The countdown to the 2025 National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant is on!

Win a spot on the Nipper Float!

We're looking for boys and girls aged 6-12 to fill seven positions on the Nipper Float! All we need you to do is answer in 25 words or less why your child would like to be on the Nipper float at the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant.

News from Stardust Castle

In what is a South Australian tradition for more than 80 years, the National Pharmacies Royal Family for 2025 has officially been crowned!

The Royal Family is selected from team members from across National Pharmacies'. Queen Lisa Cutler and King David Tassotti were chosen to represent the organisation and embrace the magic of this cherished tradition. 

Australia's Home of Christmas

Australia's Home of Christmas

Since 1933, the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant has grown to become one of Australia's most cherished events, celebrated every November with the support of National Pharmacies and the South Australian Tourism Commission's events arm, Events South Australia.

As the Southern Hemisphere's largest public parade, it marks the official welcoming of Father Christmas to Australia, with the man in red greeted by well over 320,000 excited parade-goers in 2023 waving their favourite floats by from behind the 'Blue Honour Line'.

National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant

National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant

National Pharmacies is the title sponsor of the Christmas Pageant, and a proud South Australian organisation. Since opening its first dispensary in Adelaide in 1911, National Pharmacies has expanded to 51 pharmacies across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, and 20 Optical Stores in South Australia and is proud to partner with the event to continue captivating generations of Australian children.


Did you know, the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant has..

3000 costumes
3000 costumes
300 clowns and elves
300 clowns and elves
30 dance groups
Over 170 moving theatrical sets
Over 170 moving theatrical sets
Over 320,000 spectators
4 police horses
4 choirs
4 choirs
18 bands

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