2025 Christmas Parade

The 2025 Fort Walton Beach Christmas Parade is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. The parade will start from Eglin Parkway and First Street and continue north on Eglin Parkway to finish at Hughes Street. 

This year’s theme is “Zoo Animal.” Costumes and decorations are welcome, but please leave the real zoo animals at home. Allowed animals must be on a leash. The public is invited to gather along Eglin Parkway to watch the parade and cheer on their favorite characters. Please note that Eglin Parkway will close to vehicle traffic prior to the start of the parade.