The Town of Tryon Christmas Parade will be held today  at 5 p.m. The festival will include floats, face painting, balloon twisters, refreshments and more.

This is a free event that is being sponsored by the Polk County Community Foundation and the Marjorie M. & Lawrence R. Bradley Endowment Fund.

Trade Street will be closed between New Market and East Howard beginning right at 5 p.m. until the parade ends, typically between 5:45 and 6 p.m.

Lineup is on New Market in the Broadway and Whitney Avenue areas beginning at 4 p.m.

Expect delays in the Godshaw Hill area beginning then.

– article submitted by Jamie Carpenter