# Downtown Gilroy Holiday Festival & Parade

> Event for families in the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara area (CA). Times are Pacific Time.

- When: Sat, Dec 5 · 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
- Where: Downtown Gilroy, 7490 Monterey Road, Gilroy, CA 95020
- Ages: Check age guidance
- Price: FREE EVENT Rain or shine Family friendly
- Organizer: Gilroy Downtown Business Association
- Official page: https://downtowngilroy.com/events/holidayfestival/
- Last checked: Tue, Oct 27

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## About

Gilroy Downtown Business Association sets one Saturday afternoon and evening on Monterey Road for a rain-or-shine family festival. From 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. the schedule is live entertainment and activities, including Santa's Village, Grinchville, a Holiday Trail of Treats, and prizes and goodies. The Gilroy Holiday Parade steps off at 5:00 p.m., and the tree lighting is at 6:30 p.m. The longer festival page adds a petting zoo and photos with Chillroy during the Trail of Treats, plus Santa's Village at Keller Williams. Guests move among those pieces as one free event. Food-vendor booths were marked sold out on the festival page; that limit is for sellers, and the calendar listing still calls the public event free and in stock.

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