- March 1, 2025
Palm Coast’s Starlight Holiday Parade will begin 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, and businesses that would like to participate must sign up soon: The deadline is Thursday, Nov. 28.
The parade will feature marching bands, floats and prizes for top entries. Participants are encouraged to add lighted holiday displays to their floats.
The parade will cap off events, which start at 2 p.m. at Central Park, with live entertainment, a 70-foot snow slide, face-painting, sand art= and refreshments.
Santa will visit with children until 5:30 p.m.
The parade route will begin at the roundabout on Central Avenue east of Market Avenue and head east, then north onto Park Street, east onto Lake Avenue, and south on City Place and Bulldog Drive.
Parade entry is free and applications are accepted online, at palmcoastgov.com/starlightparade.
Call Palm Coast Event Coordinator Casey Ryan, at 986-2525.
Palm Coast offices to close for Thanksgiving, trash pickup dates changed
Palm Coast city offices will close for Thanksgiving, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 and 29, and reopen Monday, Dec. 2.
There will also be no trash or recycling pickup in Palm Coast on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28. Thursday’s routes will be picked up Friday, Nov. 29, and Friday’s routes will be picked up Saturday, Nov. 30.
Call Palm Coast’s customer service line, at 986-2360.
