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. 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 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. 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. Event details about 2024 Chinese New Year Parade - Year of the Snake in San Francisco on February 15, 2025 - watch, listen, photos and tickets 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 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 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. The Chinese New Year parade and related festivities are a way to recognize the impact that the Chinese American community has had on the city, William Gee, a parade spokesperson, said in a news 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 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®, 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 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 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 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! Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade, San Francisco, California. 5,696 likes · 129 talking about this. Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Festival 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. 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 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 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.
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