The Holiday Lighted Boat Parade is Tampa’s largest parade and takes place Downtown Tampa along the Hillsborough River every year the Saturday before Christmas.

The year the lighted boat parade will happen on Saturday December 23rd 2023. The parade begins at the southern tip of Davis Islands, travels through the Convention Center and up to the Heights where the boats will turn around and head to Sparkman Wharf where they will be judge just before the end of the parade.

You can watch the parade from different locations including:

• Armature Works
• Channel Drive
• Curtis Hixon
• Davis Island
• Harbour Island
• Sparkman Wharf
• Water Works Park
• The American Victory Ship