For the winter holidays, South Florida lights up with dazzling holiday parades. Pick your favorites. It’s ideal as a holiday tradition with family and friends. Some events feature toy drives if you’d like to drop off an unwrapped present.
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Pride Parade
Fort Lauderdale Pride Parade & Festival November 20 & 21. Parade is 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. November 20 on A1A from Rio Mar Street in Fort Lauderdale, feature & website
Holiday Parades
Palm Beach
Palm Beach Holiday Boat Parade
The parade 6 p.m. December 4, led by a Zambelli traveling fireworks display, navigates up the Intracoastal Waterway from North Palm Beach to Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. The event includes a toy drive. website
Holiday Street Parade, Boca
Holiday Street Parade in Boca Raton with floats & entertainment is 7:30 p.m. December 8, from Federal Highway and Southeast 5th Street north to Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton 33432 website
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Holiday Boat Parade
Boynton Beach Holiday Boat Parade is 6:30 p.m. December 10, with festivities, Santa & entertainment @ Boynton Harbor Marina, 735 Casa Loma Boulevard. Unwrapped toys are accepted for a toy drive. Information with recommendations for other watch areas is online
Holiday Parade, Delray
Delray Beach Holiday Parade is 6 p.m. December 11 on Atlantic Avenue, from Atlantic Avenue bridge to Northwest Fifth Avenue. Theme: “Songs of the Season,” website
Holiday Boat Parade
Holiday Boat Parade in Boca Raton 6:30 p.m. December 18 lights up Intracoastal Waterway. Limited bleacher watch zone offered at Red Reef Park, 1400 N. Ocean Boulevard 33432, website
Broward
Parade in Plantation
Holiday Parade is 9 a.m. November 20, with route from Broward Boulevard & Northwest 46th Avenue, west on Broward Boulevard, north on 69th Avenue to City Hall, 400 NW 73rd Avenue, Plantation 33317 954-452-2510
Yuletide Parade
Floats, dancers & Santa are featured in Yuletide Parade 6:30 p.m. December 2 in Pompano. The parade is on Atlantic Boulevard from Riverside Drive to Southeast 24th Avenue. A watch area is at Harbor Drive & Atlantic Boulevard
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Pompano Beach Holiday Boat Parade
Parade is 7 p.m. December 10, with dozens of bedazzled boats lighting up Intracoastal Waterway. Route is from Lake Santa Barbara north to Sullivan Park in Deerfield, read feature or online
Winterfest Boat Parade
Iconic Winterfest event 6 p.m. December 11 features elaborately decorated watercraft in a parade on New River & Intercoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are sold for designated watch area, or watch the event watch it on TV or livestreamed online
Holiday Parade
Holiday Parade in Coral Springs is 7 p.m. December 15 on Sample Road, between Coral Springs Drive and City Hall, 9500 West Sample Road, Coral Springs 33065. Bring lawn chairs or blankets & relax. Free parking at City Hall garage. Information online.
