Holidaze Event & Parade 2026

Let’s Light up the night and Shine as a community for the 2026 HOLIDAZE Parade on Saturday, Nov. 21st!

HOLIDAZE is a fun event for the whole family in downtown Willmar!

2025 SCHEDULE FOR REFERENCE:

2:30 PM Free Holiday Movie: The Grinch

4-6 PM Free Hot Chocolate with Q102 & Big Country

4-6 PM Soup & Chili Social at Bethel Lutheran Church

4-6 PM Touch a Truck on 4th Street

4-6 PM Pictures with Santa at 4th Ave Homes

4-6 PM Festival of Trees at The Barn Theatre

4-6 PM Holiday Market in Center Point Mall on 4th

6:30 PM HOLIDAZE LIGHTED PARADE – 1st Annual Holidaze Lantern Walk

7:30 PM Holidaze Beer Carols with Tim Burns at Intuition Brewing

Remember, this is a lighted Christmas parade, all entries must be adorned with lights.

*Please NO SANTAS allowed on any parade entry.

*There is only one Santa Claus, which is the last parade entry.

With your help, we can help make this upcoming holiday season a little brighter for children in our area! How? During the Holidaze Parade, you can donate a new and unwrapped toy with Toys for Tots. They will be at The Barn Theater from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM collecting toys.