CENTRE STREET AND EGLESTON STREET PARADES!
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CENTRE STREET AND EGLESTON STREET PARADES! 〰️
Come walk/wheelchair, sing, blow bubbles, dance, spend time with your community while joyfully parading. This is a peaceful family event! Bring your joy and share what you care about in our world. We have bands, stilt walkers, puppets, schools, trolls, mermaids, wonderful groups and non-profits. Dress up! Get Festive! Bring your puppet, or carry one of ours!
email wuteparade@gmail.com or sign up below
Want to carry a puppet? Be a parade marshal? Sign up to be a part of the parades and the festival!
BE PARADE PREPARED!
Please bring a water bottle, a snack, sunscreen and/or a sweater!
A GREEN PARADE!
There are no cars allowed in the parade. You can bring strollers, wagons, scooters (if you can keep your kid from getting lost in a crowd)! You can walk a bicycle in the parade, but not ride it.
CENTRE STREET PARADE
Saturday, May 3, 2025
10:30am meet up, 11:00am start, ends at the festival
Curtis Hall, 20 South St, Jamaica Plain
*This parade is longer
HOW TO GET TO THE CENTER ST PARADE?
If possible ride a bike, or take the 39 bus to the start of the parade at 20 South Street, JP (by the JP library & Curtis Hall). If you plan to park near Curtis Hall, you will likely find parking on a side street.
HOW TO FIND A PLACE IN THE CENTER ST PARADE?
When you arrive at Curtis Hall there will be four small flags attached to the fence along the sidewalk with a parade order list below. If you are with a group you can look on the list to find your groups spot is in the line up. If you aren’t in a group there are spaces designated for friends and community to gather!
I will be there with other Parade Marshals to help everyone find a spot! I will be wearing a rather large red rose around my neck or head, a 2025 Wake Up the Earth shirt, and I’ll be carrying a megaphone. The other Marshals will also be wearing Wake Up the Earth shirts…and they can help you!
With love,
Jovielle Gers
EGELSTON SQUARE PARADE
Saturday, May 3, 2025
11:00am meet up, 11:30am start, ends at the festival
Lawson Park, 3 Atherton Street, Jamaica Plain
*This parade is shorter
The Elelston Street Parade is a great and fun opportunity to celebrate our awesome community! This is a car-free parade, led by Merfolk (Mermaids and Mermen) and the Dirty Water Brass Band. There will be also be puppets and bucket drumming, and several elementary aged school groups joining us!