Annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade kicks off

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The 106th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade kicked off on Wednesday.

The five-night event will run until Sunday. The parade of beautifully decorated boats starts off Bay Island at 6:30 pm and finishes at the same site around 9 p.m. each evening.

This year's theme is "Deck the Hulls with Bows of Jolly." Actress Leslie Mann and singer Mark McGrath were named as the first ever Grand Marshals.

Reporter Eileen Frere interviewed McGrath about the parade. Watch her report above from Eyewitness News.