Gung Hay Fat Choy! or Happy New Year! Celebrate the Year of the Tiger at the Free 2010 Golden Dragon Parade and Chinese New Year Festival in Los Angeles, Feb. 20 – 21.
Scare off evil spirits at one of oldest Lunar New Year parades in the U.S. The Golden Dragon Parade at 1pm Saturday is festival’s major highlight, populated with the colorful Chinese dragons that weave through the parade route. Sometimes manned by up to 20 performers, the dragons keep bad karma away.
Listen for the pop, pop, pop of 10,000 Chinese firecrackers! Also stepping off for the parade down Broadway are marching bands, Chinese acrobats, Miss LA Chinatown Queen and her court, elaborate floats and civic groups. Entertaining LA spectators for 111+ years, the parade attracts about 110,000 onlookers.
Parking is tough. Best bet is to park elsewhere and take the Metro Gold Line to Chinatown.
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