The only Filipino Parade in San Francisco, it is a display of community pride along San Francisco’s main street – Market Street – from the Embarcadero to the Yerba Buena Gardens, the crown jewel of SF’s cultural district. Colorful floats, historical themes and lively community contingents has helped build Pistahan Parade, as THE Filipino counterpart of San Francisco’s great cultural institutions like Chinese New Year Parade, Carnaval, St. Patrick’s Parade, among others.
This year, the Pisthan Parade will kick off the Pistahan weekend. Witness a dazzling display of Filipino culture and traditions at this year’s Pistahan Parade down Market Street, from the Embarcadero to Yerba Buena Gardens onSATURDAY, August 13.
11:00 am – The Parade begins on Beale Street, goes down Market Str ... Go to event
Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood will celebrate Chinese Independence, the 100th Anniversary of National Day in Republic of China. The parade will feature lion dances, Chinese patriots, marching bands, local school floats, and the 100 ft. mystical dragon.
When: Oct 8, 2011
Where: On Wentworth Ave. from Cermak to 24th St.
Wentworth Ave. & Cermak
Chicago, IL 60616
Admission: Free
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The Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & New Year’s Day Firecracker Ceremony was founded in 1999 to provide New york’s Chinese American community with a large scale celebration on par with those in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In recent years it has suppressed it, the event has grown into a New York City-wide affair and New York’s biggest winter tourist attraction, luring thousands of visitors from all over the United States and the world. With the dog parade 5 years ago and 4 years ago the Pig race, 2- colorful float, 20 antique cars, 200 cultural performers & 3000 marchers participating making the parade more exciting. Last year, a record 500,000 spectators flooded the streets of Chinatown to welcome the year of the Rabbit. A truly pan-Asian spectacle, the Para ... 
GUNG HAY FAT CHOI TO ALL!
The 2012 Lunar New Year Parade celebrating the Year of the DRAGON 4710 will include marching bands, floats, lions teams, a mystical dragon, and Miss Friendship Ambassador. Please join us to welcome the New Year as we convey GUNG HEI FAT CHOI to all in attendance!
This year’s parade also kicks off celebrations of the Chinatown Centennial 1912-2012!
Parade step-off time is 1:00PM though there are other activities starting as early as 11:30AM.
When: Sunday, January 29, 2012
Time: 11:30AM
Where: W Cermak Rd & S Wentworth Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
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On January 29, 2012, the Chinese community of the greater Washington metropolitan area is going to celebrate the “Chinese Lunar New Year 4710″ in Washington, DC Chinatown.
The Chinese consolidated Benevolent Association, an umbrella organization representing thirty Chinese-American organizations throughout the Greater Washington area will host the event. Over 40,000 are expected in attendance. The parade will also be televised to 40 million nationwide.
When: January 29, 2012
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Where: Washington, DC, Chinatown
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Over 100 units will participate in the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade. A San Francisco tradition since just after the Gold Rush, the parade continues to delight and entertain the many hundreds of thousands of people that come to watch it on the street or tune in to watch it on television on KTVU Fox 2 or KTSF Channel 26.
Nowhere in the world 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 is the spectacular 250′ Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”) It takes a team of over 100 men and women from the martial arts group, White Crane to carry this dragon throughout the streets of San Francisco.
This year’s ... 
One of the East Coast’s most vibrant Greek communities thrives in Boston, Massachusetts. Rosinopoulos, known as Roslindale to the rest of the Boston area, was where the Greeks settled in town. Today, Greeks are well scattered across the area and nearby suburbs, but they gather in town each spring for the Boston, MA Greek Independence Day Parade. The 17th Greek Independence Day parade in Boston will take place on Sunday, the 10th of April at 1:00 p.m. It will be dedicated to the young men that took part in the 1821 Revolution and fought along with the great heroes and moreover for the youth of today. The parade will begin in front of the Municipal Library of Boston and will end at the crossroad of Charles’s Street where the Four Seasons hotel is located. The group of the expatriate l ... 
Attend one of Washington’s most exciting springtime traditions − the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade® on Saturday, April 14, from 10am – noon, rain or shine. The Parade runs along Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th streets, NW, and is simulcast live, in its entirety, on WJLA−ABC7 and NewsChannel8. Lavish floats, giant helium balloons, marching bands, and performers burst down the historic avenue in an energy-filled spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Parade Applications
The National Cherry Blossom Festival welcomes marching bands, specialty units, youth choir members and tap dancers to apply for participation in the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade®.
NOW – FEBRUARY 15, 2012 — Accepting
Youth Choir appli ... 
The Sunday Parade along Fifth Avenue is the highlight of the National Puerto Rican Parade events. Parade participants number over 2 million and parade spectators exceed 3 million. There is extensive media coverage by way of live and delayed telecast on English and Spanish television, and live radio coverage. There is an impressive number of community contingencies, floats, marching bands, and musical groups which provide a festive and lively mood to the Parade.
The parade marches along Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 79th Street and has grown to become the largest demonstration of ethnic pride in New York City with close to three million spectators annually; it is one of the largest parades in the country.
Over 50 Years of Tradition and Excitement, And Much More is Coming Your Way
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CELEBRATING THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF PUERTO RICO
The 2012 National Puerto Rican Day Parade is the number fifty four (55) event held in New York City and the sixteen (17) as a National Organization.
In addition to the annual parade on fifth avenue the Board of Directors carries out mutilple events throughout the year in accord with the organization mission and goals.
RECOGNITION TO “BALUARTES PUERTORRIQUEÑOS 2012”.
In recognition of the contribution to the Puerto Ricans culture and arts.
WE REACH OUT TO ALL PUERTO RICANS TO DISPLAY THEIR PUERTO RICAN FLAGS WITHOUT ANY SYMBOLS.
When: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Where: New York, NY
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