The holiday season in Bel Air is a time for light displays, the annual Christmas parade, horse-drawn carriage rides, visits with Santa Claus, admiring the Christmas train garden, downtown shopping and many more activities as the downtown district becomes like the set of a Hallmark holiday movie between Thanksgiving and New Year's.
The website christmasinbelair.com, which went live in early November, is your official guide to all of the holiday fun happening in the Town of Bel Air in 2025. The site's features include a calendar of events, special sections on Winter Wonderland in Bel Air, the 35th annual Bel Air Christmas parade on December 7, a guide to shops and restaurants in the downtown area and along the Route 1 and Route 24 corridors, as well as information about parking in town during the holidays.
Parking will be free at all metered spaces on the street between November 27, Thanksgiving Day, through December 26, the day after Christmas. The Board of Town Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing the temporary suspension of parking fines during the holiday season at their meeting on October 20. Public parking also is available at a number of lots downtown and at the Hickory Avenue parking garage -- the garage is free after 5 p.m. during the week and all day on the weekends.
As a reminder, anyone who wants to participate in the Bel Air Christmas parade has until Monday, November 24 to sign up; visit the Christmas Parade page on our website for an application form. The parade will be on Main Street starting at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 7. Holiday festivities, including music, a bonfire and the ceremonial lighting of the Town's Christmas tree will follow in Shamrock Park.
Main Street will be closed the evening of Saturday, December 6 for Winter Wonderland activities. Check back with the Town website, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X or LinkedIn for more holiday event updates!
Contact Media and Public Relations Specialist David Anderson at 410-838-7181 or danderson@belairmd.org.