Ford Parade of Lanterns – 2021
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 09/05/2021
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A map is posted in the photo gallery. The the starting point is at the International center (203 S. St. Mary’s Street) and the arrows show the path of the floats. The 8 floats will make two laps throughout the downtown area and stay grouped together (a Go Rio tour boat may get mixed in). We encourage you to enjoy the parade from a restaurant patio, you may wish to combine watching the floats with dinner or drinks (reference the map for restaurants on the parade route). Please notify the restaurant of your preference to sit close to the river for optimum viewing. This year the parade will only occur on the weekends (Friday/Saturday/Sunday evenings), the floats don’t go in the Shops at Rivercenter or into the Convention Center lagoons on the weekends due to heavy weekend boat traffic.
Please note: High wind conditions can prevent the floats from running on any given night. We will post notices on social media and on this event page in the event floats will not run. We try to determine this as early as possible but sometimes weather conditions change abruptly. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Some wind conditions do not prevent the entire event from occurring but can prevent floats from safely navigating through the River Walk Extension. Boat drivers are empowered to make these decisions while on the water. We cannot predict or provide notification for these route changes.
Parade of Floats will only run Friday through Sunday evening.
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