Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Southwest 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. Parade Route. The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Dragon will be on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 5:15 pm, stepping 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. The two-week Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, sponsored by Southwest Airlines in recent years, includes two fairs, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair and Chinatown Community Street Fair, the Miss Chinatown USA pageant, and concludes with the parade. Miss Chinatown USA is traditionally present at the parade, as is a Golden Dragon which is The Southwest 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. Event details about 2024 Chinese New Year Parade - Year of the Snake in San Francisco on February 15, 2025 - watch, listen, photos and tickets The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade begins at 5:15 pm at Second and Market Streets this Saturday, February 20. Streets along the route will close to traffic beginning at 4 p.m. and will We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Use our route map to explore where Southwest flies and plan your next trip with Southwest Airlines. Search and find flights by city, date, and airport. the Parade route, tens of thousands more will be watching the Parade broadcasts on KTVU and KTVU PLUS. The Southwest Airlines® Chinese New Year Parade on KTVU/KTVU PLUS is the perfect venue for your company to showcase its commitment to the community and generations of Bay Area Asian American residents. Promotion runs from January through the Parade route, hundreds of thousands more will KTVU PLUS. The Southwest Airlines Francisco Chinese New Year parade since 1988. For more information about KTSF Southwest Airlines®, title sponsor of the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, and the SF Chinese Chamber of Commerce invite you to attend all the New Year festivities during the celebration beginning January 18 th thru March 1, 2020. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES® CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL AND PARADE YEAR OF THE RAT CALENDAR AND DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS My First Chinese New Year. by Emily Tabor. As the current Southwest Airlines® partnership director for the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade and Festival, I can’t help but feel sad that this event, like many over the past year, will look different. However, one of the biggest joys in this experience is working through the changes with 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. With those changes came the bright lights and TV cameras, bleacher seats along the parade route, and more firecrackers than you could ever imagine. What was once just a community parade making its way down Chinatown’s Grant Avenue, has now evolved to become one of the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations in the world. But we’re not just a 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 Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, the proud presenter of the annual Southwest Airlines ® Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, will unveil a new event to usher in the lunar year 4719, the Year of the Ox. The "Year of the Ox on Parade" will be an inaugural event in the spirit of the "Hearts in San Francisco" project. 11 life Event in San Francisco, CA by Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade on Saturday, February 24 2018 with 14K people interested and 2.2K people going. 21 posts in the discussion. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES® CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL AND PARADE IS CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF THE PIG (Lunar Year 4717), IN SANFRANCISCO, FROM FEBRUARY 2 THRU MARCH 3, 2019 San Francisco, CA: Gung Hay Fat Choy! Sen Nin Fai Lok! (Happy New Year) The Pig is the 12th animal in the Chinese Zodiac. The Year of the Pig begins on February 5, 2019. 2019 Southwest Airlines® Chinese New Year Parade Lineup Recology - Daisy, the dragon & the 2 antique trucks, Old Red and Green DeMartini Friends of the Mandarin Scholars Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila Cruise Automation Orchard School Asian Cultural Dance Troupe Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) SF Giants Shaolin Temple "Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia." Next Parade: February 19, 2022
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