Twilight Christmas Parade

The Details

About the Parade

It's our 21st Birthday! The 21st Annual Port Adelaide Enfield Twilight Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday 15 November 2008 along the streets of Port Adelaide. The event signifies the start of the Christmas Season and brings the community together for an evening of fun and celebration in the iconic setting of Port Adelaide.

Over the years the Parade has become a significant expression of local cultural identity. Many community groups join in the Parade, which adds to the colour, energy and local flavour of the event. Thousands of visitors and locals flock to the streets of Port Adelaide to witness a Parade that celebrates both the festive season and the vibrant Port Adelaide Enfield community.

Audiences have grown steadily over the years and the event now attracts more than 15,000 spectators, making it one of the largest street parades in Adelaide. In 2007, over 1200 participants took part in the parade, which featured 85 entrants.

Download the event flier here: Twilight Christmas Parade Flier 2008 (427 kb)

Download road closure information here: Twilight Christmas Parade Road Closures 2008 (743 kb)

After Party

The FREE After Party kicks off at 7pm and features:

• Live music and entertainment on-stage
• Santa's Cave
• Face painting
• Clowns & street performers
• Rides & amusements
• and more!

This year's entertainment line-up will feature family favourite Rockin' Socks, followed by a wild party set from Acoustic Juice. 

Parade goes 'Green' in 2008

The Port Adelaide Enfield Twilight Christmas Parade will be a climate friendly event. We have purchased Australian GreenPower to match estimated electricity use and offset emissions from audience transport to and from the event, waste, additional fuel and freight through purchasing high quality renewable energy carbon credits. 47 tonnes of CO₂ emissions will be saved through investment in Gold Standard carbon credits through 'Carbon Friendly'.

The Twilight Christmas Parade attracts over 80 participant groups and 15,000 visitors annually, most of which travel to the event by car. The City of Port Adelaide Enfield is addressing the environmental impact of the event through minimising waste and through CO₂ emissions offset. For more information, download the case study here:   Twilight Christmas Parade 2008 Climate Friendly Case Study  (1374 kb)

And you can help too! Why not download our "Guide to a Green Christmas" flier here: Green Christmas Flier 2008 (214 kb)

Thanks to our partners Adelaide Brighton Ltd, Messenger Newspapers and Climate Friendly for their support in this intiative.

Our Sponsors

A big thank you to our wonderful sponsors, who help us to make the event such a success.

Major Sponsor

 Media Partner

Colouring in Competition

A colouring in compeitition is held every year in conjunction with the Twilight Christmas Parade. Children are encouraged to share their creativity and submit an entry before the closing date on Saturday 15 November 2008. Download the Entry Form here, which contains all competition details Colouring In Competition Form - Twilight Christmas Parade 2008 (339 kb).

Be a part of the Parade!

The Twilight Christmas Parade is open to community groups who wish to be a part of a great Christmas event in the Community. The closing date for applications was Monday 6 October 2008. Applications have now closed.

Workshop Program

Each year, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield offers a workshop program where schools and community groups are partnered with professional local artists to create floats, puppets and costumes for the Twilight Christmas Parade. Participating groups are placed with a talented artists for a one-day workshop, where group memebrs can learn new skills, discover their artistic flair and create a wacky, wonderful parade float. Many past winners of the Best Float Competition came from this workshop program.

Applications for this program have now closed.

Contact

Matthew Rose, Special Events Coordinator, can be contacted on:

• Phone: (08) 8405 6560
• Fax: (08) 8447 4112
• Email