Overview
- The parade begins at 5:15 p.m. Saturday at 2nd and Market, with free viewing along the 1.3-mile route and bleacher ticket holders urged to arrive by 4 p.m.
- ABC7’s official broadcast starts at 5 p.m. on its streaming platforms and channel 7.2, with a full replay at 8:30 p.m. on 7.1.
- KTVU will also carry live coverage around 5 p.m. on FOX LOCAL, YouTube and ktvu.com.
- Olympic freestyle skiing gold medalist Eileen Gu serves as grand marshal, and Huaxing Arts Group SF opens with a Mongolia-origin chopstick dance tied to the Year of the Horse.
- Crews are completing 17 glitter-laden floats with rearing horse sculptures, SFPD plans additional officers and road closures, and parade producers say the event is at about 80% of its pre-pandemic scale.