Chinese Community Street Fair
This free event will feature Chinese cultural arts such as kite-making and calligraphy, fine arts demonstrations and acrobats. Street Fair will take place at differing locations depending on which day you attend. This is a great place to bring the little ones. On Saturday, February 23 from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., the festivities will be on Grant Avenue between California and Broadway. The following day from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., the street fair will take place on Pacific Avenue from Kearny to Stockton as well as Jackson and Washington Streets between Kearny and Stockton.
Chinese New Year Parade
The Chinese New Year Parade, the largest outside of Asia, is always crowded, so get your curbside seats early along Kearny between Market and Columbus for the best seats, otherwise you’ll have watch the parade between heads or shell out $30 to get bleacher seats. The parade begins at 5:30 p.m. and usually lasts more than two hours as the participants include the usual parade fare – elaborately decorated floats and school marching bands. But the real reason to attend is the wonderful free entertainment: demonstrations by martial arts groups, lion dancers, Chinese acrobats, and the 201-foot-long Golden Dragon manned by over 100 people! It’s best to take Muni downtown and get off at the Montgomery or Powell Street exits since several streets will be blocked off and parking will be nearly impossible.
Originally published: www.ucsf.edu/synapse/articles/2008/Feb/7/chinesenewyear.html
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