🇵🇷 Participant Information 🇵🇷

Deadline to sign up to be in the 2026 Parade is

August 1st,2026

Parade Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025

Parade Check-In: 11am Step-off time: 1:00pm

Parade Staging: Boys & Girls Club parking lot 4111 Pearl Ave, Lorain, OH 44055

Parade End: Clinton Ave/corner E 33rd St turn into Oakwood Park

Festival Site: Parking lot adjacent to Oakwood Park Pool off 36th St

Staging

Festival Location

Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2025 Lorain Puerto Rican Parade.

This is a great opportunity for your group or organization to share our heritage, talents and pride within our community. The theme of the parade is Puerto Rican Heritage and Culture and where possible, units are asked to represent this culture in colorful displays, costumes, music and especially floats.

Please complete the form below with information about your unit. Read the guidelines for participation by clicking HERE. You will receive confirmation via email prior to the parade. Units must meet the participating guidelines and your unit leader must be willing to work closely with the parade chairs prior to the event.

ATTENTION VEHICLES WITH AUDIO: We have partnered with WOBL/WDLW to have a curated playlist be played across all vehicles in the parade. You will be required to tune your radio to the station in order to play music during the parade.

Commercial companies / businesses / political entries are required to pay an entry fee of $50. If your company is a parade sponsor the fee is waived.

Private car club pay $25 entry fee plus $10 per vehicle. Maximum number of cars is 5

Motorcycle clubs pay $25 plus $10 per bike. Only the 5 best car/motorcycles per club are allowed. Contact the parade charis for details. NO wheelies, tire burns, or reving engines is allowed and may cause for termination of particiaption in the Parade and or being excluded from future events.

The Puerto Rican Festival & Parade is a volunteer committee under the umbrella of "The Friends of South Lorain", a non-profit organization and monetary donations from participating groups are greatly appreciated. Contributions are tax deductible.

Click here for PARADE PARTICIPANT GUIDELINES

Click here for the LIST OF FEES

Show your Puerto Rican Pride!

Be sure to read the Parade Participant Guidelines and list of participant fees BEFORE filling out the form. A Parade committee member will contact you soon.

ALL VEHICLES will be required to tune your radio in to WOBL if you are playing music.

Name of Unit *

Contact Person *

Drum Major / Field Commander

Phone Number *

Email address *

Mailing address for Unit/Group/Organization *

Number of people in unit *

Float motorized? *

Yes, our float IS motorized
No, our float is NOT motorized
We do not have a float

Unit Type (choose all that apply) *

Organization Float
Nationality Float
LIA Royalty
Visiting Royalty
Marching Band
Flag Unit
Junior Baton Corps
Senior Baton Corps
Junior Drill Team
Senior Drill Team
Drum & Bugle Corp
Military Unit
Novelty
Motorcycle Unit
Marching Unit
Elected Official
Antique Car
Commercial Float
Sports Team Community Group
Non-Profit Organization
Community Group
Commercial Business
Individual/Personal vehicle

Description of unit - theme *

Number of vehicles *

No vehicles, walking only
1
2
3
4
5

Will the unit be playing music? *

Yes, I understand that I will be required to tune into WOBL/WDLW for the entirety of the parade
No, I will NOT be playing music

WAIVER *

All groups, units, organizations, businesses, individuals and others associated with such; participate in the Lorain Puerto Rican Festival & Parade at their own risk. Those described above assume all responsibility and liability for any and all injury and/or damages associated with participating in the Lorain Puerto Rican Festival & Parade. The Friends of South Lorain & the City of Lorain will be held harmless of any circumstances and released from any liability whatsoever in connection with anyone participating in the event described at the Lorain Puerto Rican Parade. BY CLICKING THIS BOX I ACKNOWLEDGE that I have read and accept the Puerto Rican Festival & Parade 2024 Parade Information and participant guidelines.

Write a short announcement about your unit *

For payment *

I will be mailing payment to PO Box 1228, Lorain Oh 44055 (Make checks payable to Friends of South Lorain and the note should read Lorain PR Parade & Fest)

Send me a copy

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