Chinese New Year is a two week Spring festival celebrated for over 5,000 years in China. Named one of the world’s top ten parades, Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Over 100 units will participate in the parade, many of the floats and specialty units will feature the theme of this year’s Chinese zodiac sign, the Rooster.

Saturday, February 11: The Chinese New Year Parade will start from 2nd and Market streets at 5:15 p.m. The parade will travel west on Market Street, north on Kearny Street, west on Post Street, north on Powell Street, east on Sutter Street, north on Kearny Street to Columbus Avenue. The parade will disperse on Columbus Avenue between Pacific and Washington streets.

Saturday, February 11 and Sunday, February 12: The Chinatown Community Street Fair will be held this weekend. The street fair will take place along Grant Avenue between Clay and Broadway streets from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

For more event details, please visit http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com.