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Miami winterfest

Culture

Winterfest has grown from a local celebration into a holiday festival international in scope. Community pride, increased awareness of the Greater Fort Lauderdale area, and an increase in tourism revenues are positive effects of the celebration.
The Celebration primarily involves a series of events scheduled for December. Florida residents and visitors eagerly anticipate Winterfest each year. The events make the holiday season come alive in sunny South Florida.
The Winterfest Celebration has grown throughout the years to include the Winterfest Boat Parade, The Winterfest Black Tie Ball, the Shoreline Decorating Extravaganza, the Grand Marshal Reception, Winterfest White Party, Golf Tournament and many other receptions and events. Winterfest is recognized as the 7th largest spectator event in the country and the largest event in Florida based on number of attendees. The Parade attracts over one million parade spectators and is televised nationally to millions of homes. Winterfest has had an economic impact on Broward County of over $42 million per year.

The Winterfest Celebration embraces the dual goals of providing a means for the community to come together and enjoy spectacular and unique events as well as attract positive national attention to the Greater Fort Lauderdale area as a tourist destination and as a great place to live and work.

Winterfest is best known for its one of a kind Boat Parade celebrating 40 years. Spurred by the continued popularity of that event, a not-for-profit organization, winterfest, Inc., was formed in 1981 to administer the Boat Parade and to build a festival around it.

The Parade is an exhibit of local talented artists that spend hundreds of hours from conception to inception transforming boats into canvases of color and lights depicting the parade’s theme. Parade entries have hosted live entertainment from the Miami City Ballet, Performing Arts Center, Polynesian Fire Dancers, Chinese Dragon Boats, Floating Circus, Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre, Broadway Productions as well as other local entertainers and celebrities. The Grandstand viewing area presented by Frito Lay, which is the largest location open to the public to see the parade, hosts the Seminole Outpost and is inside Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. This ‘festival within the festival’ hosts a stage with live entertainment featuring The Fabulons and Native American Indian, arts and crafts from local artists, Michelob Ultra Hospitality Village and activities complete this area. Winterfest offers complimentary space to many charities so they may promote public awareness and host fundraising opportunities. This area is guaranteed to entertain people of all ages.

www.winterfestparade.com