Santa will light up the Guildhall, ride up St Helen’s Road and switch on Swansea’s Christmas lights on The Kingsway on Sunday 22 November.
The Christmas Parade starts at 5pm, and a map of the full route is now out.
There are two fireworks displays: one at the Guildhall at the start, and one on The Kingsway for the lights switch-on.
Guildhall from 5pm: entertainment, lights and the first fireworks
The evening opens at the Guildhall with live entertainment on stage.
Santa then lights up the building, and the first fireworks go off before the parade sets out.
The map marks the Recreation Ground car park as the parking beside the start.
The route: St Helen’s Road, The Kingsway and on to Princess Way
From the Guildhall, the floats, community groups and costumed characters head along St Helen’s Road and on to The Kingsway.
That is where Santa switches on the city’s Christmas lights, with the second fireworks display.
He and his sleigh then carry on along College Street, Castle Street and Caer Street. The parade finishes on Princess Way.
It is the route the parade moved to last year. Thousands lined it then to see the Living Snow Globe, the Grinch and Spark! the light-up drummers.
Days later it was named the best council-run outdoor event in the UK, at an awards night in Bath.
The Christmas Train is back this year, and a new float is promised too. The council leader’s only clue was that anyone who has dreamed of reaching “infinity and beyond” should not miss it.
Free buses on parade day, if you board before 9pm
Buses across Swansea are free on parade weekend, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November.
On the Sunday, free journeys have to start before 9pm. They must begin and end inside the county.
The park and ride buses, services 51 and 52, are not part of the offer.
Cllr Andrew Williams, the council’s cabinet member for development, called the parade “one of the jewels in the crown of a year of spectacular events in Swansea”.
He said: “It is the perfect opportunity for families and friends to start their Christmas celebrations.”
The council’s advice is to get there early and find a good spot.
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