A big ‘Thank You” to everyone that made the 75th annual Christmas parade in Owensboro a success.  The crowd was huge, the floats were fantastic, and the weather cooperated! Planning for the 76th Christmas parade starts on Monday, November 22, 2011–yep, that is correct.  We start planning the next parade on the Monday following the [...]

We hope you come hungry this year!  We’ll have several food vendors along the parade route,  plus there are several excellent local restaurants in downtown Owensboro.  Many will be open for business! Click here for a map of the food vendors we are expecting.  

Every year since 2001 an outstanding young student from the area is selected as our official parade starter. We are proud to announce that the official parade starter of the 75th annual Owensboro-Daviess County Christmas Parade is Caroline Boarman. Caroline is the daughter of Steve and Tracie Boarman of Utica.  She is a student at [...]

Once again, the parade committee is proud to announce that Time Warner Cable has agreed to replay the Christmas parade on cable channel 8. The parade will be shown at 8:00PM on parade night, at 4:00PM on Thanksgiving Day, and then every Wednesday at 7:00PM and every Saturday at 6:00PM until Christmas.

Hey boys and girls, did you know you can bring your letter to Santa to the Christmas Parade on Saturday, November 19th?  Yep, that’s right. Start writing your letter to Santa and bring it with you to the parade.  Near the end of the parade, just before Santa arrives, Santa’s helpers will pickup your letter [...]