San Antonio River Walk Christmas 2024. One standout event each year is the ford holiday river parade, in which the locals and visitors alike come together to kick off the holiday season and countdown to the official lighting of the san antonio river walk. The river walk’s colorful holiday lights will twinkle from sundown to sunrise until jan.

Join us for this festive event friday, november 29, 2024. Holiday lights on the riverwalk experience the spectacular display of over 100,000 lights (2,250 strings of light) draped over the towering bald cypress trees that line the riverwalk.