SWFL.io - Local NewsViewers across Southwest Florida and beyond got a front-row seat Saturday night as Gulf Coast News streamed the 88th annual Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade on the Very Local Gulf Coast app, bringing one of the nation's largest night parades to phones, tablets and TVs.
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The broadcast, sponsored by Achieva Credit Union, featured Gulf Coast News anchors Lisa Spooner and Jack Keenan, with Gulfcoasting's Jason Drew reporting from along the route as illuminated floats, marching bands and costumed performers moved through downtown Fort Myers.
If you missed it, or want to relive the lights and pageantry, the parade stream is available to watch again on demand on the free Very Local Gulf Coast app.
The two-hour Grand Parade of Light is the largest nighttime parade in the Southeast and one of the largest in the country, drawing more than 200,000 participants and spectators each year.
The parade is the signature finale of the three-week Edison Festival of Light celebration honoring inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who began wintering in Fort Myers in the late 1800s and made the city his seasonal home for decades, organizers say.
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