Grand parade
Our Grand Parade boasts a 60–contingent (comparsa) lineup, with over 3,000 artists representing the cultural heritages of Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, Cuba, Peru, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, and more to participate, televised by CBS. The Grand Parade covers 20 blocks in San Francisco’s historic Latino Cultural District in the Mission.
Parade Lineup
- San Francisco Lowrider Council
- Viva, Amor y la Lucha con Samba Ritmo
- Xiuhcoatl Danza Azteca
- American Indian Cultural Center of San Francisco
- San Francisco Public Library
- The Frontline Essential Workers of Laborers Union Local 261
- ABADA CAPOEIRA SAN FRANCISCO
- Community Music Center and SFUSD Mariachi in Partnership with SF City Surf Project Sponsored by SunBum
- UNIDOS DA CAPITAL
- Buena Vista Horace Mann School
- Grand Marshals Dandha Da Hora and John Santos
- Bloco Ginga Brasil
- BART (SF Bay Area Rapid Transit District)
- Feline Finesse Dance Company
- Kantuta Ballet Folklorico de Bolivia
- Zumba of the 209
- Sepia Lux Art Car
- La Cumbiamba Colombiana
- 2025 King German Tike and Queen Zoel Esperanza sponsored by the SF Latino & Black Builders Association
- SambaFunk!
- Oya Nike
- Comunidad Maya Yucateca
- Chavalos Danzas por Nicaragua
- Ballet Folklorico Pueblo Nuevo
- Telemundo 48
- Beautiful Beginnings Arts Collective
- CultuCuba & Arenas Dance Company
- Karimba Afrikans
- SALT Association/Pacific Islander Cultural District
- Hot Pink Feathers
- ASIYA SHRINERS OF SAN MATEO
- Everett Middle School – “Caribra”
- Recology
- Cuicacalli
- Esforço!
- Tradicion Peruana Cultural Center
- Aquarela Samba Dancers
- Morenada San Francisco-Bolivia para el Mundo
- Nicaragua Danza – Hijos del Maiz
- Grupo Samba Rio
- Latin Dance Grooves
- Esplendor Azteca Xipe Totec
- Caravana de la Bahia
- Loco Bloco
- Caporales San Simon Universitarios
- Asociacion Mayab
- Salseros Parceros
- Negritud Yanga USA
- Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco
- Oaxaca en San Francisco
- Rueda Con Ritmo
- Jaguars of Fire
- Los Bomberos De San Francisco
- Batala San Francisco
- Cable Car Operators & Families
- Sambaxé
- Native Fairy Gardens
- Fogo Na Roupa Grupo Carnavalesco
- Mi Tierra Colombiana
- Bolivia Corazon de America
- Sou Samba Studios
- Xplosion Mas
- Raio de Luz Samba Performers
- The San Francisco Belles
- Carnaval Putleco
- Miss Panama SF California
- Karibbean Vibrationz
- Tradiciones Michoacanas: El Torito de Petate
- Samba Conmigo
- Flavaz of D’ Caribbean
purchase grand parade seating
The parade is free but for the best view, buy grandstand tickets!
*Children under 5 enter for free, but MUST sit on an adults lap the entire time.
See the 47th Anniversary of Carnaval San Francisco’s Grand Parade in the best seats of the event –the Grand Stand/Judging Area!
Parade starts on 24th & Bryant Street travels west on to Mission Street then on Mission Street travels north to 15th Street.
The Grand Stand seating area will be located outside, in front of the Gray Area Theatre (2665 Mission St, SF) as well as in front of La Corneta Taqueria ( 2731 Mission St, SF). Tickets are for general admission–no reserve seating available. Wheelchair accessibility available.
Cultura y Arte Nativa De Las Americas (CANA) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, tax ID 38-401-3756. For over four decades, we have preserved and celebrated the many heritages through culturally and linguistically-relevant dance, music, art, and by creating spaces for community learning, school-based education, advocacy and human services. Carnaval San Francisco and the Mission Food Hub are projects of CANA.
