CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — New York City is preparing to celebrate the Year of the Snake with the 2025 Lunar New Year Parade and Festival.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the Chinatown New Year’s Parade, which will take place on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 1 p.m

WABC-TV is a proud sponsor of the 27th Annual NYC Lunar Year Parade and Festival and will broadcast the parade live on abc7NY.com, our mobile and connected TV apps and on YouTube.

The parade begins in Little Italy and marches through the main streets of Chinatown, ending on Broome Street near Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Festival booths will be set up along Bayard Street between Mott Street and Mulberry Street for event attendees.

Spectators can expect a colorful festival with floats, bands and artists representing different communities and cultures. Organizers expect more than 25,000 people to take part in the procession.

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Organized by Better Chinatown USA, the event marks the culmination of celebrations that begin on January 29, the first day of the 2025 Lunar New Year calendar.

The organization will host a fireworks ceremony and cultural festival on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Those interested can find more information on the Better Chinatown USA website.

Many Asian communities around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year. In Chinese, it is known as “Chunjie” or Spring Festival, while other names for the New Year include Vietnamese Tet, Korean Seollal and Tibetan Losar.

The New Year’s calendar runs through 12 signs of the zodiac, including the snake. In 2024, people celebrated the Year of the Dragon.

Rewatch New York’s 2024 Lunar New Year celebrations here:

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