DOWNTOWN LA; PARADE; LUNAR NEW YEAR; Watch Live. Hop into the Year of the Rabbit and celebrate Lunar New Year in Los Angeles with these 16 so Chinese New Year was very much part of my childhood. Alhambra’s Lunar New Year festival
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