Marina del Rey Tree Lighting
Marina Del Rey, CA
Marina del Rey’s Holiday Tree Lighting at Burton Chace Park — the marina-front tree lighting paired with the Marina Lights display and the annual Holiday Boat Parade.
Marina del Rey’s Holiday Tree Lighting at Burton Chace Park — the marina-front tree lighting paired with the Marina Lights display and the annual Holiday Boat Parade.
Marina del Rey‘s Holiday Tree Lighting anchors at Burton Chace Park — the waterfront city park at the head of the marina basin. The lighting combines with the Marina Lights display and the Holiday Boat Parade to make a single, layered marina-front holiday evening.
Through December, Burton Chace Park transforms into a winter wonderland with twinkling holiday lights nightly. The Christmas tree itself is lit at the start of the season as the kickoff moment. The evening of the Holiday Boat Parade (mid-December) opens with the tree lighting, then the boat parade rolls past the park in the evening — a drone show kicks the parade off just beforehand, decorated boats follow.
For families across Marina del Rey, Venice, Playa Vista, Playa Del Rey, and the broader Westside, this is the December evening of choice — a marina-front sequence of tree, lights, and boats all in one walkable park.
At 13650 Mindanao Way in Marina Del Rey — the waterfront city park at the head of the main marina basin, with views across the marina.
The Christmas tree is lit at the start of the holiday season as the kickoff. The Marina Lights display runs nightly through December; the tree is part of the lit park scene.
The Holiday Boat Parade evening combines the lit tree, the Marina Lights display, and the parade. A drone show opens the evening, the parade follows — watched from the park or surrounding marina vantage points.
Yes — the tree lighting, Marina Lights display, and boat parade viewing are all free. Some parking and dining are paid separately.
Burton Chace Park has on-site parking that fills fast on parade night. Surrounding marina lots (Fisherman’s Village, marina boat-slip-area lots) are the spillover; some are free, some metered.
Burton Chace Park is Marina del Rey‘s waterfront city park at the head of the main marina basin — a 10-acre Los Angeles County park along Mindanao Way with sweeping views of the boat slips and the channel. The park hosts the city’s largest summer concerts and the December Boat Parade reviewing stand year-round, and serves as the marina’s main civic gathering space. Fisherman’s Village and the Marina del Rey Visitor Center are a short waterfront walk south along the basin.
Decorated yachts, kayaks, and paddleboards parade through Marina del Rey on a single Saturday evening in December — free shoreline viewing for families. Confirm the season’s date and start time at mdrboatparade.org.
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Marina Del Rey’s New England-style waterfront village — Fisherman’s Village — runs free weekend holiday programming through December each year: live music every weekend, photos with Santa and his elf, a Letters-to-Santa station, holiday décor along the boardwalk, and prime free viewing of the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade. Free, family-friendly, and harbor-walkable.
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Venice’s hidden canals — modeled on Venice, Italy — dress up for the holidays with twinkling lights on every bridge and home, plus a first-weekend-of-December boat parade, all free to walk.
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Venice’s official holiday lighting tradition — the historic Venice Sign changes from white to red and green for the season, with live music, photos with Santa, and the surrounding Windward Avenue activation.
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Southern California’s holiday lights and festive outings are pure magic — but nothing compares to Santa Claus himself stepping through your own front door. House of Kringle brings a real-bearded, professionally trained Santa to homes and gatherings across SoCal for an intimate live visit your family will treasure for years.
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Have a date in mind? Tell us when and where, and we’ll let you know whether Santa is open. House of Kringle brings a real-bearded Santa Claus to Live Visits and Group Experiences across Southern California, and December fills quickly, so the sooner you check, the better your odds of locking in your first choice.
This is a quick availability check, not a booking. Nothing is reserved and nothing is owed until we’ve confirmed your date and you’ve placed your retainer.