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Day of the Parade Logistics 

For Volunteers and Participants in the Dominion Energy Christmas Parade, we offer two ways to get to the Parade:

1. Volunteers planning to walk in the parade: If you are part of a parade unit in the parade, we recommend that you park your car at the end of the parade route at the VCU 8th Street Deck (659 N. 8th Street). A shuttle bus will bring you to the beginning of the parade. The shuttle bus starts at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 10 a.m. You will walk the parade and finish, arriving at your car.

2. Parade Participants being dropped off from a car: The main participant drop-off is now located on the corner of Leigh Street & DMV Drive. Every car must have a parade issued hang tag distributed before parade day to enter this area. You can access the drop-off point by turning on Leigh Street from Arthur Ashe Blvd.We do not run a shuttle service at the end of the parade. You are responsible for picking up your parade participant at the end of the parade. Groups with children should meet at the Diamond's Green lot and gather all children with an adult and take the shuttle from that lot to the parade start at Leigh and Hermitage.

Parade spectator parking is on a first-come, first-serve basis in garages and on-street locations in the city.