Upcoming lighted Christmas parades in Iowa (2025)

Thur. Nov 20th, 2025

Holiday in the Ville in Estherville, Iowa

Location: Estherville, Iowa
Date/Time: 7 pm Thur Nov 20th, 2025
Details: Kick off the Holiday Season with us on November 16th during the Holiday in the Ville. Start your holiday shopping during the Chocolate Walk which takes place from 4-7 pm along with horse-drawn wagon rides and carolers. At 7 pm the Parade of Lights will dazzle down Central Avenue from 13th Street to 5th Street. Following the parade head to Library Square to help Santa use the magic of Christmas to light the square and the big tree!
Website: Faceboook Event

Sat Nov 22, 2025

Hometown Christmas Parade of Lights in Humboldt, Iowa.

Location: Humboldt, Iowa
Date/Time: 7 pm Sat Nov 22, 2025
Details: annual lighted holiday parade in Humboldt, Iowa.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/626080728818865/

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Wed. Nov 26th, 2025

A night under the stars – a lighted parade in Waukee, Iowa

Location: Centennial Park in Waukee, Iowa
Date/Time: 6 pm Wed Nov 26, 2025
Details: Annual Light Parade in Waukee. A dinner and light parade followed by visits with Santa. The event will be collecting food items to place in a meal for families in need on Thanksgiving day.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/908169997786689\

Fri Nov 28th, 2025

Winterset Festival of Lights

Location: Downtown Square in Winterset, Iowa.
Date/Time: 7:15 pm Fri. Nov 28th, 2025
Details: Food, music, and free horse-drawn carriage rides start at 5 pm. The parade starts at 7:15 pm, followed by the movie Elf showing at the Iowa Theater at 8 pm
Website: https://www.exploremadisoncounty.com/events/winterset_festival_of_lights/2025-11-28/

Fri Nov 28th, 2025

Perry’s Lighted Holiday Parade 

Location: Downtown Perry, Iowa.
Date/Time: 7 pm Fri. Nov 28, 2025
Details: The 2022 Lighted parade is in downtown Perry, Iowa starting at 7pm
Website: https://perryia.chambermaster.com/events/details/perry-s-lighted-holiday-parade-8824

Fri Nov 28th, 2025

30th annual lighted Christmas Parade in Clarinda

Location: Downtown square in Clarinda, Iowa.
Date/Time: 6 pm Fri. Nov 28, 2025
Details: It’s a 31-year holiday tradition for SW Iowa, typically with over 60 parade entries, fire trucks, and a canopy of lights. This year’s theme is “Dream of Christmas”.
Website: https://www.kmaland.com/community/calendar/33rd-annual-clarinda-lighted-christmas-parade/event_ff63474d-e55a-48fd-afbd-2a3f7cc3219f.html

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Fri Nov 28th, 2025

Fort Madison Parade of Lights

Location: Main Street in Fort Madison, Iowa.
Date/Time: 6:30 pm Fri Nov 28, 2025
Details: More than 40 hand-crafted light sculptures. After the parade night, the sculptures are on display at Riverview Park for drive-by viewing at night thru the first week in Jan. It is the largest lighted parade in SE Iowa.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/FMParadeofLights/

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Fri Nov 28th, 2025

Weinanchtsfest, Manning

Location: Manning, Iowa.
Date/Time: 6:00 pm Fri Nov 28th, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 6pm
Website: https://www.manningia.com/calendarview.aspx?cid=25662

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Fri Nov 28th, 2025

Belmond Parade of Lights

Location: Belmond, Iowa.
Date/Time: 6:00 pm Fri Nov 28th, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 6:30 pm with fireworks by 4G Pyrotechnics and then Santa!
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/830247230179283

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Sat Nov 29th, 2025

Lighted Holiday Parade in Burlington

Location: Downtown Burlington, Iowa.
Date/Time: 5 pm on Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: Grab your seat on Jefferson Street to watch this year’s lighted parade with the theme “Merry & Bright”
Website : https://members.greaterburlington.com/eventcalendar/Details/2025-kiwanis-lighted-holiday-parade-1537496

Sat Nov 29, 2025

Belle Plaine Holiday Homecoming Lighted Parade

Location: Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa
Date/Time: 5: 30 pm Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: Santa will be leading the parade at 5:30pm on Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa. After the parade, Santa helps light the town’s Christmas tree.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/belle-plaine-main-street-historic-district/belle-plaine-holiday-homecoming-light-parade/806776878622962/

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Sat Nov 29, 2025

Lighted Holiday Parade in Washington, Iowa.

