One of our traditions here in Adelaide has long been watching the floats, characters and clowns of a pageant and a lot of people hold fond memories of watching from the roadside, writing in chalk on the road or even being a part of it as a clown or on a float.
Now that we are fast approaching Christmas there are pageants still to be done both to the north and south of the city. Here is a list of pageants we know of still to come and dates around Adelaide, the hills and the country.
Adelaide Suburbs;
Saturday 2 December - Salisbury City Centre Christmas Parade - 10.30am
Saturday 25 November - Playford Christmas Pageant - 9.30am
Saturday 25 November - Norwood Christmas Pageant - 10am
Sunday 3 December - Campbelltown Community Christmas Parade - 5.15pm
Sunday 26 November - Glenelg Christmas Pageant - 10am
Sunday 26 November - Onkaparinga Christmas Pageant, Christies Beach - 10am – 11am
Sunday 3 December - Meningie Christmas Pageant - 12.30pm
Saturday 9 December - Victor Harbor Christmas Pageant - 6.30pm
Sunday 10 December - Goolwa Christmas Festival - 6.30pm
Friday 15 December - Strathalbyn Christmas Pageant, Entertainment & Fireworks - 6.30pm
Saturday 25 November - Pt Adelaide Enfield Twilight Pageant with Fireworks - TBC
Friday 1 December - Blackwood Christmas Pageant - TBC
Saturday 2 December - Mount Barker Christmas Pageant - 10.30am
Saturday 23 December - Lobethal Christmas Pageant - 7.30pm – 8.15pm
Country;
Friday 1 December - Barossa Christmas Parade - 4pm-10pm
Sunday 17 December - Callington Christmas Pageant & Festival - 11am – 3pm
Friday 8 December - Clare Christmas Pageant - TBC
Monday 18 December - Kadina Christmas Pageant & Carols - 6.15pm
Saturday 2 December - Mannum Christmas Pageant - 6.30pm
Sunday 17 December - Moonta Christmas Pageant - Pageant 5.30pm
Friday 24 November - Angaston Christmas Parade - 5pm – 9pm
Saturday 25 November - Murray Bridge Christmas Pageant - 5.30pm
Friday 1 December - Port Augusta Rotary Christmas Pageant - 6.30pm
Saturday 2 December - Port Pirie Christmas Pageant - 7pm
Saturday 25 November - Whyalla Christmas Pageant - 4pm – 5pm
Saturday 25 November - Williamstown Christmas Parade - 6pm
Pageants are not just about the big red man at the end, they are a great community event where you can see your local clubs, schools, organisations and businesses represented. It's free to sit on the side of the road and take it all in and our pageants always have good variety to keep everyone interested.
Tips to make the day easier.
- Pack and bring a lunch, drink and snacks, food can be expensive to buy out and it can take a long time in big crowds.
- Bring sunscreen and use it and a hat and wear it, it's warming up going into summer here now and a few minutes in the sun is all it takes to get burnt.
- Get there early, find a good spot and get set up, don't forget to allow time to draw in chalk on the road.
- Take a camera with a spare memory card and spare batteries if you have them. Pictures from the pageant are great with all the colour and action.
- Relax and enjoy it, wave to the people in the pageant, dance to the sound of the marching bands and have a good look at all the floats. That's all free .
Do you know of any other pageants coming up that we've missed? Any tips to make the day better? What are your favourite things about the pageant? Have you ever been in a pageant? Let us know in the comments below.
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