Participate in the Pacific Palisades Fourth of July Parade

Thank you for your interest in participating in this year’s Pacific Palisades Fourth of July Parade, produced by PAPA and our parade coordinator, Pageantry Productions.

Our parade accepts entries for musical units, equestrians, floats, marching units and vehicles for local and visiting areas. Any commercial entry—defined as any entry representing or advertising a for-profit business—must purchase a sponsorship package of $500 or above to be eligible for participation. More information about sponsorship packages is available here.

All entries must be approved by the Parade Committee. Any deviation from parade rules and requirements (detailed below), must be approved by the Parade Committee prior to the acceptance of the parade application. The Parade Committee has the sole authority to approve or decline any application, at its sole discretion, for any reason. All decisions of the Parade Committee are final.

Parade Application

Before completing the application form, please review the following information regarding parade entries:

• All entries must be submitted by June 1, 2013
• All participants must be uniformed, costumed or appropriately attired
• The Parade Committee does not accept entries advocating specific political and social viewpoints.
• FORWARD motion must be maintained at all times along the parade route. Judging penalties will be enforced for stopping along the parade route and in the judging, television and/or announcing areas.
• At no time is any unit allowed to hand out or throw anything along the parade route
• No shooting of firearms, nor sirens or loud noises that interfere with other units
• All entries must fit a classification
• The Parade Committee accepts no responsibility for false statements made by applicants or entrants
• All equestrians and motorized entries must supply a certificate of insurance at time of application
• Floats must be self-propelled
• No one under the age of 9 will be permitted to participate without an accompanying guardian
• Violations of any of the above rules is grounds for disqualification
• Equestrians must be in position for judging by Noon
• Floats must be in position for judging by 1:00 p.m.
• Parade will start promptly at 2:00 p.m.

For further information, please send an e-mail to info@palisadesparade.org.

To help defray our ever-increasing costs, all participants other than musical and equestrian units are now required to submit a $25 application fee. This fee will be waived for any $500 or more commercial entry or sponsor. To pay the fee, please click HERE, select “Parade Application Fee” and enter the requested information. The application fee will be refunded to any unit not accepted into the parade lineup.