ChineseParade.com
This year's Chinese New Parade takes place on Saturday, February 7th, 5:30-8 p.m., rain or shine.
The Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia.
This year's theme is Year of the Monkey and highlights include elaborately decorated floats, school marching bands, martial arts group, stilt walkers, lion dancers, Chinese acrobatics, the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and the Golden Dragon ("Gum Lung").
The Golden Dragon is over 201 feet long, made with layers of silk, gauze and velvet which cover a bamboo frame. It's always featured at the end of the parade as the grand finale and will be accompanied by over 600,000 firecrackers.
The parade starts at 2nd and Market streets, turns right on Geary Street, right on Powell, right on Post, and left on Kearny, ending at Kearny Street and Columbus Avenue.
The parade is free. Bleacher seats are $30 (plus a shipping & handling charge on total order). Children under 2 are free.
Call (415) 982-3000 or (415) 391-9680 for tickets.
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
~Jennifer
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