Staging area: Johnson Elementary School off 11th Ave and Glass Lane
- Bands and Dancers will line up on a first-come basis unless instructed otherwise by the onsite Rotary Staging Directors at your staging area. Our Rotary Staging Directors will assist you with this on site, so please check in when you arrive.
- The parade starts at noon. Arrive by 10:00 am to prepare, as traffic worsens by 11:00 am. Ensure your entry is ready, and be lined up by 11:30 am.
- You will join the parade at the intersection of 11th Avenue N and Hwy 96 W.
- Ensure your parade entry number is clearly written on an 8x10 paper and displayed on the right (passenger) side of your vehicle for the MC to announce at the town square. Your entry number should have been emailed before Parade Day. If you didn’t receive it, contact the Parade Director at parade@franklinrodeo.com
- What to do at the end of the Parade: The parade route will take you down West Main Street and turn right onto 11th Avenue North. Continue straight on 11th Avenue, go across New Hwy 96 and return to your Staging Area at Johnson Elementary. Once there you are free to depart. All roads will be open to traffic by the time you arrive back to your Staging Area at Johnson Elementary. PLEASE follow the Band & Dancer Parade instructions
- *Note - Horse Entries will take a different route back to their Staging Area at Jim Warren Park where they are free to depart. Floats, Cars & Truck Entries are free to depart at New Hwy 96 OR continue across to their Staging Area at Freedom Intermediate