The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York.

With just over a week until Thanksgiving Day, the City of Houston is looking for the community’s help as it gears up for another fun-filled holiday parade.

The festival & parade is set to showcase more than 250 mobile masterpieces from across the country, including nearly 100 new, never-been-seen creations.

The memory of the deadly shooting at the last month's Super Bowl rally in Kansas City, Missouri, was still on the minds of many at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday.

The annual parade, which got its start in 1938, is a celebration of Western heritage. If you’re planning to attend, you can find information on the route and in-person viewing tips below. If you want to enjoy the parade without the traffic, a livestream will be available here on Click2Houston.com starting at 10 a.m.

Due to weather-related public safety concerns, the City of Houston has made the decision to postpone the downtown Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.

Thousands of people celebrated July 4th in Lindale Park on Houston’s north side.

Cynthia Weil, a Grammy-winning lyricist of great range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann and helped write "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," "On Broadway," "Walking in the Rain" and dozens of other hits, has died at age 82.

It's one of the coolest, funkiest, most popular events in Houston and it's happening at the Orange Show World Headquarters.

It’s Mardi Gras Galveston time.

Thousands of people will flock to the island this weekend for all the Mardi Gras fun in Galveston.

Beer cans, plastic bottles, and boxes of garbage are all that’s left but memories of the Astros World Series championship parade.

These are some of the best signs seen on the parade route as Houston celebrated the Astros and their World Series win.

Residents and visitors in San Antonio are in for a beautiful surprise as giant lanterns will light up the River Walk for two weekends in September for the Ford Parade of Lanterns.

On Saturday, thousands of people packed downtown for the Pride Houston Celebration and Parade.

For the past several years, there have been two parades held in Houston in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Watch live aerials of the 44th annual Original MLK Parade in downtown Houston, and the MLK Grande Parade in Midtown.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Congressman Al Green and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, along with members of the Black Heritage Society released details Wednesday for the 44th annual Original Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Congressman Al Green and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, along with members of the Black Heritage Society released details Wednesday for the 44th annual Original Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.

Five cheerleaders from Friendswood High School are set to take part in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday.

The City of Houston’s 72nd Annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade has been canceled due to storms across the Houston area.

The 72nd Annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade is Thursday, and the staging has begun in downtown Houston.

Wisconsin parade-crash dead identified as four women ages 52 to 79, and an 81-year-old man.

Organizers announced the city’s inaugural Día de Los Muertos parade and festival, which will take place at Sam Houston Park in downtown Houston on Saturday, Nov. 6.

Parade-loving New Orleans is getting its groove back.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the enforced end of slavery in Galveston on June 19, 1865.

HOUSTON – As the first night of Hanukkah takes place Thursday night, a southwest Houston synagogue wants to celebrate the heroes of the year with a special car parade. The 18th Annual Chanukah Parade will honor first responders this year, bringing more than 70 vehicles, including first responder trucks with Menorahs. They will drive through southwest Houston starting at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Participate in the Chanukah Menorah Parade! Bigger than ever, the Chanukah Menorah Parade will honor our greater... Posted by Chabad Outreach on Tuesday, November 24, 2020The parade will begin at 5:45 p.m., with the route starting at the Chadbad Outreach of Houston located at 11000 Fondren in Houston.

Nearly 50 years ago, the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in New York were considered the beginning of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The historical riot was the spark that helped ignite Houston’s first gay and lesbian organization in the early 70s. However, the city didn’t celebrate its first parade celebration almost a decade later.

GALVESTON, Texas – The 2020 Senior class at Galveston Ball High School was honored Wednesday with a parade along the Seawall. Students and their parents lined the Galveston Seawall, which was decked out in their purple and gold as a parade of vehicles filled with high school and district officials honking and waving. We feel very special,” said senior Xavier Esquivel. It wasn’t quite what students had pictured when the school year started but it will be a memory they said they will never forget. School officials said they plan to hold a graduation ceremony on June 11.

HOUSTON – Several streets will be expected closed Saturday morning for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Ride, Run and Parade. The Rodeo Run wheelchair division begins at 9:10 a.m. followed by the 10K race and 5K fun run/walk. The downtown Houston Rodeo Parade will begin at 10 a.m. at Bagby Street heading east on Walker Street, south on Travis Street, west on Bell Street, north on Louisiana Street, west on Lamar Street, concluding on Lamar Street at Bagby Street. Streets will reopen after the event finish in the afternoon. See an interactive map of road closures along the Houston Rodeo Parade route below:

The Knights of Momus Grand Night Parade on KPRC 2 presented by Landry’s, Golden Nugget Lake Charles and the Post Oak Hotel will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2020.

HOUSTON – The nation will honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday with parades and events in various cities from coast to coast. What to know about 42nd annual MLK paradeDOWNTOWN MLK DAY PARADE: KPRC 2’s Sofia Ojeda is live in downtown Houston, joining in the festivities of the ‘original’ MLK day parade. The parade began at 10 a.m. in Downtown Houston, starting on Smith and Lamar streets. Houston’s MLK parade was the first held in the nation after being sanctioned by the King family in 1978. The parade featured more than 250 performance groups, including 36 marching bands and 14 parade floats from across the nation.