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Boston Chinese New Year 2024

Year of the Tiger New Year Parade & Festival in Boston for CNY 2024. Watch live stream, local TV coverage.

If you happen to be in Boston for Chinese New Year, the Lion Parade is deemed to be the highlight of the Chinese New Year celebrations, bringing large crowds out onto the Main Street of Chinatown for a festival of costumes, noise and colour as the iconic lion dancers lead the party through the streets.

Boston Lion Parade

The parade tends to take place on the second Sunday following Chinese New Year (but this can vary!) The 2024 parade is scheduled for January 29th, start time 10am, and the parade will last for several hours.

The parade route takes it around the Chinatown district, starting from Phillips Square, Harrison Avenue and Beach Street. The whole area will be closed to traffic for the day's celebrations, which makes it a lot easier to find your way around. You'll also catch Dragon dances, dance and kung fu groups performing the Lion dances.

Chinatown does typically get busy around the time of the parade, but not to a ridiculous degree so you should be able to secure a viewing point without too many problems if you're there in plenty of time.

CNY Restaurants

Of course if you're heading to Chinatown for the parade then you're probably going to want to check out the national cuisine - who doesn't like an excuse to have some Chinese food?

Fortunately in this part of town you are more than adequately catered for - popular dining choices include the Taiwan Cafe, Bubor Cha Cha, Hei La Moon and Jumbo Seafood Restaurant. Chinese is one of those cuisines where there are always a fantastic range of vegetarian and vegan options too - just need to be a little careful about where they put that fish sauce! You can check out the full range of Boston's Chinese restaurants, along with plenty of customer reviews here

Live Streaming

Live coverage isn't easy to come by and we have struggled to locate a live stream in previous years. There aren't even live webcams in the are unfortunately. If there is any TV coverage or live streaming pops up we will of course add the links here.

Our best suggestion is to check out the local news network station, who should be covering the main events as the day goes on:

WBZ News live stream

There is also a wide range of footage from previous years' parades available on Youtube which can help you to get a feel for what the day is all about. It's also likely that new streams of this years event will be added as the day goes on so it's usually worth checking back:

Boston Chinese New Year videos

Chinese New Year Hotels

If you're planning on visiting Boston for the Chinese New Year celebrations, then there is plenty to choose from, and prices at this time of year tend to be relatively reasonable, especially when compared to the warmer summer months and busy Christmas and new year periods.

You can search, check availability and book local hotels here.

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