Parade Participation

39th Annual Holiday Parade Parade Begins: 6:30pm 【ＴＨＥＭＥ】Out of this World Holidays
All parade entries are required to decorate for the holiday theme. Avoid any plain vehicles or trailers from being part of your parade entry. DO NOT include a Santa in your entry. We intentionally 'hire' a Santa for the parade, and he sits on the annual Santa float that closes out the parade to wish everyone a happy holiday season.
【Ｓｅｔ－Ｕｐ】Parade participants will be emailed a staging map with pre-parade arrival instructions. Float arrival times will be assigned between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. All floats and parade entrants must be in place in the staging area by 6:00pm.
【ＩＭＰＯＲＴＡＮＴ】 This application is not a guarantee of event participation. Once accepted each participant will be assigned a location in the parade by the event organizer. The parade line-up is at the discretion of the event organizers. Parade line-up location requests are welcome but not guaranteed.

The Holiday Parade is a long-time tradition for the Billings community to usher in the holiday season on the Friday after Thanksgiving. With families gathered for the weekend to eat and shop, the Holiday Parade is a great way to celebrate the season by joining the community to see over 60 holiday floats decorated for the holiday theme with Santa riding as the parade finale. This year’s parade is presented by out team at the Downtown Billings Alliance and White Heating, Ava Law Group, MariMint Montana, Valley Credit Union, TDS Fiber, and supported by Community Seven Television.

The DBA is a Non-profit entity which seeks to benefit the community with this event.Your entry fee supports the DBA and it's efforts. An entry fee is required to participate in the Parade. If you are unable to pay, please find a sponsor to cover your entry fee. Displays may include a "sponsored by..." on their identification signage to recognize the help from your sponsor. The parade entry fees are non-refundable. The event is a sun, rain, or snow event only to be cancelled for weather temperatures deemed hazardous by weather advisory or if there are pertinent public health or safety directions from State/County officials. Entry fees will not be refunded in the case of a hazardous weather or public health or safety cancellations. Your entry fee is a tax-deductible donation and we will gladly supply you with a receipt at your request.