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Kick off the 2024 Holiday Season
with the 3rd Annual
Children’s Hospital
New Orleans Holiday Parade!

Saturday, December 7 at 11 am

Our family-centered Holiday Parade is back, and will be even bigger and better this year! The parade will start from The French Market with an extended route through Downtown!

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New Orleans Holiday Parade 2023

About the Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade

The world class Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade made its debut in 2022, in partnership with Kern Studios, the Downtown Development District New Orleans, WDSU, NewOrleans.com, and many other parade partners! Thousands of parade-goers will line the streets of downtown New Orleans to enjoy the 3rd annual event, which benefits the vital mission of Children’s Hospital, on Saturday, December 7. The parade will feature local and national television coverage, 30 holiday-themed floats, high flying helium balloons, more than a dozen dancing groups and marching bands to kick off the holiday season in New Orleans. You won’t want to miss it!

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Our parade partners and sponsors

Made possible in partnership with

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To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact:

Cristina Giambrone, Director, Development Programs & Events
Children’s Hospital New Orleans
cristina.giambrone@lcmchealth.org
504-896-9375

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Get Involved!

The Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade is made possible thanks to the generous support of local businesses and organizations who want to give back and spread joy throughout our community this holiday season.

Sponsorship opportunities include branded holiday-themed floats, high flying helium balloons, sponsored prop displays located throughout the parade route, as well as opportunities to sponsor our WDSU broadcast and hour-long Pre-Parade Telethon!

In the News

The 2023 Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade is back with a new route

The Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade will be back for a second year, on Dec. 2, with a different route, more throws and a post-parade party featuring Trombone Shorty. Santa is, of course, expected to ride on his sled, mounted on a special float.

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How To Do the Holidays in New Orleans

The Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade is set to dazzle the streets of downtown NOLA on Saturday, December 2nd at 11am. It will extended its route this year, starting at the iconic French Market and winding through Downtown.

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Children’s Hospitals Holiday Parade Is Back

Children’s Hospitals first holiday parade was such a hit last year. They’re bringing it back a month from today. In fact, the parade will roll downtown with 25 floats and this time the route is expanding from can now into the warehouse district to accommodate a bigger crowd.

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Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade Is Back!

The children’s hospital, New Orleans holiday parade is back for a second year. This time it will be bigger and better. Yeah, it was awesome last year.

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Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade

Magic 101.9 is so excited to be back as a part of this only-in-New Orleans kind of holiday event. The family-centered parade is back, and will be even bigger and better this year!

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Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade

Getting ready for the holidays? Partnering with Downtown Development District and Kern Studios, the second annual Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade will take place the first Saturday of December (Dec. 2).

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Contact us

For more information, or to find out how your organization can get involved,

please contact Cristina Giambrone at:
cristina.giambrone@lcmchealth.org or 504-896-9375

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