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Celebrating the Year of the Ram! OVERVIEW
For over 5,000 years the Chinese have celebrated the awakening of spring with Lunar New Year festivities.

In the 1860’s the Chinese in San Francisco started the Chinese New Year Parade as a way to educate their community about Chinese cultural customs. Today, San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Festival and Parade – a month-long celebration including a Flower Fair, Community Fair, Jamboree, Run, and the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant and Ball – is the largest Lunar New Year celebration outside of Asia. A San Francisco tradition since just after the Gold Rush, the Parade continues to delight and entertain the over one million people that come to watch it on the street and hundreds of thousands more who watch the broadcast on KTVU Fox 2 or KTSF Channel 26, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 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 100 men and women from the martial arts group, White Crane to carry this dragon throughout the streets of San Francisco. This year's Chinese New Year Parade promises to warm your heart and electrify your senses, come rain or shine.

09/01/2026

⏰ Apply Now! ⏰
We invite your school or community organization to apply for participation in the 2027 Year of the Ram Parade on 2/20/27! Please submit your application by 10/31/26 with the link in comment.

🎥: Aspect Photography

08/30/2026

Ramsey 🐏 we choose you!

With the Pokémon World Championship taking over San Francisco, Ramsey figured it was time to evolve from zodiac legend into Pokémon card material. For the weekend at least.

Now accepting deck invites.
Weakness: Being too cute. 🥹
Special ability: Headbutt Your Heart. 💥❤️

There’s always something amazing happening in The City. Keep you weekends packed with fun and remember to join our’s as we celebrate the Year of the Ram…sey on February 20, 2027!

08/13/2026

🗓️SAVE THE DATES🗓️
Join us as we charge into the Year of the Ram 🐐 in 2027! Here's the celebration lineup to add to your social calendar. Our team at Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade is ready to celebrate the New Lunar Year with you!🧧

08/03/2026

Yesterday we celebrated with food and fun 🎳 for our 2026 Parade Volunteers! It takes a village, people. The annual celebrations are community-driven and it would not be a success each year without these contributors. While this event officially closes 2026, our committee is already planning for the 2027 Year of the Ram 🐐 Parade!

Would you like to be part of this important community of volunteers? Send us a DM and let’s get connected!

07/16/2026

While you’ve been enjoying the Year of the Horse, we’ve been busy planning for the Year of the Ram Parade and we’re a little too excited to keep this little secret.

Meet Ramsey our 2027 Parade Mascot. He’s a Ram, see? He’s already got firecrackers ready to light up next year’s celebration! Like Maverick, little Ramsey will be available for you to bring home or gift to Ram fam and friends! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️If you were born on the Year of 🐏 the Ram!

04/28/2026

Congratulations to all the award recipients for their amazing performances at the Year of the Horse Parade! The parade is what it is because of the community and school organizations—the creativity, the choreography, and the stunning costume designs that bring every celebration to life. Thank you for making this year’s parade unforgettable! 🐎🏆

03/28/2026

Horse Auction! The Horse on Parade has returned back to the stable for beauty touch ups after celebrating the new year with everyone. Place your bid and bring home one of these works of art with proceeds benefiting local organizations APA Family Support Services and Community Youth Center of San Francisco! Swing that paddle up with the link in comment!

03/23/2026

🔊 Sound On 🔊
San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Sky River Casino to create a drone show in collaboration with Pixis Drones celebrating the Year of the Horse was dazzling! Watch to the end if you read captions - it's interesting to see the swarm land.

Here's a quick look and if you'd like to see the full broadcast version, check it out at https://abc7news.com/post/sf-chinese-new-year-parade-2026-how-watch-abc7-news-coverage-live-san-francisco-tonight/18581918/

🎥: Pixis Drones
📽️: Aspect Photography

03/22/2026

Looking back at some stars of the parade - these beautiful floats by our sponsors! They're large format art pieces mounted on wheels and The City is its gallery!

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03/19/2026

The Pageant is an inspirational event and the talent competition is a crowd favorite to see each contestant shine with their performance.

📷: Aspect Photography

Address

Parade Route, Transportation & Parking Http://www. Chineseparade. Com/route. Asp
San Francisco, CA
94111

Telephone

+14158898891

Website

http://www.chineseparade.com/

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