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Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Firecracker Ceremony

New York, NY · Holiday

When

February 20, 2027

Where

Mott Street & Canal Street · New York · NY

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

Manhattan's Chinatown welcomes the lunar new year with a firecracker ceremony and lion dances in Sara D. Roosevelt Park, followed weeks later by a full parade of floats and performers from Mott and Canal Streets to the Manhattan Bridge. Organized since the late 1990s by Chinatown community groups, it remains one of the city's largest Asian cultural celebrations.

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