Road closures, traffic impacts in store this weekend for annual Wilmington Holiday Parade
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The 20th annual Holiday Parade is scheduled for this Sunday in downtown Wilmington.
The parade is expected to run from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and cause traffic impacts due to road closures.
Organizers say the parade will run down Front Street between Brunswick Street and Castle Street.
A list of street closures with times is below:
Staging area to close at 2:30pm:
- N Front St. between Brunswick St. & Walnut St.
- Hanover St. between 2nd St. & Nutt St
- Red Cross St. between Water/Nutt St. & 2nd St.
- Walnut St. between N 2nd St. & Front St.
Parade route to close at 5:00pm (staff at barricades will allow cross traffic over Front St. until just before the parade starts):
- Front St. between Walnut St. & Castle St.
- Market St. between Water and Front
- Castle St. between N Front St. & Surrey St.
- Church St. between N Front St. & Surrey St.
- Surrey St. between Church and Castle
Additional Information:
- Participant setup will take place on Front Street between Walnut St. and Brunswick, Hanover between Front and 2nd and in Cape Fear Community College student parking lot #2 beginning at 2:30 pm
- Actual parade begins at 6pm at the corner of N. Front St. and Walnut St. ending at Church St. The parade entries will continue to Castle St. and will be diverted down to the Surry St./Dram Tree Park as their final stopping points
- Parade should be over by 7:00 pm with breakdown to follow immediately after parade finishes allowing time for solid waste to clean up.
- Ingress/Egress to Water St & Nutt St during Parade via N Front St/N 3rd St to Brunswick St to Nutt St/ Water St
