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. The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Snake, will be on Saturday, February 15, 2025. It is a free event for all to attend but tickets must be purchased to sit in the bleacher sections. 6:30pm Dinner & Program. 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. The Chinese New Year Parade has a long history in San Francisco. It’s been named one of the top ten parades in the world by the International Festivals & Events Association and is the biggest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia. Over 100 units usually take part, with elaborate floats and costumes, firecrackers, and the newly crowned Miss 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. What is the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade route? Saturday’s Chinese New Year parade will begin at Second and Market streets at 5:15 p.m. PT. (Remember, sunset will be just before 6 p.m. that evening.) A map detailing the Chinese Lunar New Year parade route and transportation reroutes. (Courtesy ofSFMTA) The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Sanke, will be on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM, starting off at Second and Market Streets. It is a free event for all to attend but tickets must be purchased to sit in the bleacher sections. San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade on February 15 will feature a choreographed drone light show for the first time as part of its grand finale. The display will include 500 LED-lit drones flying above the Embarcadero , forming images related to Lunar New Year traditions and the Year of the Snake. Each year’s winners become goodwill ambassadors for the Chinese community throughout the new lunar year. Saturday, Feb 15 Chinese New Year Parade. Saturday, February 15th, starting at 2nd and Market Streets, going around Union Square, and ending at Kearny Street & Columbus Ave. With an A-list grand marshal—Awkwafina!—sold-out crowds and a brand new dragon, San Francisco is throwing everything in its arsenal at this year’s Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. The largest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia, the celebration will snake its way through downtown and Chinatown Saturday evening in an event that San 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 MORE: ABC7 proud new home of San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. Local leaders, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, former Mayor Willie Brown and State Senator Scott Wiener, took the stage to share San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade on February 15 will feature a choreographed drone light show for the first time as part of its grand finale.The display will include 500 LED-lit drones flying above the Embarcadero, forming images related to Lunar New Year traditions and the Year of the Snake. Actress Joan Chen is the star attraction as grand marshal for San Francisco's upcoming Chinese New Year Parade, set to dazzle the streets in the Year of the Snake festivities. San Francisco's Chinese New Year Parade is the biggest parade celebrating the Lunar New Year outside of Asia. "The amount of manpower and women power that's going into the design, the fabrication San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade will culminate with a choreographed drone light show on the downtown waterfront this year for the first time. As part of the grand finale of the Feb. 15 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. The city’s annual Lunar New Year parade, organized by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, is the largest of its kind outside of Asia, say organizers. 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. 2024 Chinese New Year Parade. Couldn't make it to San Francisco to watch the largest Chinese New Year parade outside of Asia? No worries, KTVU has you covered! Watch the full 2024 Chinese New Year
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