Farmer City Christmas Parade
Sunday, November 22, 2026
Judging starts at 1pm, Parade starts at 2pm
One of the largest Christmas parades in Central Illinois with over 120+ parade entries! Includes marching bands, holiday floats, antique cars and tractors, Shrine groups, and much more! Come help usher the holidays into Farmer City and Central Illinois at one of the best holiday events in central Illinois each year!
The 2026 theme for the parade is "Buddy the Elf"! This will also be Judy Fraser's 50th year of participating in the Farmer City Christmas Parade! We can't wait to see the creativity of our parade participants and to see a huge crowd along the parade route to thank Judy for her 50 years of dedication to this great event in our community!
Check out the Farmer City Christmas Parade on Facebook for more details.
Contact Chad Wills with any questions at cmwills3@frontier.com or 309-386-2791.
The Christmas Parade Memories
The One and Only
Farmer City is called the One and Only because its the only town in the United States with that name, but our Christmas Parade lives up to the name just as much! If you don't believe us, come watch for yourself and ring the holiday season in right!
Marching Bands
Everyone comes out to celebrate! With over 100 floats every year, there's something for everyone! Check out the amazing Blue Ridge High School Marching Band as they played the National Anthem!
Santa
We're pretty humble so when we say we have THE Santa Clause in the Farmer City Christmas Parade, you know we've got the connections! Come out and see him along with all the other amazing floats for one of the most amazing Christmas Parades in the area!
A Very Special Thank You!
The Farmer City Christmas Parade wouldn't be possible without our generous supporters! Every year these supporters are there to support our community in the biggest of ways.
To these Sponsors, the Parade participants, and our Parade Coordinator Chad Wills, thank you for continuing to show how amazingly generous our little community can be!
The Thomas Frasier Clark Foundation
A not for profit foundation offering grants and scholarships for the betterment of Farmer City.
Farmer City, Illinois, is a delightful, rural town located in DeWitt County.