Location: Washington, Iowa
Date/Time: 6:30 pm Sat Nov 29th, 2025
Details: 27th annual lighted holiday parade, which circles downtown Washington, Iowa.
Website: https://washingtoniowa.gov/event/wonderland-holiday-events-in-washington/

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Sat Nov 29, 2025

Light Up the Night in Hampton, Iowa.

Location: Hampton, Iowa
Date/Time:5:30 pm Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: The lighted parade travels through downtown Hampton starting at 5:30pm, then ends up at Band Shell Park where they light up the park for the season.
Website: https://www.franklinrec.coop/light-night

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Sat Nov 29, 2025

DazzleFest in Chariton, Iowa.

Location: Downtown Chariton, Iowa
Date/Time: 7pm Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: The lighted parade travels through downtown Chariton starting at 7pm, however, there are numerous other activities scheduled before the parade.
Website: https://www.charitonareachambermainstreet.com/dazzle-fest-2024

Sat Nov 29, 2025

Bellevue’s Annual Lighted Christmas Parade

Location: Bellevue, Iowa
Date/Time: 7 pm Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: Parade starts at 7 pm, followed by fireworks.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/744383861959272/

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Sat Nov 29, 2025

Guttenberg Christmas Market & Parade

Location: Guttenberg, Iowa
Date/Time: 5 pm Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 5 pm on Clayton Ridge, turns on Schiller, then 1st Street to Pearl Street.
Website: https://cityofguttenbergia.gov/index.asp?SEC=C0CD4ED1-3D7A-4FBE-91B5-AA8DA92C96F8&DE=B22D85D3-DD5F-4B79-AF12-02E82A3C1CE2

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Sat Nov 29th, 2025

Corning Lighted Parade

Location: Corning, Iowa
Date/Time: 6 pm Sat Nov 29th, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 6 pm, join us for cookies, cocoa, and carolers.
Website: https://www.adamscountyiowa.com/events/holiday-lighted-parade-3/?occurrence=2025-11-29

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Sat Nov 29, 2025

Anamosa Parade of Lights

Location: Anamosa, Iowa
Date/Time: 6 pm Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 6 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/203-e-main-street-anamosa-ia-united-states-iowa-52205/holiday-parade-of-lights/729610320127836/

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Sat Nov 29, 2025

Albert’s Lighted Parade

Location: Audubon, Iowa
Date/Time: 5:30 pm Sat Nov 29, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 5:30 pm
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/800-market-st-audubon-ia-united-states-iowa-50025/alberts-lighted-parade/1338404098026199/

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Mon Dec 1, 2025

Lighted Parade in Madrid, Iowa.

Location: Madrid, Iowa
Date/Time: 6:30 pm Mon Dec 1, 2025
Details: Lighted parade starts at 6:30 pm in Madrid.
Website: https://madridiachamber.com/pages/christmas-kickoff

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Thurs Dec 4, 2025

Creston Lighted Christmas Parade

Location: Creston, Iowa
Date/Time: 6:00 pm Thurs Dec 4, 2025
Details: Creston’s annual lighted Christmas Parade.
Website: https://www.unioncountyiowatourism.com/festivals-events/

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Thurs Dec 4, 2025

Miracle on Lake Avenue in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Location: Storm Lake, Iowa
Date/Time: 6:15 pm Thurs Dec 4, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 6:15 pm, but retailers kick things off as early at 5:30 pm with warming stations and other activities. The annual tree lighting takes place right after the parade and Santa’s Castle will open after the tree lighting.
Website: https://www.stormlake.org/759/Events-2023

Thur Dec 4, 2025

Lighted Christmas Parade in Cherokee, Iowa

Location: Cherokee, Iowa.
Date/Time: 6 pm Thurs Dec 5, 2023
Details: Annual lighted Christmas parade in Cherokee, Iowa.
Website: https://cherokeeiowa.com/events/27th-annual-lighted-christmas-parade/

Thurs Dec 4, 2025

Window walk and static Christmas parade in Manchester, Iowa.

Location: Manchester, Iowa
Date/Time: 5:30 pm Thur Dec 4, 2025
Details: Stores are open for extended hours and feature static float parade.
Website: https://www.manchesteriowa.org/event/38th-annual-window-walk/

Thurs Dec 4, 2025

Holiday Parade in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

Location: Mount Pleasant downtown Central Park
Date/Time: 5:15 pm Thurs Dec 4, 2026
Details:
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/mount-pleasant-area-chamber-of-commerce/mount-pleasant-holiday-on-main-parade/1188381239861136/

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Fri Dec 5, 2025

Traer Lighted Christmas Parade

Location: Traer, Iowa
Date/Time: Fri Dec 5, 2025
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/3717879998521433

Sat Dec 6, 2025

Christmas in the Park in Osceola, Iowa

Location: Osceola, Iowa
Date/Time: 6pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: The parade starts at 6 pm on the downtown square.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1161644342083498

Sat Dec 6, 2025

DeWitt’s Hometown Christmas, Iowa.

