LAKEPORT, Calif. – The 26th annual Lakeport Holiday Lighted Parade takes place on Saturday, Nov. 30, on Main Street. 

The parade participants will line up this year in the Fifth Street parking lot next to the launch ramp at Library Park. This is a change from lining up at the fairgrounds.

Entry forms have been mailed to prior participants and the form is now available on www.lakecochamber.com . Deadline for entering the parade is Monday, Nov. 25.

The stage for the parade judges will be located between Second and Third streets in front of the Lake County Special Districts office.

Mendo Mill Lumber & Home Center is providing the stage as they have for many years. Savings Bank of Mendocino County is once again the major sponsor for this 26th annual holiday parade, which for the last 11 years has been a lighted parade.

Activities during the afternoon of Nov. 30 sponsored by the Lakeport Main Street Association will include free craft children’s activities, a visit with Santa at Bicoastal Media, located at 140 N. Main St. from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (photos available for $5), an Elf Treasure Hunt and a booth selling funnel cakes, snugglers and hot chocolate.

Hospice Services of Lake County will take to the stage following the parade with their Light Up A Life Celebration, singing Christmas carols, serving free hot chocolate and cookies. Historic walking tours will take place at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

A new addition to this year's festivities is a Festival of Trees, sponsored by the Lakeport Main Street Association. Various businesses will decorate Christmas trees and the public is invited to vote for their favorite tree. Voting closes on Dec. 9.

Following the close of voting, all the trees are being donated to Lake Family Resource Center, which will present the trees to families who would not otherwise have a tree for the holiday.

This year the Lakeport Kiwanis decorated the Lakeport Christmas tree in front of the museum. The evening's festivities culminate with the lighting of the tree on the lawn of Museum Square.