The 27th annual Chesapeake Energy Parade of Lights presented by CHASE in downtown Fort Worth will feature over 100 entries, a special Holiday Fun Zone presented by XTO Energy and the lighting of the Fort Worth Christmas Tree in Sundance Square. Please come join us downtown and watch it come alive with floats, lights and lots of smiles.
This 27th annual parade celebrates “Holiday Dreams, Holiday Wishes!” with a promenade of illuminated floats, marching bands and strolling groups that lights up the night each year on the day after Thanksgiving and draws thousands to downtown Fort Worth.
“Chesapeake Energy and its employees are pleased to support what has become a treasured Fort Worth tradition,” said Julie Wilson, Vice President of Public Affairs in the Barnett Shale. “It’s our holiday gift to the community, and we hope everyone is able to enjoy the festivities.”
The downtown parade--featuring floats and groups from schools, community organizations and nonprofits as well as the city’s leading corporate citizens--will roll from the corner of Belknap and Throckmorton streets at 6 p.m. Nov. 27. The band of merrymakers will bring revelers to the base of the Sundance Square Christmas Tree, where Santa will appear to hear the dreams and wishes of all ages.
The tree, a 52-foot Michigan Blue Spruce, will be green in the environmental sense. Sundance Square’s energy partner, Green Mountain Energy, will offset the tree’s carbon emissions with 100% wind power, and the twinkling lights are provided by energy-efficient LED bulbs.
General admission to the Chesapeake Energy Parade of Lights is free, but holiday-makers can purchase Street Seats, or reserved, festival-style seating along the parade route, at prices starting at $10 for adults, $7 for seniors or kids 12 and under. Family Fun Packs of four seats are available for only $28. Street Seats are on sale now at www.fortworthparadeoflights.org.
Music lovers can package discounted Street Seats for the parade with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s “Home for the Holidays” concert Nov. 27. The annual holiday concert will fill the air with favorite carols, a family sing-along and performances by the Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir and the Southwestern Seminary Master Chorale, all conducted by FWSO Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Purchase the “Home for the Holidays” parade and concert package by telephone at 817-665-6000 or at the FWSO Ticket Office, 330 E. Fourth Street, Suite 200, in downtown Fort Worth.
The concert package is just one option for holiday fun before and after the parade. Good food, games and live entertainment start at 2 p.m. at the parade’s downtown Holiday Fun Zone presented by XTO Energy, where friends and families make a day and night of this holiday affair. Follow all the fun as it develops at www.fortworthparadeoflights.org.
Get there early! Take the kids to the Holiday Fun Zone presented by XTO Energy from 2 to 6 p.m. After the parade, hang around to meet Santa and see the Sundance Square Christmas tree lighting with comedy group Four Day Weekend. Top it off by watching Elf, starring Will Ferrell, under the stars.
