Poway Rotary Parade
59th Annual Poway Rotary Parade - Saturday, September 14, 2024
Regular parade time begins at 9:00 am and starts from Pomerado Road and Poway Road and continues to Bowron Road.
The Poway Rotary Parade is a RAIN or SHINE event pending all safety advisories.
Watch the Parade along the route and near an Announcer Station!
Announcer Stations are located in front of:
- Oak Knoll Market (12455 Poway Rd # A, Poway, CA 92064)
- Kaminski's BBQ & Sports Lounge (12735 Poway Rd, Poway, CA 92064) - Enjoy breakfast from the patio!
- Grandstand: Poway Branch Library (13137 Poway Rd, Poway, CA 92064)
Handicap parking is located in the Poway Branch Library lot, Community Center parking lot, and in surrounding business plazas outside of the Parade Route. Free ADA seating is available at the Grandstand (Poway Branch Library) on a first-come, first-serve basis.
If you have additional ADA accessibility needs, please email mypowayparade@gmail.com
2024 Theme: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers!
Registration details below and 'Click to Register!'
Parade Rules
We want everyone to be creative, to present entertaining entries and to have safe community fun. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
- With the exception of the Military Color Guard or official law enforcement entries, no entry or individual will be permitted to participate while carrying loaded weapons. Prop weapons cannot be drawn, pointed or displayed in any aggressive manner. No mock shootings, no drawing guns and absolutely no cap guns. Prop weapons must remain holstered at all times. Police are along the ENTIRE parade route to ensure safety.
- Please DO NOT STOP along the parade route. All entries must keep forward momentum so the Parade will end at a reasonable time. Parade Pacers will be strategically placed along the Parade Route to assist you in maintaining your forward movement.
- No entry or individual, will be permitted to throw or toss any type of item to the crowds along the parade route. Thrown items can injure spectators and entice children to run onto the parade route. Any entry throwing items will immediately be escorted out of the parade and will be banned from entering future parades.
- Absolutely NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES will be allowed in the Staging Areas before, during or after the Parade, or, of course, within the Parade itself.
- Smoking is prohibited within the Parade. If you must smoke before or after the Parade, please move well away from Staging and/or Dispersal Areas to protect non-smokers, and floats and costumes that may be flammable.
- Your Line-Up Number must be displayed in clear sight on the RIGHT SIDE of your entry and at the BACK of your entry. Your Line-Up Number will help your Division Leader facilitate the sequential order for the Parade line-up and it will also help you for judging purposes. You will be provided your Line-Up Number at your assigned Check-In Station.
- For Equestrians: Equestrian entries must provide their own clean-up crew to accompany them at the Staging Area, from the Staging Area to the Parade Route, on the Parade Route, and from the Parade Route back to your trailer. Clean-up crew must provide immediate clean up of all horse deposits.
Parade Guidelines
Two objectives for the Poway Rotary Parade are:
To promote community spirit among parade participants, and to provide quality entertainment for parade spectators.
The following guidelines will help you make your entry more entertaining and increase your chances of winning an award in your Parade division.
First and foremost, entries should be entertaining. Take a good look at your entry: is it visually exciting? Is it appealing to all ages, especially children? Is it colorful? Innovative? Creative? Is it in good taste? (This is a family event!)
Clearly identify your entry, with the NAME of your group or organization. Spectators want to know who you are. We suggest that you attach signs to your float or have people carry a banner at the front of your entry.
All entries especially floats, need to be viewable on both sides. All entries are encouraged to include music as part of their entry. Battery-powered boom boxes are excellent for this.
New: Pre-Show Fun with Hoop San Diego
Come Early for Pre-Parade Fun!
Hoop San Diego presents the pre-show fun at the Grandstand at the Poway Library between 8AM - 9:15AM!
Experience the ultimate mobile arcade that brings the excitement to your doorstep. Witness something unprecedented – the inaugural custom-built mobile arcade featuring FOUR basketball games.
2024 Parade Lineup
Note: Lineup subject to change
- San Diego County Sheriff's Office
- City of Poway Fire Department
- Cleveland E.Norton Jr.
- GRAND MARSHAL: Laura Upson, Youth in Transition
- Rotary Club of Poway-Scripps
- General Atomics Aeronautical [PLATINUM SPONSOR]
- Children's Paradise Preschool and Infant Centers [GOLD SPONSOR]
- OrthoStyle Orthodontics [GOLD SPONSOR]
- Pet Parade Entry: Leia
- Kahoots Pet Store
- All American Plumbing Inc [GOLD SPONSOR]
- Miss Poway Scholarship Pageant
- Poway Gardens Senior Living [GOLD SPONSOR]
- Life Time [GOLD SPONSOR]
- Villa de Vida, Inc.
- Poway High School's Emerald Brigade
- Poway High School Cheer
- Crystal Gardens Florist
- San Diego Model A Restorers Club
- Poway Unified School District
- Poway Unified School District High School Ambassadors
- Poway High School's Titan Theatre
- India Christian Fellowship San Diego
- Poway Chamber of Commerce
- Team Spyder 1622
- Painted Rock Cub Scout Pack 618
- Victorian Roses Ladies Riding Society
- BSA Cub Scouts Pack 625 - Poway Rotary Club
- Poway Elks Lodge
- Poway Family - Gary & Debi Riggs
- San Diego Korean Pungmul Institute
- Miss Rancho Bernardo
- Rancho Bernardo High School Royal Regiment
- CYE (Council for Youth Empowerment)
- Poway Lions Club
- San Diego Base United States Submarine Veterans Inc.
- Poway Dance Project
- Poway Kenpo Karate / Poway Martial Arts
- Poway 4H
- Poway Girls Softball League
- Poway Democratic Club
- Impact Martial Arts
- Surfers Unite Rotarian Fellowship
- WESTVIEW HS NJROTC
- Cub Scout Pack 654
- Westview GOLD Marching Band & Colorguard
- Miss Military Stars
- Junior Teen Miss San Diego County Juliette Paden
- Vietnam Veterans of America, San Diego Chapter 472
- Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Assn. Branch 22
- Esparza's Mobile Auto Detail
- Poway Rodeo [PLATINUM SPONSOR]
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
- BSA Pack 617
- ASES BMMS Cheerleaders
- Preserve Wild Poway
- GIRL SCOUT BLUE SKY SERVICE UNIT
- Del Norte High School Nighthawk Marching Band
- Rancho Bernardo Republican Women
- Birthline of San Diego County
- Community Church of Poway, United Church of Christ
- Bahais of Poway
- The John P. Squibob Chapter of E. Clampus Vitus
- r3 Boxing and Rock Steady Boxing Poway
- Mt. Carmel High School Marching Band and Color Guard
- Soroptimist International of Poway
- Mesa View Baptist Church
- Springett for Council D2 2024
- Living Way Church
- Miss Vietnam San Diego
- Friends of the Poway Library
- Oil Changers
- St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church