# Dade City Christmas Parade (America 250 Theme) > Event for families in the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater area (FL). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Fri, Dec 4 · 7:00 PM - Where: Downtown Dade City – 7th Street parade route (MLK Blvd. to Church St.), 7th Street between MLK Blvd. and Church St., Dade City, FL 33525 - Ages: All ages - Price: Always free for spectators - Organizer: Pioneer Florida Museum & Village - Official page: https://pioneerfloridamuseum.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 32 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/tampa/activities/dade-city-christmas-parade-america-250-theme--listing-122c3088f330898e17f0693e ## About Downtown Dade City's evening Christmas parade, organized by the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village, rolls along 7th Street from MLK Boulevard to Church Street with lighted floats and entries built around a red-white-and-blue America 250 theme this year. Watching is always free. Spectators are invited, just for fun, to wear red, white and blue or light-up holiday clothing, and families who post a parade photo publicly on Facebook tagging the museum by December 6 are entered in a drawing for four free museum passes. After the parade, the museum runs a People's Choice vote (Best Use of Lights, Most Christmas Spirit and more), with the ballot link posted in November. 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