BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.12//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11@event925.com DTSTART:20270221T001500Z DTEND:20270221T001500Z DTSTAMP:20261030T072320Z URL:https://event925.com/events/san-francisco-chinese-new-year-parade/ SUMMARY:San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade DESCRIPTION:Chinese New Year Parade\nThe San Francisco Chinese New Year Par ade is an annual nighttime celebration of Lunar New Year that travels from downtown San Francisco toward Chinatown. Dating to celebrations begun by the city’s Chinese community in the 1860s\, it has grown into one of the largest Lunar New Year parades outside Asia and a signature event of Chin ese American San Francisco.\nWhat makes the parade distinctive\nThe specta cle combines Chinese cultural traditions with the format of an American ci vic parade: illuminated floats\, marching bands\, elaborate costumes\, mar tial arts\, lion dancers\, acrobats\, firecrackers\, and community groups fill the procession. Its climactic attraction is the enormous Golden Drago n\, carried and animated by a large team of performers.\nA Chinese America n tradition\nThe parade's history is closely connected to Chinese immigrat ion and the development of San Francisco's Chinatown. Chinese immigrants b egan staging public New Year festivities in the 19th century\, adapting th e American parade tradition as a way to share Chinese culture with the wid er city\; the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has formally organized the parad e since 1958.\nMore than one evening\nThe parade is the centerpiece of a b roader Lunar New Year festival season. Related traditions and events have included the Flower Market Fair\, Community Street Fair\, Miss Chinatown U .S.A. activities\, Choy Sun Doe festivities\, and other community programs \, making the celebration a substantial part of Chinatown's annual cultura l calendar.\nThe next parade\nThe official festival site currently lists t he next parade for Saturday\, February 20\, 2027\, celebrating the Year of the Ram. It is scheduled to begin at 5:15 p.m. at Second and Market Stree ts\, follow an approximately 1.3-mile route around Union Square\, and fini sh near Chinatown\; standing along the route is free\, while bleacher seat ing requires tickets.\n\nParade Route: Market Street → Geary Street → Powell Street → Post Street → Kearny Street → Columbus Avenue.\n\nTh e parade route is approximately 1.3 miles long. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://event925.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ San-Francisco-Chinese-New-Year-Parade.jpg CATEGORIES:Festivals LOCATION:San Francisco\, CA\, 2nd Street &\; Market Street\, San Francis co\, California\, 94105\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2nd Street & Market Street\ , San Francisco\, California\, 94105\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X- TITLE=San Francisco\, CA:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR