Tampa Lighted Holiday Boat Parade Planned

As holiday plans are announced, we'll get them out to you. Latest is the 2020 Holiday Lighted Boat Parade. Here are the details.

This lighted boat parade will take place December 19th. If you'd like to watch the parade, it's a FREE event to watch along Tampa's Riverwalk. You can get into the Christmas Spirit at Winter Village at Curtis Hixon Park where you can go ice skating or do some Christmas shopping!

If you have a boat you'd like to decorate and enter into the parade, here's the registration information. Boat registration fee is $50 per vessel. Registration must be completed by December 11th. There will be a mandatory captain's meeting held the week of December 13th. There will be trophies awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place vessels in both small and large divisions. Click here to register your boat.

Other events and places to visit in downtown Tampa include: Holiday Island at The Sail Pavilion, Lost Pearl presents A Pirates Christmas, Pirate Water Taxi River of Lights Cruises, Yacht StarShip Holiday Cruises, Sparkman Wharf, and Armature Works.

Click here to see a map of the parade route and the places from which you can watch the parade.