Monday, November 29th
6 p.m. – Main Street
Grand Marshal
Serving as this year’s Grand Marshal is Mississippi State Baseball Head Coach Chris Lemonis and the coaching staff of the 2021 National Championship team.

Parade Theme
The 2021 Starkville Christmas Parade theme is ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ and the event will be held Monday, November 29th, at 6 p.m.
This year’s theme is in honor of Mississippi State University’s Mike Goree, who has been a “magical” key component of the Christmas Parade since 1986.

We encourage parade participants to get in the holiday spirit and join in on the fun as we celebrate our very best Christmas spirit.
Parade Sponsor
The 2021 Parade is Sponsored By

Parade Participants
The application for 2021 parade participants has now closed. The parade application opens in October each year and closes approximately a week before the parade, and unfortunately there are no late entries accepted. This is a firm and strict deadline – NO EXCEPTIONS. Please check back in October of 2022 for next year’s parade application.