📅 Saturday, December 13, 2025
🕕 Parade begins at 5:00 PM
📍 Downtown Bellows Falls, Vermont
Get ready for one of the most magical nights of the year — the Bellows Falls Parade of Lights! Enjoy a sparkling evening full of festive floats, twinkling lights, music, and community cheer as we celebrate the season in the heart of downtown.
🌟 Want to Be in the Parade?
Float registration is minimum $10 and open to local businesses, organizations, families, and groups of friends who want to spread holiday cheer.
🎁 Theme: “Holiday Magic in Bellows Falls”
🚗 Registration Deadline: December 5, 2025
💡 Register online at:
https://forms.gle/6Q4xsawugD9pqB6D8
🕓 Line-up begins by or before 4:00 PM behind the Bellows Falls Fire Department.
Line-up details:
Floats will be assigned space on Tuttle, Elm, Steuben, and Summer Streets behind the BF Fire Department. Participants traveling from a distance are welcome to arrive early and decorate on site — please be respectful of nearby homes. Limit idling to 10 minutes before the parade start.
Parade Route:
This year, we’re driving the regular parade route backwards!
The parade begins on Rockingham Road near the Bellows Falls Fire Department, travels through downtown, turns at the red light onto Atkinson Street, and ends near Lisai’s Grocery Store.
✨ Please test your lights for at least 10 minutes before the start.
🚫 For safety, no candy or items may be thrown from floats. The route can be dark and slippery — spectators are asked to stay safely back from the road as floats and large vehicles pass.
🎅 About Holidays in Bellows Falls
The Parade of Lights closes out Holidays in Bellows Falls, a two-week community celebration running November 28 – December 14, 2025.
Enjoy shop local promotions, holiday BINGO and raffles, themed weekends, special events, and more—all designed to light up downtown with festive spirit. Learn more at
https://bellowsfallsvt.org/holidays-in-bellows-falls-2025/
🌟 How to Watch
Grab a warm drink, bundle up, and find your favorite viewing spot along Westminster Street, The Square, Atkinson St., or Rockingham Street.
Local businesses will be open late—perfect for dinner, shopping, or a cozy treat before and after the parade!
🚗 Parking
Most parking spots downtown will close to cars starting about 4:30. If you do not move your car by 4:30, you will not be able to move it until after the parade finishes and the people have cleared for safety reasons.
Other Parking will be available at the Waypoint Center and the municipal lots off Canal and Rockingham Streets
Please note: some downtown roads will close temporarily for the parade route. Watch for posted detour signs and plan to arrive early!
🎶✨ Join us as we light up Bellows Falls with joy, community, and holiday spirit!
#HolidaysInBellowsFalls #ParadeOfLights #ShopLocalBF #CommunityMagic
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