Crowds of people are expected to fill the streets of San Francisco to watch the Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday. The parade is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. and is set to begin at Market and Second Streets. According to SFMTA, the parade will then continue along Market to Geary, Powell, Post, Kearny to Columbus where it will disband between Pacific and Washington.
The parade, which is billed as “the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia,” is expected to have record-breaking attendance this year, the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce said.
Assistant San Francisco Police Chief David Lazar told NBC Bay