Angry Chair Brewing
Tampa, FL · Tampa Bay
Angry Chair's 24-tap taproom at 4101 N Florida Ave in Tampa specializes in stouts, including barrel-aged imperials and dessert stouts like Fudge Bucket. There are no flights, but…
Holidays & Parades
Tampa Holiday Lighted Boat Parade
Date
Saturday, Dec 19, 2026
Location
Tampa Riverwalk
Tampa Riverwalk, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N Ashley Dr, Tampa, FL 33602
Tampa Riverwalk, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N Ashley Dr, Tampa, FL 33602
Organized by
Friends of the Tampa Riverwalk
About this happenin
Anything under twelve feet of air draft keeps going up the Hillsborough River, so the whole Riverwalk is a free grandstand for the Tampa Holiday Lighted Boat Parade. Boats launch near the Davis Islands lighthouse at 6:15 PM, a drifting line of light-wrapped hulls carrying rooftop trees and reindeer. The route passes Sparkman Wharf and Harbour Island on the way to the Tampa Convention Center, where the large vessels finish. The smaller boats carry on past Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Ulele to end near Water Works Park and Armature Works. Friends of the Tampa Riverwalk runs the parade. Registered boats compete for prizes in small-boat and big-boat classes, with judging and a VIP viewing area at Sparkman Wharf. Skippers go all in, with inflatable characters on the bow and light strings traced along every rail, and the river doubles all of it in reflection.
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Where
Tampa Riverwalk · Tampa Riverwalk, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N Ashley Dr, Tampa, FL 33602
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