The Experience, Alameda: Lighted Yacht Parade
The Experience:
Join the Parade. Board the Ferry!
WHEN: Saturday, December 3, 5:30pm
It’s the Season of Giving Hope! Encinal & Oakland Yacht Clubs present the 46th Annual Lighted Boat Parade to benefit the Oakland. Firefighters Random Acts and the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
The parade will start between the Fortman Grand Marina’s public pier and the Wind River’s buildings (the parade staging area). Starting at 5:30pm the boats will proceed down the Alameda side of the estuary past the judges at Encinal and Oakland Yacht Clubs.
Then past Pasta Pelican, cross to the Oakland side, past the Port of Oakland and Scott’s Seafood, turn and make its way back to the staging area at Wind River.
You can still enter your boat in the parade! Don’t have a Boat? Take the Alameda Main St Ferry!
Hop onboard the SF Bay Ferry and experience the parade up close and personal. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for each member of your party. Boarding is first come, first served. 200 seats will be available to walk-up riders. Boarding begins at 5pm. For details on how to hop aboard, visit: https://bit.ly/3VeNNbc
Sponsored by local businesses and parade entrance fees.
Photos courtesy of Lighted Yacht Parade & Ferry photo courtesy of SF Bay Ferry
Where:
- Boat: Between Wind River and the Fortman Grand Marina’s public pier
- Watch: Along the estuary in Alameda or Oakland’s Jack London Square
- Ferry: SF Bay Ferry at Main St Terminal – 2990 Main St
Alameda
https://lightedyachtparade.com
So, joyful it is – at Jack London Square’s annual tree lighting festivities! Share in an enchanting evening on the Oakland waterfront with holiday music performed by Oakland’s talented young people. You will be surrounded by Santa’s grazing reindeer, youth choral groups, an ornament workshop, an Instrument Petting Zoo, holiday treats, a visit from Santa Claus (and photos), artisans and a warm wonderful community spirit.
