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Parade of Lights Dinner and Boat Parade Viewing

Your Front Row Seat to the Holiday Sights!

Maritime Museum of San Diego invites you to enjoy the 54th Annual Parade of Lights Dinner staged aboard the elegant Victorian-era 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley Sundays, December 8 and 15, 2024. Parade judges will be nested at the Maritime Museum as the brightly decorated boats cruise by the Museum fleet located at Star of India Wharf between Grape and Ash Street. The procession of boats starts at 5:30 p.m. and will follow a predetermined parade route. The parade route organizers project the parade to pass the north embarcadero and Maritime Museum of San Diego at approximately 6:20 p.m.

Maritime Museum of San Diego has been known for years as the best place on the waterfront to view the annual Parade of Lights on San Diego Bay.

Neighborhood: Downtown

Maritime Museum of San Diego
1492 N Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101

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Date & Time

Dec 8 - Dec 15, 2024
4:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Hosted each Sunday, December 8 and 15, 2024. Check-in begins 4:30 p.m.
Recurs every Sunday

Price

$70 adults, Sr., Military, $35 12 and under.

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1492 N Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101

Located at Star of India Wharf, Maritime Museum of San Diego 1492 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101 (between Grape and Ash Street, next to Portside Pier.)

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