Lighted Boat Parade Tampa 2024. 2024 marks the 40th year for the annual jacksonville light boat parade, the event that signals the start of the holiday season in jacksonville. Tampa’s largest lighted boat parade will happen the saturday before christmas along the hillsborough river in downtown tampa.

Get ready to set sail aboard the lost pearl for tampa’s spectacular holiday lighted boat parade! Happening at the tampa riverwalk, tampa, fl on sat dec 21 2024 at 06:00 pm est.