Christmas Parades & Boat Parades in Pinellas (2024)
YOUR GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS PARADES AND BOAT PARADES NEAR ST. PETE-CLEARWATER
Looking for local Christmas parades around Pinellas to take the family? You’ve come to the right place!
We found it was harder than it should be to track down the dates of all the Christmas events in our area in one place. So, we made our own list of Christmas events around the Clearwater-St. Pete area, including these fun parades.
We’re two local Pinellas moms and these are places we hit up with our own kids around the holidays. We especially love our local boat parades, which we’re lucky to have so many of given all our waterfront.
Our hope is that this list, specifically tailored for Pinellas families, saves you time sorting through long lists of the huge Tampa Bay area.
On to the parades!
(LAST UPDATED: November 2024 for the 2024 Christmas season)
Pinellas Christmas Parades
There are lots of Christmas Parades happening throughout Pinellas between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here is a list the local parades happening this year, updated for 2024.
TIP: Bring along a stocking to collect candy or trinkets thrown from the floats
St. Petersburg
Nov 30, 2024: Downtown St. Petersburg Santa Parade & Tree Lighting (website)
Clearwater
Dec 9, 2024: Clearwater 12 Days of Christmas Parade (Facebook)
Dunedin
- Dec 7, 2024: Dunedin Golf Cart Parade (Website)
- Dec 14, 2024: Dunedin Old Fashion Christmas & Parade
Belleair
Dec 8, 2024: Belleair Parade and Party (website)
Safety Harbor
Dec 7, 2024: Safety Harbor Holiday Parade
Indian Rocks Beach
Dec 8, 2024: Indian Rocks Beach (website)
Tarpon Springs
Dec 14, 2024: Tarpon Springs (Facebook)
Largo
Dec 21, 2024: Downtown Largo Old Fashion Christmas Parade (website)
Christmas Boat Parades
A unique Floridian Christmas experience is to watch a boat parade. Boat owners decorate their boats with Christmas lights, music and decoration. The boats sail down a parade route so people on the shore can watch.
You can catch one of these whooping nine boat parades happening in Pinellas this year.
NOTE: Many boat parades are CANCELED this year because of the 2024 hurricanes
Clearwater Yacht Club
Dec 14, 2024 – Free boat parade at Clearwater Yacht Club (website)
St. Pete Beach
Canceled for 2024
Tarpon Springs
Dec 6, 2024 – Snow Place Like Tarpon Springs, 8pm boat parade (website)
Dunedin
Canceled for 2024 (previously scheduled for Dec 7, 2024)
Madeira Beach
Dec 14, 2024 – Madeira Beach Festival of Lights Holiday Boat Parade (website)
Indian Rocks Beach
Dec 21, 2024 – Indian Rocks Beach (website)
South Padadena
Canceled for 2024
Redington and Indian Shores
Canceled for 2024
Treasure Island
Canceled for 2024
Pinellas Park
Dec 14, 2024 – Pinellas Park Boat Parade (website)
Tampa
Holiday Lighted Boat Parade at Tampa Riverwalk (website)
