Celebrating the 63rd Anniversary of our Holiday Boat Parade on December 13, 2025, in the Marina del Rey Boat Harbor. We want to thank the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors for your ongoing support of the Parade over the past 63 years!
| YEAR | THEME | GRAND MARSHAL |
| 2025 | A Nightmare Before Christmas | Tony Palermo (Tony P’s Dockside Grill) |
| 2024 | A Margaritaville Holiday | Nick Itkin (Olympic medalists) |
| 2023 | Holiday Spirit Around the World | Karen Bass (Los Angeles Mayor)
Bernie Kopell |
| 2022 | Sparkle On The Water | Holly J. Mitchell (Los Angeles County Supervisor)
David Foster and Katherine McPhee |
| 2021 | Joy On The Water | Steven Krems, M.D. & Nurse Joanne Laguna Kennedy |
| 2019 | Kids Make Holidays Bright | The Kids |
| 2018 | Holiday Water Wonderland | Supervisor Janice Hahn |
| 2017 | Let’s Dance | Carol Costello (Journalist) |
| 2016 | An Animated Holiday | KK Clark (Olympic medalists) |
| 2015 | Adventures On the Sea | Florence Henderson |
| 2014 | Happy Birthday Marina del Rey | Leon “the mortorman” Kaplan |
| 2013 | Holiday Magic | Jeanie Buss/Phil Jackson |
| 2012 | Celebrating 50 Years: A Solid Gold Christmas | Kerri Walsh Jennings (Olympic medalists) |
| 2011 | Christmas Carnival | Mike Sakellarides (94.7 FM Wave) |
| 2010 | Rock-n-Roll Christmas | Larry Morgan (100.3 FM) |
| 2009 | Christmas in Paradise | Zac Sunderland |
| 2008 | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | Santa (Pat Davis) |
| 2007 | Holiday Magic | Garth Kemp (TV weatherman) |
| 2006 | Water Winter Wonderland | Stefanie Powers (Actress) |
| 2005 | Star Light, Star Bright | Frank Fetta (Conductor) |
| 2004 | Sights and Sounds of the Holidays | Bill Sharman (Former Laker Coach) |
| 2003 | Through the Eyes of a Child | Supervisor Don Knabe |
| 2002 | Holiday Lights Across America | |
| 2001 | Holiday Lights Around The World | |
| 1999 | Lights Through the Century | Connie Stevens |
| 1997 | Holiday – Stone Age Through Space Age | |
| 1996 | Tony Danza (Actor) | |
| 1994 | Glenn Yarbrough (Folksinger) | |
| 1993 | Jean-Michel Cousteau (Ocean explorer) | |
| 1992 | Fred Roggin (Sport announcer) | |
| 1991 | Florence Henderson (Actress) | |
| 1990 | David Wolper (Producer) | |
| 1989 | Howard Keel (Actor) | |
| 1988 | Cloris Leachman (Actress) | |
| 1986 | Ed McMahon (TV host) | |
| 1984 | Ernest Borgnine (Actor) | |
| 1983 | Mark Spitz (Olympic medalists) | |
| 1982 | Dick Van Dyke (Actor) | |
| 1979 | Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | |
| 1978 | Robert Goulet (Singer) | |
| 1977 | Dick Whittington (Radio) | |
| 1976 | Stuart Whitman (Actor) | |
| 1975 | Tim O’Connor (Actor) | |
| 1974 | Barbara Rush (Actress) | |
| 1973 | Ann B. Davis (Actress) | |
| 1972 | Joey Bishop (Actor) | |
| 1971 | Buddy Ebsen (Actor) | |
| 1964 | Leif Erickson (Actor) | |
| 1963 | David Jennings (Developer) |