Wect Chester Christmas Parade seeks marshals

The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for volunteer parade marshals for the 2024 West Chester Christmas Parade. It’s an opportunity to get inside access to Chester County’s most popular hometown Christmas parade as well as the closest front-row seats available along the eight-block parade route on Friday, December 6. Sign-ups are at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4EA8A929AAFB6-2023#/...

Awarding-winng Mummers to be featured in West Chester Christmas Parade

The South Philadelphia String Band. The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is announcing an all-star lineup of marching bands for the 2024 West Chester Christmas Parade sponsored by Chester County Hospital, as the borough caps off its 225th anniversary year during the parade voted “Best Local Parade” and “Best Family-Friendly Event” by readers of Main Line Today. “Save yourself...

What To Do: Coatesville, W. Chester, Downingtown Christmas parades on tap

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times The Coatesville Christmas Parade The Christmas holiday season has many annual traditions – holiday lights and decorations, mistletoe, manger scenes, caroling, elaborate Christmas tree, visits by Santa Claus, gift exchanges, holiday train excursions…and Christmas parades. Two of the best parades in the area are scheduled for this weekend – the...

6abc’s Adam Joseph & WMMR’s Kathy Romano to Emcee 2023 West Chester Christmas Parade

Scenes from the 2022 West Chester Christmas Parade. The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that 6abc meteorologist Adam Joseph will return as emcee of the West Chester Christmas Parade, joined for the first time by WMMR radio host Kathy Romano of The Preston & Steve Show. The beloved hometown parade will be held Friday, December 1, 2023, kicking off more than a...

W. Chester Christmas Parade to return Dec. 1

The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce announces the West Chester Christmas Parade will be held Friday December 1, 2023, and thousands of holiday lights will decorate the streets of the borough from Thanksgiving through New Year’s during Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester. The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is opening applications for participants...

W. Chester Christmas Parade returns this Friday

The Betsy Daily Dance Troupe in an earlier West Chester Christmas Parade. Photo Credit: Revelations Video. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the region’s most famous hometown Christmas parade returns this Friday at 7 p.m. to downtown West Chester. Ranked by USA Today as one of the best places “to experience the arrival of Santa,” this year’s West Chester Christmas Parade will...

Volunteers sought for West Chester Christmas Parade

The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is offering up a unique opportunity for inside access to Chester County’s most popular hometown Christmas parade. Organizers of the West Chester Christmas Parade need almost 90 Parade Marshals, and all get the closest front-row seats available as they line the eight-block parade route on Friday, December 2. “It’s truly an unforgettable experience...

6ABC’s Joseph to emcee W. Chester Christmas Parade

Adam Joseph The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce announced that 6abc Meteorologist Adam Joseph will emcee the West Chester Christmas Parade when the beloved holiday event returns from a two-year pandemic hiatus on Friday, December 2, 2022. “For many years now, Adam Joseph and 6abc have been our partners in presenting our hometown parade to our community, and we are thrilled to reunite...

West Chester Christmas Parade to return in 2022

The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce says the West Chester Christmas Parade will once again be held in early December, and thousands of holiday lights will decorate the streets of the borough from Thanksgiving to Christmas during Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is...

W. Chester Chamber cancels 2020 Christmas Parade

The crowd at the 2019 QVC West Chester Christmas Parade; the 2020 version of the event will not be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce (GWCC) has announced the cancellation of the 2020 QVC West Chester Christmas Parade to protect the health of spectators who gather for one of Chester County’s most popular events. “We realize the most important thing...