V.I.P Christmas Show Parade

25/05/2026

We're excited to be back at the V.I.P Christmas Show Parade for 2025

06/04/2026

📢 🐣As Easter draws to a close, we look ahead to Christmas…….🎄
The date is set for this years big parade and the new billboard is up at Canterbury Agricultural Park gate. Market and food vendor site booking announcement coming soon.
This year is shaping up to be our best one yet. Put it in your diary now! December 6, 2026 🗓️
See you there!❤️🎅🏼

25/12/2025

📣Merry Christmas to all our followers. Today is the day that we celebrate what we do. We hope you have all had a wonderful day with family and friends. Here’s to December 6, 2026. 🎅🏻❤️

26/11/2025

📣That’s all from us for now. We are unpacking the containers, doing all the washing and putting everything away for another year.

Before we go…..

Everyone is saying the floats are looking so smart, colourful, clean and fresh. It’s because of our friends at Resene.

Resene has been giving us free paint each year to keep the floats looking great. It’s the best paint for the job and they always have the colours we need.
🩷❤️🧡💛💜💙🩵💚🖤🤎

Resene you are amazing. We can’t thank you enough. And to the team at the Shirley branch, you are all such a great help. We wish you all a merry Christmas.

Resene, Christchurch thanks you!❤️🎅🏻

23/11/2025

WOW!! WHAT A DAY!!
45,000 came to see the parade!
Much more than we were expecting. Last year was 30,000.
We hope you had a great time, the weather was wonderful and everyone had a smile on their face.
We do apologise for the delay for some of you getting out of the park. We got a lot of complaints and have already begun discussions to improve the process next year.
We just weren’t expecting 45,000 people and so many to leave at once. We keep the event going until 4.30pm for a reason. To try and stagger the crowd leaving, but when so many people leave at once there is not much can be done about getting all those cars through one gate. Those that stayed on for a bit had a great time and left the park with ease.
We hope to see you all next year, with improved parking and more exciting floats and things to see.
Have a great Christmas, stay on our page for all the news and info about our 2026 parade.
Save the date now December 6th 2026❤️

22/11/2025

📢 VIP Frames and Trusses Christmas Show Parade Has Officially Begun!

Our doors opened at 11 AM, and we’re just a couple of hours away from kicking off the parade.
Join us today at 2 PM to witness vibrant floats, lively dances, and so much more! 🎄

22/11/2025

To everyone coming to our parade today..

Christchurch is a very lucky city to have been gifted these beautiful floats back in 1991 by Farmers. They were donated to the children of Christchurch and a Trust was set up to look after them and stage the annual parade.
Some of our floats are over 70 years old!
We have taken great care of these floats and have been on a mission to repair and restore them to their former glory.
The parade today is a culmination of 4 years of hard work. Several new floats and characters have joined the parade this year.
You will see SpongeBob and Gary, Stitch!, Scooby Doo, Bluey, Mickey, Minnie & Pluto, The Grinch, Pooh Bear, Olaf, Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer and many more.
And all your old favourites looking beautiful too!
We hope you enjoy our parade, we think this might be our best one yet (possibly the best in New Zealand) and we can’t wait for you to see it.

Have a great time today.
My advice: Come early.

Jason Reekers
Parade Director

22/11/2025

📣One sleep until the big day Christchurch!!!!!🎅🏻❤️

Look out Ōtautahi! I’m on my way for one amazing day!
I’m joining LOOPY TUNES Preschool Music and friends at the V.I.P Christmas Show Parade tomorrow (Sunday the 23rd Nov).

Come and check out all the stalls, amusement park rides fabulous market and food options and we’ll meet you at the Loopy Tunes stage!

Entry is FREE. The gates open at 11 and the stage starts jumping at 11:20, with the Parade at 2pm! See you there xox

21/11/2025

📢 What’s Happening Behind the scenes?
Take a Peek!

It’s just one sleep until our vibrant parade opens at the Canterbury Agricultural Park! This year the parade will feature all your favourite floats and more. All maintained by our amazing team of volunteers throughout the year.

We’ve got a few newcomers too, so don’t miss out this year! 🎅

20/11/2025

📣Planning your day at the parade?

Take some traffic and parking stress out of the day by taking the FREE Santa Express from one of our 3 locations. 🚌
Coaches leaving every 10minutes from 11am or when full.
A huge thank you to our friends at Bentley Coachlines and Pub Charity Limited
Details on the website. 🎅🏻www.christmasshowparade.co.nz