{"id":15869,"date":"2025-12-02T08:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=15869"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:53:59","slug":"2025-holiday-lighted-parade-is-dec-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/2025-holiday-lighted-parade-is-dec-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Holiday Lighted Parade is Dec. 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The holiday season in Yakima again kicks off this year with the 26<sup>th<\/sup> annual Holiday Lighted Parade at 6:00 pm on Sunday, December 7<sup>th<\/sup>. The procession begins at 6<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and continues down Yakima Avenue to 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street, ending on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street in front of the Capitol Theatre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No on-street parking will be allowed along the parade route from 4:00 pm on Sunday until the completion of the parade. The parade route will also be closed to motorized traffic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately after the parade, a lighting ceremony will be held for the community tree at Millennium Plaza. The holiday decorations at Millennium Plaza are all supplied and maintained by the Downtown Association of Yakima (DAY) and the City of Yakima.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parade organizers anticipate about 5,000 spectators and 100 participants. The parade is organized by the Yakima Sunfair Parade Association. Additional information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimaparades.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yakima Parades Portal<\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/yakima-holiday-festivities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/points-of-interest\/holiday-festivities\/\">Holiday Festivities | Points of Interest<\/a> for an overview of events in Yakima this holiday season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call 509-571-1328 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownyakima.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/downtownyakima.com<\/a> for more about DAY and its holiday activities in Downtown Yakima.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/thumbnail_Yakima-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-12-7-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/thumbnail_Yakima-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-12-7-2025-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15888\" style=\"width:641px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/thumbnail_Yakima-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-12-7-2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/thumbnail_Yakima-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-12-7-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/thumbnail_Yakima-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-12-7-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/thumbnail_Yakima-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-12-7-2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/thumbnail_Yakima-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-12-7-2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a36d647c-28e6-49e8-8d56-59c86dd15f97\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2025-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-News-Release.pdf\">2025 Holiday Lighted Parade &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/2025-Holiday-Lighted-Parade-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a36d647c-28e6-49e8-8d56-59c86dd15f97\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season in Yakima again kicks off this year with the 26th annual Holiday Lighted Parade at 6:00 pm on Sunday, December 7th. The procession begins at 6th Avenue and continues down Yakima Avenue to 3rd Street, ending on 3rd Street in front of the Capitol Theatre.&nbsp; No on-street parking will be allowed along<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15869"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15890,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15869\/revisions\/15890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}