Bel Air Christmas Parade And Tree Lighting Set For 2018

BEL AIR, MD — The Bel Air Christmas Parade is coming up, and it will be the 29th annual Bel Air Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting celebration. Each year the event brings bands, costumed characters, ponies, scouts, floats and of course the Clauses parading down Main Street.

Acrobats, beauty queens and others will participate in the parade, slated for Dec. 2.

The event is weather permitting, and if there is inclement weather, the parade will be canceled and will not be rescheduled.

Main Street will be closed in the afternoon for pre-parade staging, according to the Bel Air Police Department. Staging begins at 2 p.m. near the intersection of Main Street at Churchville Road/MD 22, in the parking lot next to Black Eyed Suzie's.

Here is the schedule from the Bel Air Downtown Alliance for Sunday, Dec. 2:

• 2 p.m.: Staging begins on Main Street at Churchville Road
• 2:30 p.m.: Concert on Main Street in front of the courthouse
• 3:30 p.m.: Parade from Main Street at MD 22 down Main, right on Lee Street
• 4 p.m.: Holiday music in Shamrock Park, with bonfire plus free cookies and hot chocolate
• 4:45 p.m.: Bel Air town tree lighting

Check the forecast for Bel Air from the National Weather Service.

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Photo by Elizabeth Janney from the 2017 parade.