12 Days of Christmas: Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting

Join the Hawkinsville-Pulaski County Chamber & Downtown Hawkinsville’s Main Street Program for our 2024 annual holiday events, starting with the Main Street Holiday Open House on Saturday, November 30, at 1 PM in celebration of Small Business Saturday.

This year’s Lighted Christmas Parade theme is 12 Days of Christmas.

The festivities will include:

• Main Street Holiday Open House at 1-5 PM
• Merry Move & Groove at 80 Commerce Street Park (The Green Space)- 1:00 PM
• Pictures with Santa at the Opera House 2:30-5 PM
• Parade Line Up & Check In 2:30-5 PM
• Community Tree Lighting 5 PM
• Lighted Christmas Parade at 5:30 PM

SIGN UP FOR THE PARADE: Hawkinsville’s Lighted Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting

For more information, please contact us at (478) 783-1717 or by email at info@hawkinsvillechamber.org.

Please note: There is a nominal $25 fee for parade participants and training is required. Special $20 early-bird pricing will last until October 16, 2024. 

Float entries are always encouraged as it makes the parade bigger and better. Only floats will be judged. A float is classified as a truck pulling a trailer or flatbed. Float decorations and parade float kits may be purchased at any place the entrant sees fit (like Oriental Trading Company).

Each entry is to represent the Parade Theme, “12 Day’s of Christmas” in a creative way. This your opportunity to have fun and create something unique and special.

To ensure excellence in presentation and efficiency in coordination, placement within the parade lineup is at the discretion of the Christmas Parade Committee. Line up begins at 2:30 pm. Judging will take place in front of the courthouse as you pass by.
You must be present and on time to be considered for judging and awards. We will announce our winners at the Monday, immediately following the Parade.

The parade will begin where Commerce St. and Dooley St. and turn down Houston St. Then the parade will turn right onto Broad St. and disband at the First Baptist Church parking lot where pick-ups can be made.