Baytown holidays 2026: hours, trash, closures and lights

At a glance

- Trash and recycling: Best Trash, the City of Baytown's hauler, lists City of Baytown collection as regular on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Put the cart out on your normal day. - City offices: the City has not posted its 2026 holiday office closures yet. In 2025 City offices closed the Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving. - Sterling Municipal Library: closed Thursday through Saturday, November 26 to 28, 2026, on the City's library calendar. Christmas closures are not posted yet. Its regular hours are on the library's page. - Lee College: closed November 25 to 29 for the Thanksgiving holidays, and offices close for winter break from December 19 to January 3, on the college's 2026-2027 academic calendar. See Lee College. - Lynchburg Ferry: closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, on HCTRA's ferry schedule. See is the ferry open today. - Christmas Parade: Thursday, December 3. It reaches Town Square at 6:30 p.m. for the tree lighting. Route, parking and road closures are on the parade page. - Holiday Hangout: Town Square, December 3, 2026 to January 5, 2027. It is closed December 24, 25 and 31 and January 1. See the Holiday Hangout guide.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Thanksgiving Day is Thursday, November 26, 2026. The Thanksgiving guide has the Turkey Trot, the free community meals, restaurants that open and cooking safety.

Store hours. As of November 9, none of the big Baytown stores had posted its 2026 Thanksgiving or Black Friday hours on its own site. That includes the San Jacinto Marketplace stores at I-10 and Garth Road. H-E-B keeps a holiday hours page, linked below, and has said in past years that stores close early on Thanksgiving Day with pharmacies closed. Check it the week of the holiday. When a store posts its hours, the store's own page is the place to read them. For the Marketplace, see what is opening soon and the Marketplace guide.

Christmas lights and events

- Christmas Parade, Thursday, December 3: downtown, ending at Town Square at 6:30 p.m. The 2026 theme is Stars, Stripes & Christmas Lights. Move your car off the route by 2 p.m. Everything about parade night. - Holiday Hangout, December 3 to January 5: a 38-foot tree, an outdoor skating rink, a hay maze, glow activities and a toddler area on Town Square, 213 W Texas Ave. The City lists 4 to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 2 to 9 p.m. Friday to Sunday. Skating costs $5 and the rest is free. Hours depend on the weather. - More: the Christmas guide has the theater, concerts, Mont Belvieu and Crosby parades, Santa visits and toy drives.

Trash and recycling on the holidays

The City of Baytown's garbage page points to Best Trash's holiday schedule. That schedule lists City of Baytown collection as continuing on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26), Christmas Day (Friday, December 25) and New Year's Day (Friday, January 1, 2027). Other Best Trash customers do shift. The schedule asks Baytown customers to confirm with the City if their service looks different. The trash page has the regular days.

City office closures

The City of Baytown posts its holiday office closures shortly before each holiday. None were posted for 2026 by November 9; check the City's news page the week before each holiday. Police, fire and 911 do not close.

Questions people ask

Is trash picked up on Thanksgiving in Baytown? Yes. Best Trash lists regular City of Baytown collection on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2026.

Is the Baytown library open on Black Friday? No. Sterling Municipal Library is closed Thursday to Saturday, November 26 to 28, 2026.

When is the Baytown Christmas Parade? Thursday, December 3, 2026. It reaches Town Square at 6:30 p.m.

Is the Lynchburg Ferry running on Thanksgiving? No. The ferry's schedule closes it on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Sources

- City of Baytown, Garbage & Recycle (links the hauler's holiday schedule): https://www.baytown.org/295/Garbage-Recycle - Best Trash, holiday schedule (City of Baytown collection on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day 2026-27): https://best-trash.com/holiday-schedule/ - City of Baytown, Library Calendar (library closed Nov. 26-28, 2026): https://www.baytown.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=6335 - City of Baytown, Find Out About the Library (regular hours): https://baytown.org/251/Find-Out-About-the-Library - City of Baytown, 2025 Thanksgiving office closures: https://baytown.org/Blog.aspx?IID=305 - Lee College, 2026-2027 academic calendar: https://www.lee.edu/calendar/files/academic-calendar-2026-2027.pdf - Harris County Toll Road Authority, Lynchburg Ferry (hours and holiday schedule): https://www.hctra.org/LynchburgFerry - City of Baytown, Christmas Parade page: https://www.baytown.org/1014/Baytowns-Christmas-Parade - City of Baytown, Holiday Hangout page: https://baytown.org/1343/Baytowns-Holiday-Hangout - H-E-B, holiday hours: https://newsroom.heb.com/holiday-hours-at-heb/

En español

Las fiestas en Baytown, 2026

Acción de Gracias es el jueves 26 de noviembre de 2026, y el Black Friday es el día siguiente. El desfile de Navidad y el Holiday Hangout abren el jueves 3 de diciembre.

Lo esencial

- Basura y reciclaje: Best Trash, el contratista de la Ciudad, indica recolección normal para la Ciudad de Baytown el Día de Acción de Gracias, el Día de Navidad y el Año Nuevo. Saque el bote en su día de siempre. - Oficinas de la Ciudad: la Ciudad todavía no ha publicado sus cierres de 2026. En 2025 cerraron el jueves y el viernes de Acción de Gracias. - Biblioteca Sterling: cerrada del jueves 26 al sábado 28 de noviembre de 2026, según el calendario de la biblioteca. - Lee College: cerrado del 25 al 29 de noviembre, y las oficinas cierran del 19 de diciembre al 3 de enero, según su calendario académico. - Ferry de Lynchburg: cerrado el Día de Acción de Gracias, el Día de Navidad y el Año Nuevo, según el horario de HCTRA. - Desfile de Navidad: jueves 3 de diciembre; llega a Town Square a las 6:30 p.m. para el encendido del árbol. - Horarios de tiendas: al 9 de noviembre, ninguna tienda grande de Baytown había publicado sus horarios de Acción de Gracias o Black Friday de 2026 en su propio sitio.