New York City's Chinese New Year Parade is scheduled to start on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The parade starts from Hester and Mott streets and makes its way through Chinatown. The New York City's Chinatown Chinese New Year Parade is expected to attract 400,000 viewers. Best spot to view the parade will be on Allen St. between Canal and Grand, try to show up early so you get a good spot.

Lion dancers, Dragon bearers, marching bands, acrobats, martial artists, beauty queens and parade floats blend thousands of year-old traditions into modern day parade with wonderful colors, music and culture.