19th Annual San Francisco Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival

i think this festival is really not that much different from the other festivals that china town has had. it was smallre too — just grant street. i was expecting a crap load of moon cakes but there really wasn’t but like 4 – 5 vendors. i ended up going to AA bakery for the rest of my mooncakes. the parade was also very anticlimatic as well for saturday. it was a small train. they could have also trained the volunteers better too. they didn’t really know when and where the parade was.

I enjoyed myself here I just wished there was more… I guess I had high expectations. I wanted to see more merchants, more shows, more interaction but hey you can only do what you can …

Just walk around before work and the day before. Looks like people had fun. Its get crowded year after year. I did buy some soy milk like $ 1 each for a quart. I brought 4 and they gave me 3 extra. I guess they did want to load the truck after they’re done.

I’d like to give them more stars but my first time going to the Autumn moon festival in SF Chinatown, man was I disappointed. Overcrowded which is expected, but was just so unorganized. I expect more food there, but at the end we just ate at nearby restaurant. I guess if your a fan in buying stuff like 3 for $ 10 sweatshirts, yes they do have that or some over priced pillow for head rest at $ 14. Then this would be your place. I saw one tiny parade with dragon dance and some peeps dressed in ancient costumes.
I two stars is really for the free entrance, since many other festivals do charge certain door prices!

We showed up on sunday with only an hour left, so it was more of an aftermath that we attended, and our rating may not be indicative of the actual event.
There were no performances left, no parades, no dragons, the hipsters had retired to Li Po, the kids were practically out of their caps, the booths were half packed, and the chilly breeze of a san francisco evening had already set in.
But you could tell from the hangover atmosphere that people had had fun.

I thought this festival sounded pretty cool but I was quite disappointed. There were booths up and down Grant Ave with some food, some goods for sale, and a lot of sponsor booths (e.g. AT&T or DirecTV). There were tons of people shoving fliers in my face as I tried to walk around. The performances (which is what I was most excited about) were on a tiny stage and were pretty amateur.

The lion dance is cute but other performance are really boring. We did miss the opening parade. Maybe that was more spectacular?
I went there on the Sunday and it was very crowded. I can’t imagine what it was like on the Saturday. I do enjoy trying the samples from different food vendors. The arts and craft vendors are a bit disappointing. Most of the stuff are cheaply made mass produced merchandise you can find in any Asian store.

The Chinatown Merchants Association presents the 19^th Annual Autumn Moon Festival September 19&20, 2009 in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Live entertainment, arts, & crafts, food, & drink, & an opening parade will mark the Autumn Moon Festival celebrations along historic Grant Avenue from 11am to 6pm.
The opening parade will proceed from California & Grant w/​groups of costumed children & artisans holding American flags along w/​giant puppets, lion dancers, ribbon dancers, & marching bands. The parade will end at the main stage on Washington street, where performers from various Pacific Rim countries will offer nonstop entertainment. Polynesian dancers, acrobats, & martial artists will among the many featured artists.
This year’s sponsers include Safeway, Allstate, Bank of the Orient, California Transplant Donor Network, New York Life, PG&E, Portsmouth Plaza Parking Corporation, World Journal, California Lottery, Chinese Community Health Plan, Nestle’s, United Commercial Bank, US Bank, Western Union, Zipcar, California Donor Network, & the SFMTA.
Santa’s Unilocaler sez: «Feed me more mooncakes!!!»