The Hollywood Christmas Parade Closures Stop at Gower. Beachwood Canyon Lives Just Past the Line.

If you live up Beachwood Drive, how much of Thanksgiving weekend does the Hollywood Christmas Parade actually take from you? On the official 2026 closure list, the closures reaching farthest east on Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset both stop at Gower.

The 94th Hollywood Christmas Parade is set for Sunday, November 29, 2026. That is a little over three weeks away. The organizers have already posted the street and freeway closures for the weekend. Read them from the canyon's side and the pattern is clear. Hollywood Boulevard closes from Highland to Gower. Sunset closes from Highland to Gower. Vine closes from Franklin down to Santa Monica. Beachwood Drive, Franklin Avenue and Gower Street are not on the list.

The parade's footprint ends one block short of the canyon

The route is a U. It starts on Hollywood Boulevard at Orange Drive, runs east to Vine, turns south on Vine to Sunset, then heads west on Sunset back to Orange. So the floats never come east of Vine. The extra block of closures from Vine to Gower on Hollywood and Sunset is buffer for staging and crowds, and it ends there.

Here is everything the official page lists for parade day, sorted by how close it gets to Beachwood:

• East edge, 4:00 p.m.: Hollywood Boulevard from Highland to Gower reopens at 9:00 p.m. Sunset from Highland to Gower reopens around 10:00 p.m. Vine from Franklin to Santa Monica reopens at 9:00 p.m.
• Freeway, 3:00 p.m.: The northbound and southbound 101 off-ramps at Cahuenga Boulevard close, along with the southbound off-ramp at Vine. All reopen at 10:00 p.m.
• West side, starting at 6:00 a.m.: Hollywood Boulevard between La Brea and Orange closes until 10:00 p.m. From 1:00 p.m., closures spread to Hawthorne, De Longpre and Fountain between La Brea and Highland, plus El Cerrito Place, Sycamore, Orange and Sunset between La Brea and Highland. Highland itself closes from Franklin to Santa Monica at 4:00 p.m.

The freeway line matters most to the canyon. If you come home on the 101 Sunday evening, the Cahuenga and southbound Vine exits are off-limits from 3:00 to 10:00 p.m. The streets right below Beachwood Village stay open, but some of the usual exits off the freeway do not.

On the boulevard, the parade is the last closure in a long series

The Hollywood Partnership's street-closure calendar shows the boulevard closing again and again this fall, and the parade is the last of those closures in November.

Here is the calendar as posted:

1. Tuesday, October 27 through Wednesday, October 28: Westbound Hollywood Boulevard closes between Highland and Orange, and on the 28th the north sidewalk in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre closes from 3:30 p.m.
2. Saturday, November 14 through Tuesday, November 17: A premiere closes Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Orange Drive.
3. Tuesday, November 17 through Friday, November 20: Another movie premiere keeps that same block closed until 5:00 p.m. Friday.
4. Friday, November 27 at 5:00 p.m. through Sunday, November 29 at 5:00 a.m.: A street concert fully closes Hollywood Boulevard between Cahuenga and Vine, with partial closures on Ivar and Cosmo.
5. Sunday, November 29: The parade, which the Partnership lists as running from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., with full road closure timing still "TBD."

Put the parade organizers' own schedule on top of that and the weekend fills in. "No Parking" signs go up along the route on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26. Enforcement runs from Saturday, November 28 through Monday morning, November 30. Hollywood Boulevard between Orange and Highland closes at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and stays closed until 6:00 a.m. Monday. Sycamore between Franklin and Hollywood closes Friday at 11:00 p.m.

The concert closure between Cahuenga and Vine starts Friday at 5:00 p.m. From 12:01 a.m. Saturday it overlaps the parade setup between Highland and Orange, so two separate stretches of the boulevard stay closed at once for most of Saturday. The concert block reopens early Sunday morning, hours before the parade closures spread east to Gower. Counting all of it, some part of the boulevard is closed from Friday evening until 6:00 a.m. Monday.

What the official pages still leave open

The parade has published a date, a route and a closure table. It has not finished the schedule yet, and a few items on its own site still carry earlier years' details. This is the state of things as of early November:

The 2025 timing is the best guide until the organizers post an update. The official parade details page put last year's parade at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, 2025. LADOT's November 27, 2025 weekly update gave the same time. If 2026 follows that pattern, the 4:00 p.m. closures out to Gower start about two hours before step-off. Treat that as a guess until the official site says otherwise.

The Sycamore line is the one to check again closer to the weekend. The 2026 road-closures page says Sycamore stays closed "all-day Sun Nov 29th" and then gives a reopening date that matches the 2024 calendar. Sycamore is well west of the canyon, but if your Thanksgiving weekend plans run through the La Brea side of Hollywood, that's the line likely to change.

Watching it from Gower's side of the line

Since the eastern closures stop at Gower, you can walk to the parade from Beachwood. Vine, where the route turns south, is the closest part of the U to the canyon. The parade calls its event "filmed in our neighborhood," and the organizers' welcome on the closures page is addressed to "our neighbors in Hollywood."

Free or ticketed. The official ticket page says free curbside viewing is available along most of the route. Reserved grandstand seats cost $120 for adults and $60 for children under 16. Seats are assigned when you order, and there are no refunds or exchanges. Children can sit on a lap for free, but a child who wants their own seat needs a ticket. The August pre-sale had those prices cut in half, and regular pricing took over September 1. The page also notes that ticket purchases are not tax-deductible, because the parade is produced by a for-profit company.

Who's on the list so far. The parade's 2026 celebrity page names Kate Linder, Veronika Yankovskaya and Nina Svet. The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles is in the 2026 performers listing. The homepage still says the full performer lineup is "coming soon."

The toy drive. Toys for Tots is the parade's official main charity, and the parade collects toys and donations. Drop-off details for 2026 haven't been posted on the parade's site yet, so check there before you shop.

Getting there and back. The closures page tells neighbors and guests to "use the Metro as much as possible." Last year, LADOT pointed paradegoers to the B Line's Hollywood/Highland and Hollywood/Vine stations. Hollywood/Vine is right at the corner where the route turns. No 2026 Metro service notice has been posted yet. For anyone walking down from the canyon, the timing works out simply. The boulevard east of Highland stays open until 4:00 p.m. Sunday, and it reopens by 9:00 p.m.

Thanksgiving weekend is also when plenty of people plan moves, open-house previews and visits from out-of-town family. Those plans run straight into the closure calendar above. If you're thinking about timing a listing, a showing or a move around the boulevard's busiest weeks, The Xuereb Group can plan the schedule around them with you, from the Gower line to Monday's 6:00 a.m. reopening. Schedule a complimentary consultation.