{"id":464435,"date":"2026-09-15T12:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464435\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:08:18","slug":"san-francisco-is-shutting-down-6-blocks-of-historic-chinatown-for-a-free-2-day-autumn-moon-festival-this-weekend-featuring-a-dumpling-eating-contest-lion-dancing-and-a-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464435\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco is shutting down 6 blocks of historic Chinatown for a free, 2-day Autumn Moon Festival this weekend \u2014 featuring a dumpling-eating contest, lion dancing, and a parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Webp.net-resizeimage-49-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"San Francisco is shutting down 6 blocks of historic Chinatown for a free, 2-day Autumn Moon Festival this weekend \u2014 featuring a dumpling-eating contest, lion dancing, and a parade\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/chinatown-san-francisco-history\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/chinatown-san-francisco-history\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">historic Chinatown <\/a>is known for its many thriving restaurants and shops, and many popular community events. One of the neighborhood\u2019s major celebrations, the annual Autumn Moon Festival, will take over 6 blocks this weekend, with lion dancing, mooncakes, and more. <\/p>\n<p>2026 SF Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonfestival.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.moonfestival.org\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Chinatown\u2019s annual Autumn Moon Festival<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/things-to-do-this-weekend-sf\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/things-to-do-this-weekend-sf\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">this weekend<\/a>, September 19-20. The free, two-day celebration spans Grant Ave. between California and Broadway. The festival will run from 11 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, and is open to all ages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival\u2019s main stage will be located at Washington &amp; Grant Ave., with lion dancing, martial arts demonstrations, and more in the lineup. A Saturday highlight is the K-Pop Dance Contest, with three categories: solo, duo, and group. The competition will take place on the main stage starting at 1:15 pm.  On Sunday, the festival will host a dumpling-eating competition that starts at 2:45 pm.  The festival\u2019s finale is the Dragon Parade on Sunday at 4:45 pm, after a series of live performances and activities throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from the main stage entertainment, attendees can expect street events, including lion dancing, the Chinese Photographic Society Photo Display, and more. Plenty of mooncakes will be available, traditionally served during Mid-Autumn and Moon Festival Celebrations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival is presented by the Chinatown Merchants Association, which was founded in 1988. The association held the first Autumn Moon Festival in SF in 1991, and it has remained a beloved event every year for over 30 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t miss the festival on September 19 and 20, from 11 am to 5 pm. We recommend taking transit to the festival, as it can be difficult to find parking in the area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Francisco\u2019s historic Chinatown is known for its many thriving restaurants and shops, and many popular community events.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-464435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}