SAN FRANCISCO, CA —The San Francisco Symphony celebrates the Year of the Serpent with the Lunar New Year concert and banquet on Saturday, February 8 at Davies Symphony Hall. Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important holiday for many cultures in East, South, and Southeast Asia, and is celebrated by people of Asian descent worldwide. SF Symphony presents Lunar New Year: Year of the Serpent, Feb 8, 2025 Press Release (Traditional Chinese) 三藩市交響樂團呈獻乙巳年農曆新年音樂會 2025年2月8日,戴維斯交響樂廳 Welcome the Year of the Serpent with the San Francisco Symphony! Join us for the 25th anniversary of this beloved annual celebration of music and community at Davies Symphony Hall. The evening begins with preconcert lobby festivities and entertainment. LUNAR NEW YEAR CONCERT. San Francisco Symphony is ringing in the Year of the Serpent with its annual Lunar New Year Concert conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong. Don’t miss the pre-concert reception and the post-concert banquet dinner in Zellerback Rehearsal Hall in honor of the event’s 25th iteration. 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco . 2/15 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. Lunar New Year at San Francisco Symphony: 5 p.m. Feb. 8, Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. Welcome the Year of the Snake with the San Francisco Symphony at this annual new Our annual Lunar New Year event draws upon Asian traditions, past and present, in a celebration of music and community. Learn more about the Lunar New Year Banquet - SAN FRANCISCO -- The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is based on cycles of the moon and falls on a different day every year. In 2025, the Year of the Snake begins on Jan. 29. Walk through Chinatown right now, and you’ll see stacks of red envelopes blanketing shelves, markets with overflowing displays of ripe pomelos, and families dressed up for Lunar New Year celebrations. The year of the snake kicks off Wednesday, and the 15-day new year celebration will be marked across many cultures. This 5K/10K walk or run, alternately called the Chinese New Year Run, is happening for the 47th time in 2025. That’s a lot of running! But it’s all for good luck as you run underneath strings SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The San Francisco Symphony celebrates the Year of the Dragon with the Lunar New Year: Year of the Dragon concert and banquet on Saturday, February 17 at Davies Symphony Hall. Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is the most important holiday for many cultures in East, South, and Southeast Asia, and is celebrated by people of The San Francisco Symphony celebrates the 25th anniversary of its annual Lunar New Year concert with a program conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong. The program includes An-Lun Huang’s Saibei Dance, from Saibei Suite No. 2; Tian Zhou’s Indigo from Concerto for Orchestra The concert continues with Flower Drum Song from Feng Yang and Girl From the Da Ban City from Huang Ruo’s Folk Songs for Orchestra, originally commissioned and performed by the San Francisco Symphony at the 2012 Chinese New Year concert; Eternal Vow from Tan Dun’s score to Ang Lee’s 2000 Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning film When is the Chinese New Year Parade? 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. The group has performed in conjunction with the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Symphony, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Bay Area Dragon Boat Festival, and at the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade held every Lunar New Year in San Francisco. (February 2019) The 2025 Flower Market Fair will be held on Sat & Sun Jan. 25 & 26, 2025 @Grant between Clay to Broadway. the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of San Francisco’s exhilarating Chinatown during one of the community’s most exciting times of the year. You will find over 120 booths and concessions making this a shopper’s paradise. The SF Chinese Chamber of Commerce has activities and entertainment for all ages. Esa-Pekka Salonen Music Director. Calendar. Donate The holiday honors the beginning of a new year according to the lunar calendar; that is, the date of the new moon appearing between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20.It correlates with the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac and five elements. 2025 is the year of the Wood Snake, which symbolizes wisdom and intuition.
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