California Holiday Parades During the Christmas Season Make Celebrating Bright!

California Christmas Holiday Parades are California events and traditions that young & old enjoy providing entertainment, community spirit and participation.  And sometimes the events raise money for special causes to help others.

 

Themes of these special events include Santa, reindeer, Christmas songs played by marching bands, beauty queens, and fanciful parade floats decorated in holiday colors such as red and green. Snowflakes are also included, though you won't find the real things in many California cities where the sun shines bright all year long and the temperatures seldom dip below 50 degrees.

 

     
City Holiday Events Information

 
Arroyo Grande Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting Ceremony Parade starts Traffic Way and Branch St., then proceeds up East Branch to City Hall.
Auburn Festival of Light Parade Starts at Gold Country Fairgrounds. auburnchamber.net
Capitola Surfing Santa Santa surfs into town on board, in the Pacific Ocean.
Clovis Children's Electric Christmas Parade Only 1 rule - must wear or have lights, clovischamber.com
Eureka Christmas Truckers Convoys 100 huge trucks adorned in holiday lights, Parade winds through the town with music & horns blaring Jingle Bells. Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, 6 p.m.
Fairfield Holiday Night of Lights fairfielddowntown.com
Felton Holiday Lights Train roaringcamp.com
Grover Beach Holiday Parade Holiday Parade begins around 10 a.m. at 16th and Grand to Ramona Park.
Huntington Beach Cruise of Lights Boat Tour Multi-million dollar homes are lit along the waterways and channels for fundraising boat rides, cruiseoflights.org
Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Christmas Parade Santa, Mayor, beauty queen, Girl Scouts march down Main Street. hbdowntown.com
Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade Multi-million dollar yachts, kayaks, canoes and boat light up the harbor with holiday lights and music. Decorated with animated Christmas scenes accompanied by music and costumed carolers, christmasboatparade.com
Marysville Marysville Christmas Parade Over 100  entries, 10,000 spectators, lighted floats, horses, cars, clowns, carolers, community orgs, bands in downtown, marysvilledowntown.com
Monterey La Posada Candlelight Parade  
Laguna Niguel Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade Over 100  parade units, marching bands, clowns, exotic cars, equestrian groups, lagunaniguelparade.com
Oakland Tree Lighting Ceremony bands, celebration and fun, jacklondonsquare.com
Oakland Lighted Yacht Parade Lighted boats parade past square, jacklondonsquare.com
Orange County Santa Motorcycle Parade  
Oxnard Oxnard Christmas Parade Floats, bands, and Santa Claus
Redding Lighted Christmas Parade Over 20 years - floats, bands, shastalake.com
San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade pacificlifeholidaybowl.com
San Diego Christmas Light Boat Parade  
San Diego North Park Toyland Parade  
Santa Barbara The Magic of Toyland Annual Holiday Parade 40,000 spectators, marching bands, holiday floats, tree lighting at State & Victoria Streets,  santabarbaradowntown.com
Santa Cruz Holiday Parade Floats, classic cars, dancers, bands and Santa, of course, downtownsantacruz.com
Santa Maria Santa Maria Christmas Parade of Lights Contains floats, bands. Begins at Broadway & Stowell, Ends at the Town Center Mall,  smparadeoflights.com
Solvang Solvang Christmas Parade Begins at Mission Santa Ines, solvangusa.com
Seal Beach Seal Beach Holiday Parade Parade units, marching bands,  exotic cars, ci.seal-beach.ca.us
Stockton Delta Reflections Lighted Boat Parade Parade and tree lighting takes place along the San Joaquin Delta, stocktongov.com
Sunset Beach No Parade Small annual event. Just show up in the parking lot with lights on your body, car, wagon or whatever
Templeton Cowboy Christmas Visit from Santa, 10 tons of snow, hayrides, templetonchamber.com
Woodland Woodland Holiday Parade Over 40 years - largest parade of it's kind in N. California, over 150 entries, Santa Claus,  antique fire engine, woodlandchamber.com