Street Fair

On Saturday, Feb. 24 from 10am-4:30pm and Sunday, Feb. 25 from 9am-5pm the Chinatown Community Street Fair takes place. At the fair, experience Chinese cultural arts such as Chinese folk dancing, opera, drumming and much more at the entertainment stage on Washington St. below Grant Ave.

 Get a photo with the giant puppets and dragons on display. More than 120 booths and concessions make this a shopper’s dream.

 Parade

On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 24 from 5:30-8:30pm one of the world’s top parades takes place.

The Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the grandest night illuminated parades in the country. 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. Parade highlights include elaborate floats, lion dancers, folk dancers, costumed elementary school groups, marching bands, stilt walkers, Chinese acrobats, and a 268-foot-long Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”). The parade starts on Market, goes up Geary, down Post and ends on Kearny at Columbus.