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How to Participate in the Parade

Celebrate the 2022 Christmas Holiday Season with a float promoting your business or organization!

The 2022 Pueblo Parade of Lights will take place at 5:30 p.m.
November 26, 2022
The Parade Theme is HOLIDAYS IN THE STEEL CITY

COMMERCIAL ENTRY FORM
NON-COMMERCIAL ENTRY FORM
THE ONLINE ENTRY FORM IS CLOSED
But parade entries are still being taken until Sun. Nov. 6, 2022. Please bring your entry forms and $$ to the downtown office.
OR
Please call the office with credit card information. 
CONTACT US

Information & rules current as of September 1, 2022.

PARTICIPATION
Parade date is November 26, 2022. Entries not received by November 1, 2022 will be charged a $25 late fee. Deadline for all entries is November 1, 2022. Entry fee is $100 for commercial, $65 for all others. A limited number of premium placements are available for an additional $75 per entry. There will be a maximum of two (2) vehicles or four (4) motorcycles per entry. Make checks payable to Pueblo Downtown Association with Parade of Lights on the memo line. Entries shall conform to the parade theme “Holidays in the Steel City.” The Parade of Lights Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any entry. A detailed description must be submitted by November 1, 2022. No changes may be made without notifying the Parade Committee. Chosen entries will be notified around November 18th. Line-up instructions for selected entries will be available approximately one week prior to the parade. Watch our website www.puebloparadeoflights.com. Line-up numbers will be provided and MUST BE DISPLAYED on entry.

GENERAL RULES

  • NO SANTA CLAUS ALLOWED ON ANY ENTRY. We will present the Parade’s Santa Claus for the children’s delight.
  • All entries must be lighted.
  • Please have your float ready and in place at 4:30 p.m. Any entry not lined up at this time will not be considered for judging.
  • Nothing may be thrown to spectators along the parade route. This is dangerous, unsafe and violators will be removed from the parade.
  • Approved persons may walk the parade route to hand out approved items such as candy, pins, pamphlets, etc.
  • Anyone operating a motor vehicle must be properly licensed and insured.
  • Driver of entry must be available at all times to move unit in the event of an emergency or relocation. In order to properly and safely line up entries in the parade, you MUST list whether animals, sound effects or loud noises will be used.
  • No entry may stop along the parade route. Parade entries must maintain a distance of no more than two (2) car lengths behind the preceding entry. Violators will not be eligible for awards and may be instructed to drop out of the parade.
  • Discharge of firearms containing live or blank ammunition is prohibited. Directions issued by Parade Officials and/or Law Enforcement Officials shall be strictly observed.  Failure to do so may result in removal and disqualification from participation in future parades.
  • Maximum float height is 13’ from ground to top of display.
  • Participants should be dropped off within walking distance to their line-up station. Vehicles will not be allowed into the parade line-up area to drop-off participants. Organization contact persons are responsible for making all parents & participants aware of drop-off & pick-up locations. Parade will disperse on 6th Street between Court & Grand.
  • Because road conditions, laws and ordinances, and sponsor participation may change, Pueblo Parade of Lights reserves the right to change rules and regulations, parade route and awards at any time.

Entry forms are fillable PDF files. Click one of the buttons to open the appropriate form, then just click in the appropriate areas and type in your information. (You may move from field to field by hitting “Tab.”) Click submit.

 If you do not use Outlook or another default email program, your entry form cannot be submitted by clicking the Submit button. Click the “Print Entry” button instead. Then from your print menu, choose “Save as File” or “Save as PDF,” save to your desktop or other desired location, then attach it to an email and send it to puebloparadeoflights@gmail.com.

If you prefer, you may bring or mail your printed entry form to the Pueblo Downtown Association office at 503 N. Main, Ste 652, Pueblo, CO 81003 with payment. Make checks payable to Pueblo Downtown Association with Parade of Lights in the memo line.
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​Payments by credit card can also be done on www.EventBrite.com. (You will still need to fill out an entry form on this website and send or deliver it to us. Please include a copy of your EventBrite receipt.)

THE ONLINE ENTRY FORM IS CLOSED
But parade entries are still being taken until Sun. Nov. 6, 2022. Please bring your entry forms and $$ to the downtown office.
OR
Please call the office with credit card information. 
CONTACT US

If you require a 2020 IRS Form W-9, click button below.

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Parade office is in the Pueblo Downtown Association office in
Suite 652 in the Thatcher Building.

Mailing address:
Pueblo Downtown Association
Pueblo Parade of Lights 
503 N. Main St., Ste 652, Pueblo, CO 81003.
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Parade route, rules and other information are subject to change.

Pueblo Parade of Lights

The Pueblo Parade of Lights, a production of the Pueblo Downtown Association, marks the start of the Christmas season for ​Pueblo & Southern Colorado!

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