Location: DeWitt, Iowa
Date/Time: 5 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: The lighted parade starts at 5pm, however, there’s a day worth of activities including a kid’s Christmas carnival, window walks, and lighting of the town Christmas tree.
Website: https://dewitt.chambermaster.com/events/details/dewitt-s-hometown-christmas-2024-40194?calendarMonth=2025-12-01

Sat Dec 6, 2025

Christmas by the Lake in Clear Lake, Iowa.

Location: The parade begins at 8th Street and Main Avenue and will travel down Main Avenue and North Lakeview Drive in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Date/Time: 5:07 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: There’s a whole weekend of activities in Clear Lake: breakfast with Santa, polar plunge, carriage rides, and craft show. After the lighted parade, there are fireworks over the lake!
Website: https://clearlakeiowa.com/events/christmas-by-the-lake/

Sat Dec 6, 2025

Lighted Parade in Coon Rapids, Iowa.

Location: Coon Rapids, Iowa
Date/Time: 5:30 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: Lighted parade starts in downtown Coon Rapids at 5:30 pm.
Website: https://www.coonrapidsiowa.com/pview.aspx?id=35872&catid=462

Sat Dec 6, 2025

Oskaloosa’s Lighted Christmas Parade.

Location: Downtown Square in Oskaloosa, Iowa
Date/Time: 7 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: This is the granddaddy of all lighted parades in Iowa. It’s been held for 36 years and probably has the largest number of lighted floats. And don’t forget the setting – the downtown square in Oskaloosa is perhaps the most lighted town square in the entire state. If you live anywhere near Oskaloosa, this is worth the drive. I personally think this is the best lighted Christmas parade in Iowa.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/792417343345278

Sat Dec 6, 2025

Lighted Christmas Parade in Atlantic, Iowa.

Location: Atlantic, Iowa
Date/Time: 6 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: Fireworks and a lighted parade await you in Atlantic, where the downtown district is covered with thousands of holiday lights.
Website: https://www.atlanticiowa.com/event/lighted-parade-fireworks/

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Sat Dec 6, 2025

Light up LeClaire Parade

Location: LeClair, Iowa
Date/Time: 5:30 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: Takes place on Wisconsin Ave in LeClaire, Iowa, starting at 5:30pm.
Website: https://www.visitleclaire.com/events/christmas-in-leclaire/

Sat Dec 6, 2025

Preston Fire Women’s Auxiliary’s Lighted Christmas Parade

Location: Preston, Iowa
Date/Time: 6 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: Annual lighted Christmas parade in Preston, Iowa.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1346532680319896

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Sat Dec 6, 2025

Christmas in the City, Webster City, Iowa

Location: Webster City, Iowa
Date/Time: 5:30 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: Webster City Lighted Parade starts at 5:30pm, however, the entire is filled with activities.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1602163954524840

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Sat Dec 6, 2025

Lighted Parade in Milo, Iowa

Location: Milo, Iowa
Date/Time: 7 pm Sat Dec 6, 2025
Details: 6:30pm lineup at Smith Fertilizer and Grain
Website: https://cityofmilo.com/country-christmas/

Sun Dec 7, 2025

Merry & Bright Parade in Bondurant, Iowa.

Location: Downtown Bondurant, Iowa
Date/Time: 5 pm Sun Dec 7, 2025
Details: Come celebrate their annual parade which is a family-friendly, kids-appropriate event.
Website:

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Fri Dec 12, 2025

Lighted Holiday Parade in Decorah, Iowa.

Location: Decorah, Iowa
Date/Time: 6 pm Fri Dec 12, 2025
Details:

As in past years, the parade will line up on South Avenue (behind Helms Funeral Home) and begin promptly at 6pm. The parade route will travel from Riverside Avenue to Water Street. The route continues through downtown and turns right on Mill Street at the Vesterheim Museum.

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Sat Dec 13, 2025

Swisher’s A Very Merry Christmas, Iowa.

Location: 2nd Street in Swisher, Iowa
Date/Time: 6 pm Sat Dec 13, 2025
Details: Lighted parade starts on 2nd Street at 6 pm. However, the activities start as early as 4pm and include crafts, wagon rides, and holiday tree walk.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/812616874699166

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Sat Dec 13, 2025

Spirit Lake, Iowa

Location: Downtown Spirit Lake, Iowa
Date/Time: 5 pm Sat Dec 13, 2025
Details: Parade starts at 5pm
Website: Spirit Lake Christmas Celebration Facebook Event

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