On Saturday, December 11th, this visually dazzling boat Parade, named one of the "Top 20 Parades in the World" by USA Today will start along the New River and travel east to the Intracoastal continuing north to Lake Santa Barbara in Pompano Beach. The 39th Annual Boat Parade's theme is “That’s Entertainment” as It embraces the beauty of our waterways with the music and excitement of every era. From the vast numbers of private boats to the giant showboats and corporate megayachts, the 100 parade entrants, will be adorned with hundreds of thousands of lights, music, entertainment, decorations, celebrities, musical groups, beauty queens and many other exciting entries expected to be viewed by over one million spectators
PARADE LINEUP
STARTING at 4:00 pm and ending at 5:30 pm SHARP!
FIREWORKS 6:00 pm in downtown & along the entire 12 miles.
PARADE START TIME: 6:00 pm, SHARP! Awards in all boat categories for best decorated, sound,
spirited and more – look for details on our website.
Winterfest Boat Parade 2007
Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade 2007
'Sopranos' star Lorraine Bracco has been announced as the 2007 Grand Marshal for 36th Annual Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade on December 15th at 6:30 p.m.
Breaking News!
Is it WinterWalk or RiverFest?
Winterfest and Riverwalk Trust
join forces to bring the Boat Parade Downtown!
BocaRaton.com had the honor of traveling down the NEW RIVER along the intracoastal for a pre-tour for the SEMINOLE HARD ROCK WINTERFEST BOAT PARADE in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The downtown community is getting ready for this holiday season to enjoy Florida's Holiday Winterfest Boat Parade.
Winterfest’s recent announcement that the boat parade will start on the New River and travel up the intracoastal is tremendous for the downtown community. To have a unique, televised parade of this magnitude come downtown along the two miles of the Riverwalk is remarkable. After losing so many events in the downtown and along the Riverwalk over the years, we’ve been anxious to have positive activity back along the New River and the Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade will hopefully not only remind leaders and promoters of the viability of the Riverwalk for major events, but also provide an excellent showcase and lend a legitimacy to having events back along the river.
The Riverwalk Trust urges all of downtown to get behind this event - decorate your businesses, sponsor an event, decorate your condominium or waterfront home and make sure you come out to watch the parade. Our opportunities to capitalize on this major development are endless, from decorating contests, to boat rides up the New River during the holidays to look at the lights, to finally lighting the Riverwalk Park in full holiday regalia, to developing a festival in the downtown during the evening of the Boat Parade.
