The Richmond Neighborhood Center today announced that its Lunar New Year Celebration will return on Saturday, Feb. 7, transforming Balboa Street into a vibrant cultural showcase featuring a full-scale parade, night market, and special guest Zhou Bao Bao (known as the “Hanfu Lady” to her 4.9 million followers on Douyin, China’s leading
short-form video platform) as grand marshal.
On Feb. 9, Sunset District residents and visitors welcomed Lunar New Year with a day of festivities at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market and Mercantile.
Outer Balboa Street was alive with the sights and sounds of the holiday season at the Richmond District Lunar New Year Good Luck Parade on Saturday, Jan. 18. Thousands of participants and spectators filled Balboa Street between 35th and 39th avenues from 3:30 to 8 p.m. The parade and night market was organized by the Richmond Neighborhood Center. Courtesy photo.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed poses with Richmond District neighbors at the Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 3 at the Richmond Neighborhood Center’s “A Taste of the Richmond” event at the center’s campus at 741 30th Ave.
Lunar New Year Celebration at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market and Mercantile event attracts a crowd.
With the cancellation of the annual Chinese New Year parade due to the pandemic, communities across the Sunset and Richmond districts are finding new ways to celebrate.
SF Supervisor Gordon Mar’s office organized the Sunset District’s first Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 13 at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. A big crowd sampled food from local restaurants, learned about various service organizations in the community and mingled with neighbors and friends to celebrate the year of the rat.
The celebration will be held at Jefferson Elementary School on Saturday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. – noon. Parking will be available in the schoolyard, entrance on 18th Avenue.
It is the Year of the Rat, meaning the Chinese zodiac is starting over. A Year of the Rat is a time for new beginnings, and though cleaning one’s house is a traditional way to commemorate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rat might be a time to clean up your life and make a fresh start.
This year is the year of the pig, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, and is set to bring good luck and fortune in 2019. The cultural tradition is being celebrated with events across the City.
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