Parade night Get involved Route & parking Awards Sponsors

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Kershaw County’s only nighttime Christmas parade

Main Street goes dark. Then it lights up.

Floats wrapped in thousands of Christmas lights roll down US Hwy 1 while the whole town lines the road. Grab your lawn chairs, bring your people, and come see Lugoff glow.

Register a float
Plan your night

Last year on Hwy 1

Every float. Every bulb. After dark.

A jungle-themed float with a giraffe and tiger wrapped in Christmas lights, riders waving in Santa hats
Jungle float, lit head to tail
Two pageant queens in crowns waving from a truck strung with colored bulbs
Royalty on the route
Zamar Church drumline performing on a float lit with blue stage lights
Zamar drumline
A Toy Story themed float full of kids in costume, trimmed in red and string lights
To Lugoff and beyond
See more
Parade night

How the evening unfolds

Times for Saturday, December 12. Traffic is held before the start and after the finish, so come early and make a night of it.

  1. Line-up lot opens

    39 Plaza Dr, for parade entries only. Food for purchase on site.

  2. Participant drop-off closes

    Every participant must be at the Plaza Dr lot by 5:00. No exceptions.

  3. Accessible parking opens

    Rick Williams Custom Golf Carts (The Fireworks Store), 5:00 to 5:30 only.

  4. Hwy 1 goes dark

    Both lanes close to through traffic along the route.

  5. Lights on

    The parade steps off from the BP Station, with fireworks from The Fireworks Store in Lugoff.

Get involved

Three ways to light up Lugoff

Enter a float

Churches, schools, scouts, businesses, bands. If it can roll and glow, it belongs in the line-up.

  • Non-profits & businesses$25
  • Police, fire, bands, JROTC, sponsorsFree
  • Entry deadlineThu, Dec 10
  • Line-up numbers postedDec 11, noon
Register your float

Deck your storefront

Businesses along the route can join the Business Decorating Contest. Thousands of people walk past your windows that night. Make them stop and point.

  • Who can enterLocal businesses
  • Judged onLights & spirit
Enter the contest

Sponsor the parade

Your name rides on the digital sign that travels the route before the first float, and on every poster and radio spot.

  • Posters, radio, web & socialIncluded
  • Parade entryFree
  • VIP sponsor seating4 passes
Become a sponsor
Route & parking

Follow the lights down Hwy 1

The parade starts at the BP Station, travels south on US Hwy 1, then turns right onto Hwy 34. Please watch from Hwy 1.

US HWY 1 SOUTH HWY 34 Burdell Rd Lachicotte Boulware Rd Plaza Dr Lugoff Fire Dept Start BP Station Line-up Finish turn onto Hwy 34
Stylized route, not to scale. Cross streets mark the traffic control points.

Accessible parking

Rick Williams Custom Golf Carts on Hwy 1 (The Fireworks Store), 5:00 to 5:30, first come first served. One placard per vehicle. Roped-off curb space for those who park.

No median parking

Cars on the median will be asked to move. Please respect business no-parking signs.

Spaces fill early

Carpool if you can, and plan to arrive before the 6:00 road closure.

Rain date

Sunday, December 13 at 6:30 PM. Watch Facebook for the call.

And the winners are

Ten awards, judged from the stage

Judges sit on the stage in front of Mitch Rabon Realty. Winners are posted here after the parade and announced on WPUB Kool 102.7 / 98.7.

Best Use of Lights Best Overall Frank Rabon Jr. Spirit Award Best School Best Church Best Civic Group Performance Award Optimist Choice Award Rookie of the Year People's Choice
Thank you

The folks who keep the lights on

Presented by the Lugoff Optimist Club and the businesses below.

Want your logo rolling down the line this year? Become a sponsor →

Parade-day updates live on Facebook
Weather calls, line-up changes and the rain date are posted there first.

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A Lugoff Optimist Club tradition.

Questions

Sherri Williams
803-420-0146

Mail

Lugoff Optimist Club
PO Box 163
Lugoff, SC 29078