The annual Downtown Racine Holiday Parade and Tree-lighting Ceremony is on Saturday, Nov. 11.
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. The Tree Lighting Ceremony on Monument Square will follow the parade at 6:45 pm, where Santa Claus will light the Holiday Tree. Then, stick around for fireworks!
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.
Don’t forget to bring your letters to Santa, as Postal workers will be collecting them along the parade route to deliver to the North Pole.
2026 Holiday Parade Lineup
1 Racine County HOG Chapter
2 Racine Fire Department
3 Racine Fire Belles
4 Bell Ambulance
5 Vets
6 Wisconsin National
7 Senior Moments Performance
8 Gruber Law Offices
9 Lighthouse Brigade
10 Ambulnz by DocGo
11 Kraut Pageant
12 K&J Drivers LLC
13 Racine Dental Group
14 Case High School Football Team
15 Case High School Dance Team
16 Case High School Middle School Dance Team
17 Case High School Cheer Team
18 County Executive: Ralph Malicki
19 Step by Step Dance Academy
20 Girl Scout Troops 37893 and 38397
21 CNH
22 Downtown Racine Corp
23 Racine Special Olympics
24 Christmas Carnival of Lights
25 Christmas Carnival of Lights
26 Habor Lite Yacht Club
27 Starbuck International Cheer
28 Wisconsin Twisters
29 Racine Horlick Student Government
30 RE/MAX Newport, Tyler Murphy
31 St. Sebastian STEM Academy
32 First Student
33 Urban Fitness
34 Root Rivers Rollers
35 Black Arts Council of Racine
36 The Salvation Army – Racine
37 Racine Park Pom
38 Miss Racine and Miss Racine Teen
39 RUSD Majorettes
40 Racine Zoo
41 Floral Creations by Eileen
42 Red Apple PTA
43 First Evangelical Lutheran Church
44 Hope Christian Schools VIA
45 Rocco for Racine/Friends of Grace, Allen
46 Breakthrough Dance Team
47 Confetti Birthday Project
48 Racine Raiders
49 Studio OXO
50 AES Towing LLC
51 Hye Ground Cafe
52 Royal Dance Factors
53 Festival Foods
54 Crowned Motion Dance Team
55 Midwest Mountain Lions
56 Racine County Sheriff’s Office
57 Milaeger’s
Back for the 6th year, a small fireworks display will be held, presented by Festival Foods and sponsored by Zeigler Hyundai.
“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.
Parade and Tree Lighting Presented By: Festival Foods
Major Sponsors: Educators Credit Union, Harborspot Lakeside Dining & Spirits, Johnson Financial, Lang Family Foundation, Enjoy Mt. Pleasant, Reef Point Brew House, Woodman’s Market, Zeigler Hyundai
Sponsors: CNH, Culver’s of 21st Street, WRJN, Gruber, Twin Disc, RE/MAX Newport: Tyler Murphy, Feiner Plumbing and Katt Construction
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.