Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade

Sat Nov 22, 2025
10:00am to 12:00pm ET
Age: All ages
Price: Free
Location:
Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Streets
240-777-5307
Georgia Avenue and Silver Spring Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20815
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The streets are being overrun with turkeys, dinosaurs, penguins, and reindeer. No, the zoo hasn’t opened its gates – it's the Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade! With marching bands, Bolivian dancing groups, floats, giant characters and balloons, and Santa, it is the only Thanksgiving Parade in the metro DC area.

Held in downtown Silver Spring, the exciting parade traditionally heralds the start of the holiday season. The parade steps off from Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street and proceeds south on Georgia Avenue, ending at Silver Spring Avenue.

The parade takes place rain or shine.

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