MORE PARADESToday * Red Bank, 5:30 p.m. at Red Bank City Park. Includes market of vendors until 8 p.m.* Ringgold, Ga., 6 p.m., with visits with Santa following at Ringgold Depot.Saturday * Fort Oglethorpe, 6 p.m.* Cowan, 1 p.m., CST on Cumberland Street.Sunday* Soddy-Daisy, 2 p.m. on Dayton Pike.Thursday* Calhoun, Ga., 7 p.m. on Wall Street between Line and Maple streets.
Bradley County residents can celebrate “A Classic Christmas in Cleveland” over three days this weekend.
* Tonight: The lighting of the community Christmas tree kicks off events at 6 p.m. at the post office on Broad Street. Santa will be on hand to light the giant tree.
Then it’s time for reverse caroling, in which listeners do the walking among downtown churches and other key sites while the carolers stay put. Featured performers include choruses at Mount Olive Church of God, Broad Street United Methodist, St. Luke’s Episcopal, First Presbyterian, Waterville Baptist, First Cumberland Presbyterian, Tennessee Christian Preparatory School and the Ocoee Music Players.
Visits with Santa Claus will be available between 6:15 and 8 p.m. in the bandstand at the courthouse plaza. Free carriage rides through downtown will be offered until 8 p.m.
* Saturday: MainStreet Cleveland’s annual Christmas parade departs at 6 p.m. from Bradley Central High School. The procession travels north on South Lee Highway to Third Street, then north on Ocoee Street around the monuments, south on Broad Street, right on Inman Street, south on Keith Street and back to the school.
* Sunday: The 22nd annual Classic Christmas Concert starts at 3 p.m. at Lee University’s Conn Center. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Call 423-614-8240 for ticket information.