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February 8, 1991: San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade Committee, from left to right, Gordon Chin, David Lei and Wayne Hu. Not pictured from the Committee was Calvin Li. They are posing with a Beginning in 1953, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce held the first local San Francisco Miss Chinatown Pageant together with the Chinese New Year Festival to select a festival queen; [96] prior festival queens include Pat Kan (1953, [98] daughter of restaurateur Johnny Kan), [99] Bernice Woong (1954), [21] [100] Carolyn Lim (1955), [78] Estelle The station will produce year-round special coverage, including local programming and news stories that showcase the city’s extraordinary monthlong Lunar New Year celebrations, beginning in 2025 with the welcoming of the auspicious Year of the Snake. Today, the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is the largest celebration of January 29, 2025, marks the first day of the Year of the Snake. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco proudly presents this year’s Zodiac on Parade featuring the Snake. The public art project, which was introduced in 2021, will display two Snake Statues in San Francisco from January 18, 2025 through March 2, 2025. Download this stock image: February 8, 1991: San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade Committee, from left to right, Gordon Chin, David Lei and Wayne Hu. Not pictured from the Committee was Calvin Li. They are posing with a Lion's head mask. (Michael Maloney/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) - 2NKKCJ6 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. The parade marked start of a drive to collect funds to finance work of the Chinese Anti-Communist League.". "Acme Newspictures, Inc." LCSH Subjects . San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs Festivals--California--San Francisco Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) Bibliographic Number .b10122977. Handle San Francisco is home to America's oldest Chinatown, and although the Lunar New Year celebration is now an annual staple, it wasn't always a beloved tradition in the city. Why it matters: The This provocative history of the largest annual Chinese celebration in the United States—the Chinese New Year parade and beauty pageant in San Francisco—opens a San Francisco actress and filmmaker Joan Chen has been tapped to be grand marshal of the city’s annual Chinese New Year Parade, helping it ring in the Year of the Snake. Chen, whose film 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. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Alaska Airlines 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. The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade 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. San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade and Festival is one of the most iconic events on the city’s cultural calendar. The festival has been happening since 1851, making it the oldest and largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Photo by Aspect Photography, courtesy of CNY Festival & Parade What to know for the Chinese New Year Parade 750 Kearny Street, 3M, San Francisco, CA 94108 Tel: (415) 986-1822. Office Hours Mon – Fri: 9am – 5pm. www.cccsf.us Fireworks over Portsmouth Square during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Craig Lee/The Examiner Ex // Top Stories This year, SFO is honored to bring family and friends together with a contingent in the 2025 San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. If you’re traveling through SFO, we’ll be celebrating Lunar New Year throughout the terminals from 1/27 – 2/28 with live performances and photo stations. The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is an annual event in San Francisco, California, United States. Held for approximately two weeks following the first day of the Chinese New Year, it combines elements of the Chinese Lantern Festival with a typical American parade. First held in 1851, along what are today Grant Avenue and Kearny Street, it is the oldest and one of the 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. 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. Sloat Blvd & Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 94132 Tel: (415) 753-7080. Open 365 days a year 10 am – 4 pm. www.sfzoo.org
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