Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Festival & Parade
Annual San Francisco event featuring decorated floats, school marching bands, martial arts group, lion dancers and the Golden Dragon ("Gum Lung"). 5:30pm; Sat. Feb 3; free ($25 for bleacher seats); parade begins at Market & Second Streets and continues to Kearny & Jackson, San Francisco; 415.982.3000 or 415.391.9680.

Chinese New Year Resources
Links to Chinese New Year activity sites, recipes, dance companies, e-cards and more.

Chinese New Year's Events
Information about the New Year's parade, the annual Miss Chinatown U.S.A. pageant, fashion shows and more.

Jayson Wechter's Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt
An amateur sleuthing game played on the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown, North Beach and Telegraph Hill. Proceeds benefit the Hamilton Family Center for homeless families. 5pm; Sat. Feb 3; $23/$25; One Market Plaza, #1 Market Street, San Francisco; 415.564.9400.

Tet Festival 2001
Annual event featuring cultural exhibitions, a dragon, parade, fireworks, ethnic food and more. $7/$4; Fri-Sun, Jan 26-28; Santa Clara Fairgrounds; 344 Tully Road, San Jose; 408.295.9210.

Miss Vietnam Tet Pageant
Annual pageant featuring seventeen contestants. 2:30pm; Thong Nhat Theater, Santa Clara Fairgrounds; 344 Tully Road, San Jose; 408.923.0665.

Vietnamese New Year Resources
Links to articles about Tet history, customs, traditional recipes and more.