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Chinatown Night Market

By vcontreras · January 8, 2025

Following the official inauguration events at Civic Center earlier in the day, Daniel Lurie invites you to a historic Chinatown Night Market & Community Festival in honor of Daniel Lurie’s inauguration as the 46th Mayor of San Francisco! Join us on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, as we celebrate together with an evening of food, culture, and community.

5:30pm-9pm on Grant Avenue btwn Jackson and Sacramento with food, drinks and live performances – headlined by the internationally acclaimed artist and SF native, ZHU with DJ Ruckus kicking things off!

For more information please visit the link below:

https://sf.funcheap.com/sfs-first-chintown-night-market-of-2025-mayor-inaguration-day/

The Moleskine Project XII

By jeffgarcia · January 7, 2025

The Annual Moleskine Project – a collective exhibition of artists’ sketchbooks from around the world co-curated by gallery owner Ken Harman and Sydney-based artist Rod Luff. Featuring artists from around the world, this format driven exhibition spans various artistic styles and mediums, delving into the artists sketchbook. The exhibition made it’s initial debut at Spoke San Francisco in 2011. Featuring both emerging and established artists, the exhibition is a continuation of the project, in which artists are provided with a Moleskine book in order to create an original piece within the pages of the book.

For more information please visit the following link

https://spoke-art.com/blogs/news/coming-soon-moleskine-project-xii?srsltid=AfmBOoqOyZBaxkVd0g2LjGGSsXRhI92XycUJxPDvhFJrm5VnX2W7T8De

https://sf.funcheap.com/moleskin-project-xii/

2025 SF’s Chinese New Year Parade: Route + Full Details

By jeffgarcia · January 6, 2025

Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 15-16, 2025).

Typically, nearly 100 groups will participate in the parade and many of the floats and specialty groups will be featuring the theme of this year’s Chinese zodiac sign – the year of the snake

2025 Chinese New Year Parade
Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 5:15 – 8 pm
Chinatown, San Francisco
FREE standing room (bleacher seats start at $45 for 2025)

$65 – Section A1 (Covered by a canopy, Closest to Chinatown)

$45 – Section B

$45 – Section C

$75 – Section E3 (incl. gift bag, Closest to Union Square)

Fireworks for 2025? In 2024 the festival ended with a short fireworks display. No details yet have been confirmed for 2025.

Rain or Shine

Parade is approximately 1.3 miles in length and lasts about 2 1/2 hours.

Nowhere in the country 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 will be the new and spectacular 288-foot Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”). It takes a team of over 180 men and women from the martial arts group White Crane to carry this dragon throughout the streets of San Francisco.

2025 Parade Route

The Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Dragon will be on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 5:15 pm, stepping off at Second and Market Streets. It is a free event for all to attend, but tickets must be purchased to sit in the bleacher sections.

The parade starts off at 2nd and Market Streets, goes around Union Square and ends at Kearny Street & Columbus Ave. The distance of the parade route is approximately 1.3 miles. The parade is a free event for all to attend and you may stand anywhere on the parade route, behind the barricades, to watch the parade.

For more information please visit the following links

https://chineseparade.com/

https://sf.funcheap.com/chinese-newyear-parade-san-francisco/

Welcome to Madrone

Chinatown Night Market

The Moleskine Project XII

2025 SF’s Chinese New Year Parade: Route + Full Details

2025 Parade Route