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San Francisco January Festivals & Street Fairs 2025

Here’s a round-up of January’s winter festivals, MLK Day Jr. celebrations, and street fairs
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Winter is here.

Here’s a list of what to look forward to in January 2025! We’ll be updating this list frequently as we get more date confirmations.


Here’s a round-up of fun and fabulous January festivals and street fairs including festive holiday lighting events you can look forward to this January.

> Please note that we’ll continue to update our January Festivals & Street Fairs Guide for 2025.


SF’s Mayoral Inauguration Celebration for Daniel Lurie

January 8, 2025 – SF (Civic Center) – FREE – San Francisco welcomes in Mayor Lurie as he is sworn in at an event in Civic Center Plaza and City Hall.

SF’s First Chintown Night Market of 2025

January 8, 2025 – SF (Chinatown) – FREE – In honor of Daniel Lurie’s inauguration as the 46th Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco hosts the first Chinatown Night Market of the year with food, drinks and live performances featuring ZHU and DJ Ruckus.

 

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SF’s Lunar New Year “Good Luck” Parade

January 18, 2025 – SF (Richmond District) – FREE – Celebrate the Year of the Snake with the Richmond District’s first-ever Lunar New Year Parade.

SF’s MLK Jr Day Celebrations

January 20, 2025 – All Over San Francisco – FREE – Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day with volunteering opportunities, a march and parade over the bridge, free Caltrain & BART Rides to SF’s MLK Day Festival, MoAD Free Museum Day MLK Jr. Day Music Festival and more.

Free National Parks Day for MLK Jr. Day 2025

January 20, 2025 – All Over USA – FREE – Celebrate MLK Jr. Day in nature. Enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park, and free admission aboard all of the historic vessels at the Hyde Street Pier of SF’s Maritime National Historical Park.

San Francisco’s 2025 Chinese New Year Flower Market Fair

January 25-26, 2025 – SF (Chinatown) – FREE – Celebrate the Lunar New Year in San Francisco’s Chinatown Flower Market Fair for a shopper’s paradise with over 120 booths plus performances of traditional Chinese magicians, acrobats, folk dancers and opera.

2025 White Elephant Sale in 90,000+ Sq Ft. Warehouse

Jan. 26 – March 2, 2025 – Oakland – FREE (from 1-2pm on Public Shopping Days; $7 general admission; free all day on the Clearance Weekend Mar. 1-2; $50 on Preview Day Jan. 26) – At Northern California’s oldest and largest rummage sale, find a curated selection of one-of-a kind treasures from almost 20 departments in a warehouse nearly twice the size of a football field.