Parade Entry
About the event
About the application
This is where you go to apply for an entry in the 2026 Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade. The Parade will begin at 10 AM on Palm and Olive. We strongly encourage anyone who is not driving one of the vehicles in the parade to park at Fresno City College in the morning and use the free bus transportation that we provide. This year for safety reasons, nothing may be thrown from your vehicle or float.
This year the parade will again be broadcast live on local television, with color commentators, so make sure you smile for the cameras!
Terms & Conditions
Staging area:
The northeast corner of Olive & Palm Avenues. Once there, check in with our staff in 2026 Pride t-shirts. You will receive an email prior to the parade letting you know what staging area you are in, where you need to go and where in the order of the parade you are. Our staff will give you the number to place on the driver’s side of your vehicle’s grill. If you are marching the number needs to be visible to the right front of your entry. Please check in with our staff at Palm and Olive! make sure your number is affixed to the right side of your vehicle so that we can make sure we are announcing the correct entry.
Please do not park in the staging lot unless you have been directed to by OUR staff.
Olive Avenue will be closed to traffic early in the morning and the Parade starts at 10 am. You can set up your entry as early as 7am, BUT MUST be checked in by 9 am.
The Parade ends at Maroa Avenue, and you must turn left at Maroa Avenue to exit. NOBODY MAY EXIT THE VEHICLE/FLOAT until it is at Fern & Maroa. Please contact all of your Parade participants in your contingent and share this information.
For safety reasons, the City has put into place that nothing may be shot or thrown out as part of your parade entry. Littering citations will be given out.
Fresno Police Department requires that all decorated vehicles and floats MUST LEAVE the parade area immediately following their turn in the parade and not be parked in the neighborhood.
Due to increasing costs of insurance and road closure, we have made an adjustment to the fee schedule, this is our first price increase in 10 years, but we are still more affordable than most parades to participate in! We hope to see you all at the parade this year!
Prices
| Non-Profit Walking Group | $30.00 | For 501 c 3 Non Profit Organizations |
| Local Business Walking Group | $40.00 | Local Businesses who would like to walk in the parade |
| Corporation Walking Group | $50.00 | Corporations who would like to walk in the parade |
| Non-Profit Vehicle | $40.00 | Non Profit 501 c 3 organizations who would like to have a vehicle in the parade. |
| Local Business vehicle | $50.00 | Local Businesses who would like to drive a vehicle in the parade |
| Corporation Vehicle | $60.00 | Corporations who would like to drive a vehicle in the parade |
| Non-Profit Float | $50.00 | For 501 c 3 non profit groups who would like to have a float in the parade |
| Local Business Float | $55.00 | Local businesses who would like to have a float in the parade |
| Corporation Float | $125.00 | Corporations who would like to have a float in the parade |
Questions on the application
User information
- First name
- Last name
Additional information
- First and Last Name
- Business name if applicable
- Email address
- Phone Number
- Are you a walking group, a vehicle or a float?
- If you are a walking group, approx how many people will be walking with you?
- If you will be driving a vehicle, what type of vehicle are you planning on driving?
- If you are bringing a float, what is the approx length of your float?
- Will you have music?
- Parade Grandstand Statement (Also used for Television Broadcast)
- I agree to the terms and conditions listed
