The Bryan/College Station Christmas Parade

September 12, 2023
by Missy Pollard
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BCS Christmas Parade Cancelled

The parade committee is sad to announce that the BCS Christmas Parade is cancelled.

For 93 years, the BCS Christmas Parade successfully traversed the roadways of Bryan/College Station.  This year, the committee was presented with a new challenge that became apparent when the State mandated medians were installed along Texas Avenue in Bryan and College Station.  The concrete medians reduced the size of the parade path so that large floats and marching units, like the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, could not safely travel down the lanes.  The floats and marching units would no longer have sufficient side clearance to allow spectators to stand alongside the route safely.

The parade committee immediately began looking at  possible alternate routes.  The following criteria was used to evaluate the various routes that we investigated:

  1. We needed sites that would have both acceptable line-up and disbandment areas.
  2. The streets had to be wide enough to accommodate bands, float, marching units, mounted units, etc.
  3. The parade route had to include the communities of both Bryan and College Station.
  4. The route had to have sufficient side streets and solid surface parking to provide spectator parking and access should emergency vehicles be required.
  5. Acceptable routes needed to have adequate side clearance for safety reasons.

After driving the streets of B/CS and meeting with representatives from both Bryan and College Station, I’m sad to announce that we could not produce a way to meet these criteria and safely hold the parade.

We encourage everyone to attend the Lighted Christmas Parade that is scheduled for Thursday, December 7th at 6 p.m. in Downtown Bryan.

Thanks to everyone in BCS for your support over the years! We couldn’t have done it without YOU!

December 6, 2022
by Missy Pollard
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Did you miss the parade in person?

No problem! 

The parade will air a few times throughout December on KAMU. It will play on December 18, 24, and 25th. Then one last time on January 1st. All air dates will be at 3 pm. 

KAMU offers three TV channels–PBS (12.1), Create TV (12.2) and PBS Kids (12.3)–across Bryan-College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville, Hearne and Waco. See how you can watch in your area below.

Over the air with an antenna: channels 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

Optimum (formerly Suddenlink)
Bryan-College Station: PBS on channel 4 and PBS Kids on channel 18
Navasota: PBS on channel 9
Caldwell: PBS on channel 5
Hearne: PBS on channel 4

Northland Cable
Madisonville: PBS on channel 15

DirecTV
Waco: PBS on channel 15
Bryan-College Station: PBS on channel 15

Dish
Waco: PBS on channel 12
Bryan-College Station: PBS on channel 12

November 30, 2022
by Missy Pollard
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This Sunday, December 4th at 2:00pm the B/CS Christmas Parade steps off!

The 2022 Bryan-College Station Christmas Parade “Christmas Jubilee” is sponsored by SIG Insurance Services, LLC, Z Islander, The Eagle & TAMU Transportation Services. This year’s parade will begin today at 2 p.m. Santa’s helpers will be collecting letters from children along the route. Kids, don’t forget to include your return address so Santa can write you a letter back!

September 26, 2022
by Missy Pollard
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2022 Forms and Rules

The new forms and rules have been uploaded! Navigate to the Forms and Rules page to download them now!

Looking forward to all the great entries and floats this year!

October 10, 2019
by Missy Pollard
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2019 Forms and Rules

The new forms and rules have been uploaded! Navigate to the Forms and Rules page to download them now!

Looking forward to all the great entries and floats this year!

October 1, 2018
by Missy Pollard
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2018 Parade Forms!

The new forms and rules have been uploaded! Navigate to the Forms and Rules page to download them now!

 

Looking forward to all the great entries and floats this year!