The Festival of Lights Parade is a spectacular evening event taking place in Downtown Bangor during the holiday season.

The Rotary Club of Bangor is VERY EXCITED to announce that we will once again host our annual Festival of Lights Parade on Saturday, December 7 beginning at 4:30 PM.

The theme this year is: The Magic of Rotary. Participants are encouraged to design an entry around hope and the joy it brings to people everywhere.

As in the past, the Club will present a glittering, spectacular nighttime parade, featuring entries that convey the many ways of celebrating winter and the holidays in Maine.

The parade can accommodate approximately 80 glittering units: marching bands, small and large floats, dancers, and other performing groups. Groups may represent traditional scenes celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, New Year’s, Solstice, Kwanzaa, or any winter happening.

This dazzling event brightens the season for thousands of spectators who line the streets of downtown Bangor and is capped off by the arrival of Santa Clause at the conclusion of the parade.

The parade is weather dependent. We have decided this year that if we have inclement weather that is not conducive to a safe Parade environment, we will establish an alternative delay date. This year the delay date will be December 14th. Same times and lineup will be used.

Though the registration has now closed please send questions to Roland Narofsky at 207.862.7259 or rnarofsky@mainesavings.com.

There have been updates to the parade route. Please see below:

A HUGE thank you to our incredible sponsors. Learn more about sponsorship by contacting Deb Sanford at debsanfordinmaine@gmail.com and download our sponsorship sheet.