Parades & Festivals
Come out and join your friends, families and neighbors for a fun and festive time featuring great small town holiday parades and festivals!
Mare Island's annual tree lighting celebration. Enjoy a performance by Voena Choir, hot chocolate, cookies, in support of Vallejo Together.
Join us for the 1st annual Martinez Lighted Boat Parade, Santa, Music and refreshments! View from the newly renovated Martinez Fishing Pier!
Join us for the Mad Hatter Holiday Festival and Parade on Saturday, December 6th, 2025!!!
The Oakland / Alameda Lighted Yacht Parade, brings communities together to celebrate the season and the communities waterfront history.
Thank you to all who joined us for the 30th annual Calistoga Lighted Tractor Parade this year!
Celebrate the season at Winterfest, Mill Valley’s annual holiday gathering! Bring family and friends for an afternoon of festive fun, featuring performances by Happy Feet, RoCo Dance and Marin Conservatory of Dance, plus electric toddler train rides, a visit from Santa, and the community tree lighting.
Photos with Santa, live music and caroling, craft beverages, family zone, holiday shopping, artisan vendors, and more!
The Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District and the St. Francis Yacht Club will join once again to present the oldest and largest lighted holiday boat parade on San Francisco Bay.
Get ready to jingle all the way as we unleash our ULTIMATE holiday fun: Hometown Holidays!
The parol lantern is the quintessential Filipino symbol of hope, blessings, luck, and peace, during the holiday season, and can be found lighting up windows in Filipino homes throughout the world.
Holiday Fun on the Petaluma River! Meet at the Petaluma Turning Basin and enjoy the Lighted Boat parade hosted by the Petaluma Yacht Club.
Sausalito's premier holiday season event. Two days of family fun events.
Glammed up tractor trailers, farm vehicles, and decorated farm vehicles covered in lights. FREE!

Join the whole Napa community for the annual parade, where floats are decorated over the top with lights and much, much more.