Wed, Dec 16
118th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade 2026
A hundred decorated boats light up Newport Harbor, and the entire shoreline turns into a stadium nobody sold tickets to.
The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is one of the oldest and largest holiday boat parades in the country — 118 years of vessels strung with lights cruising past waterfront homes that are competing just as hard from the land side. Fireworks on opening night December 16 and closing night December 20. Five nights of the kind of spectacle that makes you understand why people buy boats they can't afford. Best free public viewing at Marina Park and along the Balboa Peninsula.
December 16-20, 2026, nightly at 6:30 PM. Best public viewing at Marina Park, 1600 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Free to watch from public areas along Newport Harbor.
This is the holiday event you send to the person who thinks they've already seen every Christmas tradition. They haven't seen this one — not from the water.
A hundred decorated boats light up Newport Harbor, and the entire shoreline turns into a stadium nobody sold tickets to.
The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is one of the oldest and largest holiday boat parades in the country — 118 years of vessels strung with lights cruising past waterfront homes that are competing just as hard from the land side. Fireworks on opening night December 16 and closing night December 20. Five nights of the kind of spectacle that makes you understand why people buy boats they can't afford. Best free public viewing at Marina Park and along the Balboa Peninsula.
December 16-20, 2026, nightly at 6:30 PM. Best public viewing at Marina Park, 1600 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Free to watch from public areas along Newport Harbor.
This is the holiday event you send to the person who thinks they've already seen every Christmas tradition. They haven't seen this one — not from the water.
The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is one of the oldest and largest holiday boat parades in the country — 118 years of vessels strung with lights cruising past waterfront homes that are competing just as hard from the land side. Fireworks on opening night December 16 and closing night December 20. Five nights of the kind of spectacle that makes you understand why people buy boats they can't afford. Best free public viewing at Marina Park and along the Balboa Peninsula.
December 16-20, 2026, nightly at 6:30 PM. Best public viewing at Marina Park, 1600 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Free to watch from public areas along Newport Harbor.
This is the holiday event you send to the person who thinks they've already seen every Christmas tradition. They haven't seen this one — not from the water.
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A hundred decorated boats light up Newport Harbor, and the entire shoreline turns into a stadium nobody sold tickets to.
The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is one of the oldest and largest holiday boat parades in the country — 118 years of vessels strung with lights cruising past waterfront homes that are competing just as hard from the land side. Fireworks on opening night December 16 and closing night December 20. Five nights of the kind of spectacle that makes you understand why people buy boats they can't afford. Best free public viewing at Marina Park and along the Balboa Peninsula.
December 16-20, 2026, nightly at 6:30 PM. Best public viewing at Marina Park, 1600 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Free to watch from public areas along Newport Harbor.
This is the holiday event you send to the person who thinks they've already seen every Christmas tradition. They haven't seen this one — not from the water.
The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is one of the oldest and largest holiday boat parades in the country — 118 years of vessels strung with lights cruising past waterfront homes that are competing just as hard from the land side. Fireworks on opening night December 16 and closing night December 20. Five nights of the kind of spectacle that makes you understand why people buy boats they can't afford. Best free public viewing at Marina Park and along the Balboa Peninsula.
December 16-20, 2026, nightly at 6:30 PM. Best public viewing at Marina Park, 1600 W Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Free to watch from public areas along Newport Harbor.
This is the holiday event you send to the person who thinks they've already seen every Christmas tradition. They haven't seen this one — not from the water.
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