Children's Parade Information
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Parade Day Schedule

PLEASE NOTE: It is very important that every child participating in the children's parade register and their parent/guardian must sign a release form.  Please arrive early to ensure that this is done.  Thank You!

Children's Parade Registration

• Complete a registration form and bring with you on the 4th.
• Click here to download a registration form
• Registration is July 4th - 9:30 to 11:00 AM
• Registration table will be located at 5th Avenue and Walnut
• Children's Parade begins 11:30 AM

Parade Volunteers

• We need your help!  With the potential for 2,000 children and their parents on parade day, volunteers are always welcome to come and help with registration, assembly, crowd control and entertainment.  If you would like to help, please e-mail your name and phone number to ChidrensParade@EdmondsWA.com and someone will call you.

General Parade Information

All events are free and open to the public. Spectators can number in the thousands so you need to reserve your place on the parade route early. There are no seat or chair rentals available on the parade route.

• Pets - The Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce discourages spectators and participants from bringing their pets to these events. Should you decide to bring a pet anyway, you must be prepared to clean up any mess they make. The Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce bears no liability from any injury your pet may cause to another person.  Pets are not allowed in the Children's parade or at the fireworks location (Civic Stadium.)
  
  
• Public Safety - Many streets in the downtown core area are closed for the Children's Parade and Main Parade. We ask you to observe ALL street barricades. Many of our children are in the streets during these events and by removing barricades and driving through you put them at risk. Drivers who move barricades may be ticketed by Edmonds Police.
  
  
• First Aid - Should you have an emergency please call 911. You can locate an officer or a parade volunteer who can call for assistance. Parade volunteers are not allowed to administer first aid.
  
  
• Handicap Parking - for the parades is available at the Edmonds Public Library. You may enter the area by driving from the west on Dayton Ave. Turn into the library parking lot and you will find the marked spaces. Parking is on a "first come, first served" basis and your vehicle must display a state issued handicapped license plate or placard to use these parking spaces.
  
  
• Lost Children - In the event a child becomes lost he/she will be taken to the Edmonds Public Safety Building located at 250 Fifth Avenue North. A police officer will be there to verify the relationship.
  
  
• Restrooms - There are approximately 20 portable restrooms along the parade route and at the Civic Stadium (see map below). Please do not use the restrooms in local businesses that may be open on parade day. A handicap access restroom will be located at the southeast corner of 5th and Main as well as at Civic Stadium.
  
  
• Sound/Announcers - There are two announcers along the parade route (see map below). One is located next to Tully's Coffee on 5th Avenue South and the other next to the Edmonds Theatre on Main Street.
  
  
• Vendors - Vendors are NOT allowed on the streets along the parade route. Our streets are narrow and the presence of vendors is considered a safety hazard by the police department. Some of the local restaurants along the parade route do open on parade day and Hot Dog Joe's will have carts available behind the fountain on 5th and Main and in the Washington Mutual parking lot on 5th and Walnut. Any vendors who operate off the parade route area or at the fireworks program must be pre-approved by the Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce, secure a permit from the City of Edmonds,  and must meet specific insurance requirements. The Edmonds Police Department may issue citations to unqualified vendors.