The 2024 Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade is hosted and organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Washington, DC (CCBA) in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA). In the lunar calendar, it will be the year 4723! The 2025 Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade will take place Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Hosted and organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Washington, DC (CCBA) in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA). In the lunar calendar, it will be the year 4723! 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 Prepare to celebrate the Year of the Dragon in Chinatown! In the lunar calendar, the year is 4721! Join the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Washington, DC in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs as they fill the streets of Gallery Place-Chinatown with colorful and diverse contingents, a ceremony with traditional performances, and an A young Chinese girl celebrates the New Year and goes on a mystical journey through a world of festive Chinese customs and folklore. Tickets The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20566 The Annual DC Lunar New Year Parade. Photograph courtesy of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. When: Sunday, February 11 at 2 PM. Where: Starts on Sixth and Eye sts., NW, Ends on Sixth and H sts., NW. This annual Chinatown parade will welcome the New Year with traditional dragon dances and appearances from a number of community January 19, 2023 - CCBA Parade Commander Rita Lee and MOAPIA Director Ben de Guzman were featured in a TV morning show "Great Day Washington" at WUSA9. They were interviewed to discuss the 2023 Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Sunday, January 22nd at 2pm. The 2024 Chinese Lunar New Year parade includes traditional lion and dragon dances, Kung Fu demonstrations, live music and marching bands, and more, culminating in a firecracker finale starting between 3:45 and 4pm. Route Start: 6th and Eye St. NW Route End: 6th and H St. NW Join us! March with CYC at the Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in Washington, DC Chinatown. The parade is on Sunday, February 11, 2024, 2:00pm – 4:00pm. This year is the Year of the Dragon! Come out and march alongside CYC friends and families. Also, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) has always relied on CYC members DC celebrates the Lunar New Year with its annual parade at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 11. “If you were born in the years 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, or 2024, you were born under the zodiac sign of the Dragon,” says Penny Lee, spokeswoman for the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Washington , which organizes The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) has organized the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade as an annual event for over 50 years, and each year around 40,000 people attend the parade. Every year, the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA) supports the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in planning Washington, DC DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade . The Lunar New Year parade will be held on Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. and will be rain or shine. The annual parade in Chinatown will celebrate the Year of the Snake with a firecracker show and many eateries to choose from afterward. To request accommodations or translation, contact MOAPIA 7 days in advance at oapia@dc.gov or call 202-727-3120. The 2023 Lunar New Year Parade is organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in partnership with the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. Reserve a free spot here DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade (February 2, 2025) The annual Spring Festival features the vibrant Chinese New Year Parade, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA). Highlights include dragon and lion dances, firecrackers, drummers, and entries such as Chinese folk dancers, kung fu groups, beauty queens, and floats. On Sunday, February 2, 2025, the Chinese New Year Parade will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration: The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parking on Sunday, February 2, 2025, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Office Hours Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Connect With Us 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032 Phone: (202) 727-6161 🐉 DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade: The annual festive procession travels through Chinatown on Sunday at 2pm with costumed dancers and a lively firecracker finale. Upscale Vietnamese restaurant The 2024 Annual Chinese Lunar New Year parade is organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Washington, DC (CCBA) in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA). In the lunar calendar, it will be the year 4721! The streets of DC Chinatown will fill will revelers and spectators as On Sunday, February 11, 2024, the Chinese New Year Celebration will take place in the District of Columbia. Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-9099 WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Multiple roads in Northwest D.C. will be shut down for the Chinese New Year Parade on Sunday. Traffic on these roads will be affected on Feb. 2: The following streets
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