Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade

About the Event

116th Annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade and Ring of Lights. 2024

Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade 2024 with Newport Landing is the event of the season!

What will you be doing this Christmas? The holiday season is a time to spend with family, eat big & delicious meals, exchange gifts, and go to holiday office parties. Of course, you won't want to miss out on festive holiday lights and decorations either.The answer, The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade Of Lights 2024 has it all. Elaborate Christmas light displays of bayfront estates with their Ring Of Lights competition and one of the largest decorated boat parades in the country. Hundreds of decorated ships of all sizes compete for top awards in over a half dozen categories. The Newport Beach Boat Parade is viewed by over 1.5 million people each season and is one of the largest boat parades you will likely ever see. Millions of holiday lights are a part of the Newport Beach Boat Parade and Ring Of Lights decorations making Newport Bay a "must see” for the holiday season.

Newport Beach Boat Parade & Ring of Lights
If you particularly enjoy Christmas lights and you want to do something with the family, or if you are planning a holiday office party, and you want something different, then it is time to consider the Newport Beach Boat Parade 2024. Whether you have heard of it before or not, this is an event that you do not want to miss. After all, it is more than 100 years in the making. That's right. This tradition began over one hundred years ago. The humble beginnings included only about a dozen boats that sailed the water with decorations. Things certainly have changed now. If you attend the 2024 Newport Beach Boat Parade, here is what you can expect: hundreds of boats are a part of the event, and they include unique and extravagant displays. It is not uncommon for yacht owners to spend tens of thousands of dollars on the decorations. Along with holiday lights, special effects and themes make decorations much more than just the light displays you may be accustomed to. Ships of all sizes enter the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade from multimillion dollar yachts to kayaks and canoes. Everyone certainly loves to get involved.

Parade Route Schedule

Tip of Lido Isle (Control Point A) - 6:30pm

Lido Isle Yacht Club - 6:34pm

Lido Isle Bend (Control Point B) - 6:38pm

Lido Isle Bridge (Control Point C) - 6:42pm

Lido Peninsula/RhineChanne - l6:43pm

Marina Park - 6:49pm

Lighthouse Cafe - 6:52pm

American Legion Yacht Club - 6:56pm

15th Street Beach - 7:00pm

10th Street Beach - 7:04pm

Newport Harbor Yacht Club - 7:07pm

Bay Island Bridge - 7:09pm

Bay Island Channel (Control Point D) - 7:10pm

Newport Landing Restaurant - 7:14pm

Newport Landing Sportfishing - 7:14pm

Harborside Restaurant - 7:15pm

Davey's Locker Sportfishing and Whale Watching - 7:16pm

Peninsula Point Beach (Control Point E) - 7:29pm

Pirate's Cove (Control Point F) - 7:32pm

Coast Guard/Harbor Master Dock (Control Point G) - 7:36pm

Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club - 7:40pm

Balboa Island Bridge (Control Point H) - 7:43pm

Little Island Point - 7:49pm

Balboa Island Ferry Landing - 7:58pm

Collins Island (Control Point I) - 8:00pm

Balboa Island Bayfront - 8:05pm

Balboa Island Bridge - 8:10pm

Harbor Island - 8:17pm

PCH Bridge (Control Point J) - 8:24pm

Balboa Bay Club - 8:34pm

Balboa Bay Resort (Control Point K) - 8:34pm

Newport Boy Scout Sea Base - 8:37pm

Joe's Crab Shack - 8:40pm

The Winery Restaurant (Control Point L) - 8:45pm

Lido Marina Village - 8:50pm

Lido Park/Lido Bridge - 8:55pm

Via Lido North Genoa Beach - 8:58pm

Tip of Lido Isle (Finish) 9 - 9:30pm

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