A favorite holiday tradition for my own family, The Parade of Lights hits the streets of Denver this Weekend.
On Friday (11/30) and Saturday (12/1) nights, marching bands, floats, dancers, horse drawn carriages and balloons and of course Santa Claus will parade throughout downtown Denver lit up in their holiday flair adding to the kick-off of the holiday season.
The school marching bands are a wonderful treat as not only are they competing for their musical performance, but for their lights as well.
Throughout the years, I have attended the Parade of Lights several times - generally during the warmer years.
The weather looks fairly good for Friday night, I am not sure yet about Saturday - it may be getting colder. However, one of the bonuses about attending on Saturday is that the parade is a little earlier. Friday's parade begins at 8pm and Saturday's at 6pm. And if you can't make it down for either one, it is on tv Friday night on channel 9.
In all of the years I have been, the year that we took the light rail was the most convenient. We were able to get downtown in a snap and not worry about parking or traffic or anything. Several of the main roads are closed due to the parade route.
The Parade of Lights begins in front of the City & County Building at 14th and Bannock, goes down 14th to Tremont, up Tremont to 17th and then down Arapahoe where it continues until it turns on 15th and heads back toward the City and County Building but ending at 14th and Glenarm.
My photos used here were taken during the Parade of Lights in downtwon Denver in 2002.
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