Parade performers swap lion dancers as they head closer to the Chinatown Gateway on South Wentworth Avenue during the Lunar New Year parade on March 1, 2026.
On March 1, the Chicago Chinatown Community Foundation hosted its annual Lunar New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Horse and the 114th anniversary of Chicago’s Chinatown on a sunny and windy Sunday afternoon.
A dragon and its operators passes through South Wentworth Avenue as the Lunar New Year parade comes close to its start.The Lunar New Year parade begins as organizations march down South Wentworth Avenue at 12:43 p.m.
Confetti flies in the air as the Lunar New Year parade continues down South Wentworth Avenue Sunday, as a child being carried reaches her hand to catch some of the falling remnants.Spectators bundled in warm clothing watch and record as parade members pass through the Chinatown Gateway Sunday celebrating the Lunar New Year.A cymbal player from the Hoysun High School Alumni Association stands amongst fellow alumni at South Wentworth Avenue and West 24th Street as members of the parade and attendees filter in prior to the start of the event.Audience members alongside South Wentworth Avenue affirm parade members as they pass by.A fabric fire horse flys in front of audience members. Parade members walk down Chinatown as they head to the gateway to be announced by members on the stage set outside the gate.A lion dancer preforms at the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on South Wentworth Avenue Sunday. Visitors of the Lunar New Year parade reach their hands out for gifts a parade member reaches into her wagon for presents on West Cemark Road.Attendees watch for upcoming performers during the Lunar New Year parade on South Wentworth Avenue. Sunday outside the Chinatown Gateway on South Wentworth Avenue, the public records with their phones as lion dancers are fed after the Lunar New Year parade to bring good fortune to the community.A fire horse flies through the air by a member of the Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown. Feb. 17 marked the year of the fire horse in Chinese zodiac.
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