A Rose Festival tradition returns today as the Junior Parade brings joy to the Hollywood District!
The Fred Meyer Junior Parade will start at noon and runs until 2 p.m. Saturday. | MORE INFO
You can watch the parade on KUNP – channel 2.2 or right here on KATU.com!
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The parade features floats, bicycles, dances, Elementary and Middle School bands, vehicles and much more, all celebrating this year’s Rose Festival theme of “Imagine Magic!”
The route starts on Sandy Boulevard at Northeast 52nd Avenue, travels west along the boulevard for about a mile, turns north onto Northeast 40th Avenue, west onto Tillamook Street, and ends at Grant High School.
Parade route for the 2026 Fred Meyer Junior Parade.
The Junior Parade started in 1918, when six kids took to making their own parade in the Hollywood District after their beloved Rose Festival was canceled by World War 1.
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The Rose Festival added the Junior Parade as an official event in 1936, and is one of the oldest and largest Children’s Parades in the U.S.
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