The annual Downtown Racine Holiday Parade and Tree-lighting Ceremony is on Saturday, November 11th.
The parade will begin at 5:30 pm starting at the West side of the State Street bridge, it will continue down Main Street to 6th Street, and travel West on 6th Street and end at City Hall. This year’s parade marshals are our amazing Racine Veterans, as the parade lands on Veteran’s Day. The Parade will end at approximately 6:45 pm. The Tree-Lighting Ceremony on Monument Square will follow the parade at 6:50 pm, where Mayor Mason and Santa Claus will light the Holiday Tree.
Holiday singers and entertainment will perform before and after the parade. Pre-parade festivities will start at 4:45 pm carolers singing some Christmas favorites. The performers will do a few more songs after the parade, as well.
2023 Holiday Parade Lineup
1 HOGS
2 Scratch
3 Indian Motorcycles
4 Racine Fire
5 Racine Fire Bells
6 Racine County Hogs
7 Veterans Motorcycles
8 Veterans Motorcycles
9 DRC Grand Marshal veteran banner
10 Veterans walking
11 Veterans float
12 Veterans walking
13 Veterans walking
14 USPS
15 Mayor
16 Step by Step Dance Academy
17 Alderman Jeff Cole
18 Salvation Army
19 Raiders
20 Case Football
21 Case Dance
22 Case Cheer
23 Christmas Carnival of Lights
24 Christmas Carnival of Lights
25 CNH Industrial
26 Service Pro
27 Alter Metal Recycling
28 Carriage House
29 Dragon Boat
30 Creature Comforts
31 First Evangelical Church
32 DRC sponsor banner
33 Festival Foods
34 Midwest Market
35 First Student
36 Friends of Lorenzo Santos
37 Real School
38 Renewal by Anderson
39 Gruber Law Offices
40 Gateway Technical College
41 Harbor Lite
42 Massage By K
43 Horlick High Cheer
44 Katie’s Canine Clubhouse
45 Kraut Queen
46 Neubauer, Greta
47 Majorette Step Dance Team
48 Miss Racine Scholarship
49 Park Poms
50 Racine Zoo
51 Little Roots Early School
52 Sheriff department
53 Sheriff department
54 Senior Moments Performance
55 Miss Latina Scholarship
56 Floral Creations
57 Special Olympics
58 Fourth Fest
59 Marcus Renaissance
60 Racine Lady Panthers
61 Sidity Movement
62 City of Racine Transit bus
63 St Lucy’s Girl Scouts
64 TMJ 4
65 Sweatshop Movement
66 ASSE International
67 Billy’s Posse
68 Neighbors Near and Far Anderson
69 YMCA
70 Root River Rollers
71 Halo
72 Milagers
Back for the 3rd year, a small fireworks display will be held, sponsored by Educators Credit Union and CNH.
“The Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting is the official kickoff to the 2023 holiday season as well as a salute to all Veterans. This event brings the community together to celebrate the season, while shedding light on the phenomenal holiday shopping and dining options downtown offers. I encourage you to bring the entire family, come early for a bite to eat and stay to watch us officially light up downtown’s holiday tree.” -Kelly Kruse, Executive Director at the Downtown Racine Corporation.
Festival Foods has always been a strong supporter of Downtown Racine and, again, they are our Holiday Tree Sponsor. Parade goers will be sure to see the Festival Food’s ‘largest shopping cart in the state’ rolling down Main Street at the beginning of the parade.
There are many sponsors that we would like to thank for supporting this event and ultimately supporting Downtown Racine. Sekao, Hotel Verdant, Twin Disc, General Rental, Johnson Financial, Gruber Law Office, E.C. Styberg, and Renewal by Anderson
Questions? Email eventsmanager@racinedowntown.com.
DOWNTOWN RACINE CORPORATION: Downtown Racine Corporation, a non-profit whose mission is to foster economic, social, and cultural diversity by stimulating business development, programming events, and marketing downtown to the community, developers, and tourists.
