Chinese New Year 2025 Oakland. Our 2023 parade was oakland chinatown's first lunar new year parade in more than 50 years, and we aim to continue that. Chinese lantern festival is wednesday, february 12, 2025.

Awkwafina will kick off the parade, which begins at 5:15 p.m. The lunar new year is celebrated by two billion people in the united states and throughout the world.