2025 Butter & Egg Days Parade and Festival
Saturday, April 19, 2025
10 am - 5 pm, Parade at noon
Thank you for your interest in our Parade!
Theme: "Petaluma’s Wonderland" - Where Imagination Blooms
Step into Petaluma's flowering world of curiosity!
Get ready to be transported to a world of wonder at the 42nd Annual Butter & Egg Days Parade in Petaluma! This year’s theme “Petaluma’s Wonderland: Where Imagination Blooms,” invites participants and spectators to celebrate the magic and charm of our historic town. We are a curious community full of imagination and creativity. Watch as colorful floats, costumed participants, and lively performances bring this year's theme to life, celebrating Petaluma’s rich history and agricultural heritage with a playful twist. Head to Downtown Petaluma and celebrate with our community on this day of fun, fantasy, and local pride!
Parade entrants will need to incorporate the theme “Petaluma's Wonderland: Where Imagination Blooms” into their float design. The theme gives nonprofits, businesses, organizations, and individuals lots of options for showing off their creativity in their designs. All parade entries will be judged on how well their entry portrays this year's theme.
The Butter & Egg Days festivities kick off on Saturday, April 12 with the Opening Ceremonies at the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum (20 Fourth St), from Noon to 1pm. Mayor Kevin McDonnell will read a proclamation honoring the Grand Marshal and Good Egg. Come enjoy this display that shows the heart of our community.
One week later on Saturday, April 19, the Butter & Egg Days Parade steps off at noon and will march through the historic downtown. The parade will showcase over 100 units with approximately 3,000 participants and 200 volunteers. Clover Sonoma will return to lead the Clover Kids’ Parade, which precedes the main parade at 11:30am with a procession of preschoolers and primary grade youngsters and their families.
The parade is surrounded by a Festival that spreads over four city blocks from 10am-5pm offering a wide variety of food, crafts, beverage gardens, two large kid areas, live music, and more! This annual event aims to bring together the community for a day of fun and entertainment.
The following weekend, Downtown Petaluma continues the celebration with our Annual Antique Faire, on Sunday, April 27.
Happy Butter & Egg Days!!!
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It is required that you read and understand the Parade Rules & Guidelines "Petaluma's Wonderland" float/entry ideas! HERE.