2020 Chinese New Year Celebration and Parade

2020 Chinese New Year Celebration and ParadeThe 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. Started in the 1860s by the Chinese in San Francisco as a means to educate the community about their culture, the Parade and Festival have grown to be the largest celebration of Asian culture outside of Asia.

Over 100 units will participate in the Southwest Airlines® Chinese New Year Parade. A San Francisco tradition since just after the Gold Rush, the parade continues to delight and entertain the many hundreds of thousands of people who come to watch it on the street or tune in to watch it on television

Nowhere in the world will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, exploding firecrackers, and of course the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and her court. A crowd favorite is the spectacular 288′ Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”). It takes a team of over 180 men and women from the martial arts group, White Crane, to carry the Golden Dragon through the streets of San Francisco.

Chinese New Year Community Street Fair
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.

Saturday, February 8th from 10 AM to 4:30 PM
Sunday, February 9th from 9 AM to 5 PM

Grant Avenue from California to Broadway
Sacramento, Washington, Jackson & Pacific between Stockton & Kearny

Chinese New Year Parade
Saturday, February 8th beginning at 5:15 PM
The parade starts off at 2nd and Market Streets, goes around Union Square and ends at Kearny Street & Columbus Avenue

Details, a map, and FAQs about the parade can be found here.

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

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