The Budweiser Clydesdales are in town for Saturday’s Military Bowl Parade, and this is your chance to see them up close. Oh, and there’s college football.

Weekend events kick off with the Miracle on West Street street festival from 3-5 p.m. Friday. The promotional wagon team will be hitched to the beer brand’s historic delivery wagon at Cathedral Street, along with food trucks, vendors, activities and more on the first block of West Street. Free admission.

The Military Bowl parade begins at City Dock at 2 p.m. Saturday, then heads out West Street to Calvert Street and along Rowe Boulevard to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

In addition to the Clydesdales, the parade includes Medal of Honor recipients, college marching bands, civic organizations, military-themed groups, color guards and youth clubs.

After the parade, the Go Bowling Military Bowl tailgate in the Blue Lot on the west side of the stadium continues until 5:30 p.m. Free admission.

The game between the NC State Wolfpack and the East Carolina Pirates kicks off at 5:45 p.m. for this year’s Go Bowling Military Bowl. Tickets start at $40 for standing room, or $50 for a reserved seat, plus taxes and fees.

The game will air on ESPN.

Here are some other things to do in the coming week.

Final game

Noon Friday

Navy had a winning season, beat Army and took home the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy. Now it’s set to play in its first bowl game in five years.

The Midshipmen take on the Oklahoma Sooners in the Armed Forces Bowl at noon. Although the game is in Fort Worth, Texas, it’s also carried on ESPN. You can watch it a home, but it’s a safe bet that more than a few bars in Annapolis will have the game on during the lunch hour on what, for many, is a long holiday weekend.

31 years

8 p.m. Friday

Jimmie’s Chicken Shack is an Annapolis band that’s been playing together since 1993.

They’ll put on their annual Holidaze Show at Rams Head on Stage. Tickets are $35 plus taxes and fees.

Parade of Light

5:45 p.m. Sunday

Hanukkah began at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25. Chabad of Annapolis will celebrate the eight days of light with a Menorah Car Parade.

The parade will leave the Safeway on Housley Road, then wind its way through the streets to City Dock, with a lighted menorah attached to participating cars. The parade ends with a giant menorah lighting to celebrate the festival of lights. Free, but reservations are required to participate in the parade.

End ’24 with a bang

9 p.m. Tuesday

You can celebrate New Year’s Eve at City Dock with the annual fireworks show. Free.

Walk it off

Wednesday

State and county parks around Maryland will host First Day hikes all day on New Year’s Day, a good way to shake off the cobwebs if you celebrated too much.

There will be at Sandy Point State Park starting at 11 a.m., or pick a time at one of several Anne Arundel County parks. Walks at Quiet Waters begin at 2 p.m.

Lights out

5-9 p.m. Wednesday

The end of the holiday season is marked officially, but there’s no better symbol in Annapolis than the lights out moment at Lights on The Bay MD, an monthlong fundraiser for the SPCA of Anne Arundel County at Sandy Point State Park.

Admission starts at $20 per car, with 3D glasses available for $5. It is open through New Year’s Day.