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  2. San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

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    During the California Gold Rush, many Chinese immigrants came to San Francisco to work in gold mines and on railroads in search of wealth and a better life. The earliest recorded New Year's celebration was "a great feast" on February 1, 1851, [7] and the first dragon dance in San Francisco was held for the New Year in 1860. [8]

  3. KFOG KaBoom - Wikipedia

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    KFOG KaBoom was an annual outdoor concert held by KFOG in San Francisco and which occurred in May from 1994 to 2010. It was followed by a fireworks show [1] [2] synchronized to a soundtrack broadcast by the station. The extravagant fireworks display drew over 350,000 people. [3] In 2007, KaBoom began charging admission due to rising costs. [4]

  4. Litquake - Wikipedia

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    Litquake is San Francisco 's annual literary festival. Originally named Litstock, the festival events took place in a single day in Golden Gate Park in the spring of 1999. It now has a two-week run in mid-October, as well as year-round programs and workshops. Litquake consists of readings, discussions, film screenings, and themed events held at ...

  5. Finocchio's Club - Wikipedia

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    506 Broadway Street, San Francisco, California. Coordinates. 37°47′54″N 122°24′21″W  /  37.798419°N 122.405827°W  / 37.798419; -122.405827. Finocchio's Club was a former nightclub and bar in operation from 1936 to 1999 in North Beach, San Francisco, California. The club started as a speakeasy called the 201 Club in 1929 ...

  6. Mission District, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The first Carnaval in San Francisco happened in 1978, with less than 100 people dancing in a parade that went around Precita Park. Alejandro Murguía (born 1949) is an American poet, short story writer, editor and filmmaker who was named San Francisco Poet Laureate in 2012. He is known for his writings about the Mission District where he has ...

  7. Chinatown, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, on the Condition of the Chinese Quarter of that City (1885) : 5 Emergence of tourism By the end of the 19th century, Chinatown's assumed reputation as a place of vice caused it to become a tourist destination, attracting numerous working-class white people, who sought the oriental mystery of Chinese culture and ...

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