2023 Brockville Rotary Santa Claus Parade Set for Saturday, November 25th

Brockville – The annual Brockville Rotary Santa Claus Parade will make its way through Downtown Brockville on Saturday, November 25th.

The Rotary Clubs of Brockville, along with the City of Brockville officials and employees, have confirmed that Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in attendance for this year’s parade!

This year’s parade chair Ken Holliday and the 2023 committee ask you to come join us to kick off the start of the 2023 Christmas holiday season with your family, friends and visitors to Brockville.

This year’s theme is “Christmas Fun and Games”. To help with your creative process, organizers have listed the following subcategories for you to work from:

• Outdoor activities like skating and tobogganing, hockey, snow sculpting
• Classic toys like rocking horses and teddy bears, dolls (Barbie of course this year!), drums, toy soldiers, etc.
• Board games like chess, Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders
• Video games and/or characters
• Decorating the Christmas tree and home
• Road trips to family, or vacations and travel

This list is only a rough guide to get you started. Let your imagination snowball with your float design, and feel free to combine themes.

Entries can be pulled by vehicles, walking, riding, bands, animals, chorists and clowns, all with the theme of Christmas Fun and Games in mind.

This is a reminder for you to bring your Letters to Santa. Thanks to Canada Post again this year for offering to pick up the Letters to Santa.

The parade starts off at 5:00 pm from North Augusta Road at Pearl Street and travels south to King Street, then turns right (West) on King Street and continues west on King to Gilmore Street at Rotary Park.

The deadline to complete registration will be Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.

There is NO cost to register your entry into the parade.

To register please visit: https://forms.office.com/r/UmJZYVWkit

Link to the 2023 Brockville Rotary Santa Claus Parade Entry Rules and Conditions: https://scp.rotarybrockville.ca/2023_brockville_rotary_santa_claus_parade_rules_and_conditions.pdf

For more information on the parade please visit: https://scp.rotarybrockville.ca/

There will be the usual road closures for the parade. The following is a list of road closures which will remain in effect on Nov 25, 2023, from 2:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. during the event.

• From 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm – North Augusta Road from Reynolds Drive to Pearl Street E in both directions
• From 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm – North Augusta Road from Pearl Street E to King Street E in both directions
• From 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm – King Street E from North Augusta Rd to King Street W @ Gilmour Street in both directions
• Each intersection East and West along North Augusta Road from Reynolds Drive to King Street E will be barricaded
• Each intersection North and South along King Street East to Gilmore Street will be barricaded

Volunteers will be taking the barricades down as soon as it is safe to do so as the end of the parade passes each intersection.

For more information on the parade please visit: https://scp.rotarybrockville.ca/