Chinese New Year festivities kick off in San Francisco

Clifton Wilkinson

Lonely Planet Writer

20 February 2015

Chinese New Year in San Francisco

Chinese New Year in San Francisco Image by Robert Raines / CC BY 2.0

Two weeks of celebrating the Year of the Ram started last night in downtown San Francisco. Performers including drummers entertained the onlookers, including the mayor, in the city’s Chinatown, and a live ram was a special guest. The culmination of the fortnight-long celebrations is the New Year Parade on 7 March. Read more: abc7news.com

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