The annual Downtown Racine Holiday Parade and Tree-lighting Ceremony is on Saturday, November 9th.
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 is the Racine Special Olympics. 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 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.
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.
2024 Holiday Parade Lineup
1 Racine County Harley Owners Group
2 Game Changers CAR CLUB
3 USPS – collecting letters to Santa
4 Racine Fire Department
5 Racine Fire Bells INC
6 North Central Emergency Services
7 Bell Ambulance Inc
7.1 Carriage House Pedal Tours
8 Creature Comforts
9 Senior Moments Performance Group
10 Jeff Cole Alderman
11 Buffalo Wild Wings
12 Festival Foods – Giant Cart
13 Girls Scout of Wisconsin Southeast
14 Billy’s Posse INC
15 Girls Scout Troop #37624
16 Salvation Army
17 Little Roots Early School
18 Racine Dragon Boat Club
19 Racine Lady Panthers
20 Miss Sugar Maple, Miss Eastern Shores
21 Floral Creations
22 Milwaukee Powersports
23 St.Lucy’s & St. Sebastian GirlsScouts
24 CNH
25 The Real School Band
26 Harbor Lite Yacht Club
27 AES Towing & Shuttle Services LLC
28 National American Miss Wisconsin
29 Step by Step Dance Academy
30 Racine Dragon Boat Club
31 Breakthrough Empowerment Dance
32 Lorenzo Santos for Racine County
33 Gruber Law Offices
34 Katies Canine Clubhouse
35 Racine County 4-H
36 Melvin Hargrove for Racine County Exec
37 First Evangelical Lutheran Church
38 Red Apple Elementary
39 First Student INC
40 Racine Zoological Society
41 Sporty girl Accessories
42 Midwest Mountain Lions
43 Root River Rollers
44 Sidity Movement CO
45 Racine Raiders football Team
46 US Air Force/Space Force
47 Racine County Sheriff’s Office
48 Miss Racine ScholarshipOrganization
49 Case High School Dance Team
50 Case Cheer Team
51 Racine Family YMCA
52 Kraut Pageant Royalty
53 2024 Jr. Teen Sweetheart of America
54 H&R Block
55 Purple Dazzling Divas
56 ASSE
57 Malicki for Racine County Executive
58 Gateway
59 Stevens Construction Corp
60 Sponsor Banner
61 Racine Special Olympics
62 Christmas Carnival of Lights 1
63 Christmas Carnival of Lights 2
64 Mileager’s
Back for the 4th year, a small fireworks display will be held, sponsored by Educators Credit Union and Grand Appliance & TV.
“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.
Parade Presented by: Reefpoint Brew House, Johnson Financial, CNH Industrial and Twin Disc, Inc.
Sponsored by: First Student, Gruber Law, Breakwater233, RYDE Racine, O&H Bakery, Biolife, Insinkerator, Robert Mozol, & Kenosha Kingfish, Findorf Special Project Group
Questions? Email eventsmanager@racinedowntown.com.
