Carbondale Lights Fantastic Parade
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Sat, Dec 06 , 2025 • 6:00pm
Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, IL 62901
Celebrate the Holiday season with an after-dark parade featuring hundreds of thousands of lights.
Delighting the young and the young-at-heart since l990, this wintertime celebration draws participants and onlookers from many surrounding communities. Crowds line up along Main Street to see dancers, marching bands and uniquely themed and lighted floats that bedazzle the senses.
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