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 Coatesville...

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 month...

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 feature...

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 to...

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 this...

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 announcing...

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...

What To Do: The Coatesville Christmas Parade

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The Coatesville Christmas Parade The Coatesville Christmas Parade, a holiday classic that is Chester County’s largest hometown parade, will be held on December 2 in downtown Coatesville. The festive annual parade will get underway at 10 a.m. with Strode Avenue and Lincoln Highway as its starting point. The parade will conclude at the performing and judging...

What To Do: Christmas bursts out all over

Music, parades kick off Chester County holiday celebrations By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times One of the area’s most eagerly-anticipated holiday attractions is scheduled for this weekend. On December 3, the Kennett Symphony of Chester County will perform “Pops Goes the Holiday” at 7:30 p.m. at Unionville High School (750 Unionville Rd, Kennett Square, 610-444-6363, http://www.kennettsymphony.org). The...