Local residents who love the holidays can rejoice: after a year of absence, the Fontana Christmas parade and the winter festival are back in 2021.
The traditionally popular Fontana events will take place on Saturday December 11 in the city center.
The parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Sierra Avenue and Arrow Boulevard, and the festival will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Miller Park, 17004 Arrow.
Both events are free and the weather is expected to be sunny, with temperatures in the 60s.
—– THE PARADE is presented by the Exchange Club of Fontana and will feature marching bands and other school groups as well as community, religious and business entities. There will also be a special appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse and the Santa and Mrs. Claus Gingerbread Lane Extravaganza.
Kaiser Permanente will be the Grand Marshal.
This year, the parade will take a new route and will not end on Merrill Avenue as it did before. After starting at Sierra and Arrow, the parade will then head south to Sierra to Orange Way, where it will turn and head east to Mango Avenue, then north on Mango, to return to Arrow, near the festival.
According to the Exchange Club, the following is a provisional list of parade participants (not in order of appearance):
• Kiwanis Club of Fontana
• Arroyo Valley High School Marching Band
• City council members John Roberts, Peter Garcia and Jesus “Jesse” Sandoval
• Mayor Acquanetta Warren
• Exhilarating Academy of the Arts
• Luna Ozier – Baby Miss California 2022
• Fontana towing
• Fontana high school athletics
• Edwin Towing Inc.
• Armada towing
• Town of Fontana Tiny Tots
• Association of Police Officers of Fontana
• Randall Swedlove
• Fanfare and Colorguard from Fontana AB Miller High School
• T Mobile
• Rudy Duran
• Engine n ° 1 of the Fontana fire department
• Tokay Primary School Student Council
• Fontana Community Center for Seniors
• Living Way Academy
• Megan Ball
• Line dance of the heart and soul
• Extended Fontana Learning Program
• Jérémy Estrella
• Anthony Gomez
• Mojave River Academy – Fontana
• Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
• Council of Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Fontana
• Janet Koehler Brooks
• Chaplains of the Fontana Police Department
• Stater Bros. Markets
• Bruins Football Juniors
• 22qties Unit
• Deborah Flores
• Sheriff’s Department of San Bernardino West Valley Mounted Posse
• Kaiser Permanente
• Leonardo Delgadillo
• Fontana Folk School
• So Cal Trojans 13u
• Fontana Honor Roll Organizing Committee
• Kaiser high school cheer
• Rancho Las Palmas
• Girl Scout Troop 614
• Pack of Cubs 625
• Banda Nueva Sensación
• M Energy Inc.
• Girl Scout Troop 70684
• Girl Scout Troop 254
• Pentecostal Iglesia Emmanuel
• Bruins of the Empire of the Interior
• Football and cheers Fontana Pop Warner
• Protech staffing
• A&J dance team
• Insurance and registration services of Buenos Diaz
• Army JROTC from Arroyo Valley High School
• Empower Success Now
• A&J dance team
• Congressman Norma Torres
• Little League Fontana Elks
• Ballet Folklorico Tierra de mi Padre
• DND Entertainment Company
• Association of Police Officers of Fontana
• Fontana Pasteurs United
• Healthy fontane
• Miss Fontana contest
• The Christian Fraternity of the Door
• Supervisor Joe Baca, Jr., Fifth District, San Bernardino County
• LaTisha NashBey
• Jurupa Hills High School Marching Band
• Summit High School
• Steeler’s brass band from Fontana high school
• Miss Black Awareness
• luxury Pina furniture
• Kaiser High School
• Jr. FLIP – Fontana School Police Department
• Don Ramon and Amigos
For more information about the parade, call the Exchange Club at (909) 350-0301.
—– THE WINTER FESTIVAL will follow the parade and will have as its theme “Fontanaland”.
The festival, which is coordinated by the city of Fontana, offers something for all ages.
Children will be particularly delighted to have the chance to slide down more than 40 tonnes of fresh snow by sled.
There will also be train rides, attractions, two-stage shows, photo ops with Santa Claus, and a variety of vendors and activity kiosks.
For more information about the festival, visit Events.Fontana.org or call the Department of Community Services at (909) 349-6900.
