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Santa Claus Parade is coming to Pickering!
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Join the City of Pickering and the Kinsmen & Kinette Club in celebrating the highly anticipated return of the Santa Claus Parade. This year, the Parade’s theme is Holiday Storytime, where groups are invited to represent pop culture or cultural stories about the holidays in their float design.
With extravagant floats from Pickering businesses and community groups, marching bands, and Santa Claus himself, the Santa Claus Parade is the spectacle to kick off everyone’s holiday season. A joyous celebration that will impress all ages.
The Parade will begin at Dixie and Glenanna and end in Pickering’s City Centre. Be sure to mark your calendars now! It’s a day not to be missed.
Apply to Participate
For-profit businesses and not-for-profit community groups are all invited to apply to participate in the Santa Claus Parade. The Parade theme is Holiday Storytime which can include, but is not limited to, holiday films and fables, holiday traditions, verbal and written histories, and any other holiday folklore.
Please review the application carefully as the expectations for participation have changed to align with the City’s larger role. The fee to participate is $100 for for-profit businesses. Eligible not-for-profits are exempt from participation fees.
The deadline for all application submissions is October 25, 2023 and all successful applicants will hear back by October 31, 2023 via email. Only successful applicant will be contacted.
Rules & Regulations |
The City of Pickering in partnership with The Kinsmen & Kinette Club of Pickering (the "Club") would like to thank you for your interest in participating in the Santa Claus Parade. The annual Santa Claus Parade seeks to provide an annual celebration of the Holiday Season that is both entertaining and safe for all participants and spectators. Community groups, schools, sports groups, businesses and volunteer organizations are invited to submit applications to enter floats or performance groups to participate in the Parade. All parade participants must sign this Application Agreement. Outlined below are the regulations pertaining to the Parade. Please read carefully as the rules have changed with the City has become involved in a much larger capacity to ensure that you are able to abide by ALL regulations before you complete and return your application and fee (if applicable). Theme: All floats/vehicles MUST be decorated in a holiday theme. Please note there is only ONE Santa Claus, and he comes at the end of the Parade and is provided by the City. At the discretion of the Parade Marshall, floats/vehicles that are not decorated appropriately may be removed from the parade with no refund of the application fee (if applicable).
10. The official Parade Santa Claus is the ONLY Santa Claus allowed in the parade. No entry may depict Mrs. Claus as well. 11. Failure to abide by this agreement may result in the removal from the parade formation and/or not being accepted for participation in future parades. At its sole discretion, the City may remove any entry that does not abide by the rules set out in this agreement. |