MADISON, N.J. — Madison will open its holiday season the night after Thanksgiving, when the Madison Christmas Committee Parade steps off downtown at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, followed by the lighting of the borough’s Christmas tree on Waverly Place.
According to the Borough of Madison, the tree lighting is set for about 6:30 p.m., immediately after the parade ends. The parade starts at the Madison Ambulance Corps building, heads down Prospect Street toward Main Street, turns left onto Main Street and finishes at Condurso Way in the heart of the Morris County borough’s downtown.
Spectators can line the downtown route for the parade and then gather on Waverly Place for the lighting. For those who cannot attend in person, the borough says the event will be streamed live on YouTube.
Visitors should plan ahead for parking. The borough says cars parked on Prospect Street and Main Street must be moved before 4 p.m. or they will be towed, and emergency no-parking rules will be enforced that day on Main Street between Greenwood Avenue/Prospect Street and Community Place, on Prospect Street between Kings Road and Main Street, and on Waverly Place. The Prospect Street lot, the Maple Avenue lot and the train station lot must be cleared by noon.
The borough suggests parking on Kings Road between Madison Avenue and Green Avenue, on Cook Avenue and Elmer Street, in the Waverly Green and Public Safety lots, or on available side streets. Detours will be in place, with closures that include Main Street from Rosedale Avenue to Madison Avenue/Park Avenue, Prospect Street from Keep Street to Main Street, and portions of Kings Road, Central Avenue, Green Village Road, Lincoln Place and Waverly Place. The Waverly Green parking lot will remain accessible.
The holiday calendar continues Sunday, Dec. 6, when Chabad of Southeast Morris County hosts a community menorah lighting at 5 p.m. on the Kings Road side of the Madison train station. The borough says it will move to the courtroom at Hartley Dodge Memorial in bad weather.
Details: When: Friday, Nov. 27, 2026; parade at 5:30 p.m., tree lighting about 6:30 p.m. / Where: Parade from the Madison Ambulance Corps building along Prospect and Main streets to Condurso Way; tree lighting on Waverly Place, downtown Madison (Morris County) / Cost: No admission fee is listed / Event information
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