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. 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. 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 Golden Dragon, near the finish on Kearny, marks the climax of the New Year Parade in 2017. 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 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 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 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 Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with San Francisco’s dazzling Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday, Feb. 24, with comedian and actor Awkafina as the Grand Marshall and a new dragon arriving in the city from China. Harlan Wong — this year’s parade director — calls the Year of the Dragon the most “powerful sign” in the Chinese Zodiac. 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 Typically, nearly 100 groups will participate in the parade and many of the floats and specialty groups will be featuring the theme of this year’s Chinese zodiac sign – the year of the snake. 2025 Chinese New Year Parade Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 5:15 – 8 pm Chinatown, San Francisco FREE standing room (bleacher seats start at $45 for Association (IFEA), the Southwest Airlines® Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the grandest nighttime illuminated Parades in the country. Started in the 1860’s by the Chinese in San Francisco as a means to educate the community about their culture, the Parade and Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade, San Francisco, California. 5,696 likes · 129 talking about this. Celebrating the Year of the Snake! The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Snake, will be on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM, stepping off at Second and Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade (San Francisco, USA) The lunar new year is celebrated during this annually held event. The festivities are held in San Francisco’s Chinatown area and there will be flower fair, beauty pageant, a Chinatown run (5K or 10K) and a street fair. 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 Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 24-25, 2024). SAN FRANCISCO -- Celebrate the Lunar New Year with us! We're giving you a chance to experience the most spectacular Chinese New Year parade, live in person on Saturday, February 15! 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. San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade dazzles with costumes and pageantry 2024 Chinese New Year: See gallery of colorful, lively floats from SF parade View More The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade commemorates the Lunar New Year in San Francisco’s historic Chinatown. 2020 is the Year of the Rat, a zodiac animal in Chinese culture that symbolizes wealth and fortune. Here are top moments from the day's celebrations.
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