Event Detail
Raleigh Christmas Parade
Location: Fayetteville Street
Date: Saturday November 17th, 2007
Time: Parade (9:30 am-12 noon); Winterfest (12 noon-3 pm)
Don’t miss the excitement of the 2007 WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade. Presented by the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association, this annual event is the largest parade between Atlanta and Washington D.C. An estimated 50,000 people will line the street, in addition to thousands more watching at home.
The parade is hosted by WRAL-TV morning news personalities Bill Leslie and Lynda Loveland, with Mark Roberts serving as street-side reporter.
Now in its 63rd year, the parade will feature dozens of bands, fantastic floats, super-sized balloons, marchers, twirlers, entertainers and a special surprise at the end of the parade.
The parade route is 1.2 miles long, starting at the corner of Hillsborough and St. Mary’s Street. The parade travels east on Hillsborough Street, turns south at the Capitol on Salisbury, east on Morgan and then makes a final turn down Fayetteville Street.
This is the 34th consecutive year that the event will be produced and aired by WRAL-TV. The parade will also be streamed on WRAL.com and simulcast on Fox 50 Digital. For the 8th consecutive year, WRAL will produce and present the parade in High Definition on WRAL-DT. The station will also replay the parade broadcast during the month of December on the WRAL NewsChannel, plus a special holiday presentation on WRAL-TV/WRAL-DT at 4 pm on Christmas Day.
You are also invited to Winterfest held after the parade in Moore Square from 12 noon-3 pm.
Visit: http://www.grma.org
Associated Street Closures:
The participants will begin to assemble at 8 am on Hillsborough Street and St. Mary's Street.
The parade will proceed east on Hillsborough Street to Salisbury Street, south on Salisbury Street to Morgan Street, east on Morgan Street to Fayetteville Street, south on Fayetteville Street to Davie Street where the parade will disassemble.
In addition, the following streets will be closed from 10 am until 5 pm for Winterfest in Moore Square.
The westbound travel lane of East Martin Street between Person and Blount Street, and the eastbound travel lane of of East Martin Street from Blount to Blake Street. (This will allow traffic to utilize the streets within the City Market.)
In addition, all parking spaces on the north side of the East Martin Street (adjacent to Moore Square) between Person and Blount Street will be reserved.