Raspberry Festival

Grande Day Parade Entry Form

The Grande Day Parade will take place on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 1 p.m.  We look forward to seeing you in July!

Awards include:

  • Visiting Royalty Floats, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Places
  • Crowd Pleaser
  • Best High Scho0l Band

Judging begins one hour prior to the start of the parade

Application process:

Complete the entry form below by Monday, July 9. If your entry requires payment, you can pay online or mail a check (payable to “Hopkins Raspberry Festival”) to 175 Jackson Avenue North, Suite 417, Hopkins, MN 55343.

Confirmations and line-up information will be e-mailed the week of July 8

Parade Rules & Fees

  • Animal Entries: All animal entries must provide their own clean up. Clean up crews must follow directly
    behind the units to clean up excrement. No exceptions.
  • Distribution of Items: Absolutely no literature of any kind may be handed out during the parade. Do not
    throw items from the parade unit. Candy may be handed out by walkers along the curbside.
  • Units Must Keep Moving: To keep the parade moving, all units must stay within three car lengths of the unit
    ahead of them. If a larger gap occurs, you must speed up to close the gap.
  • Visiting Royalty Entries: Visiting royalty may enter free of charge.
  • Commercial Entries: Hopkins Businesses may enter free of charge. Donations are accepted!
    Non-Hopkins businesses must pay a $150 entry fee.
  • Political Entries: All political entrants must pay a $500 entry fee. This entry fee covers a booth during the MarketPlace Craft Fair (Saturday), and the Grande Day Parade (Sunday). There is no fee for elected/non-elected City Council or elected/non-elected School Board members. Each political entry is allowed one vehicle and can include immediate family only. Hopkins Raspberry Festival does not support the opinions of participating representatives.

If any of the parade rules are violated, a warning will be issued by a parade marshal and that entry may be barred from future parades. If the warning is ignored, the unit may be escorted off the parade route.

Prefer to submit your application through U.S. Mail? Fill out the application and submit to the Raspberry Festival.

Entry Form

Contact Information
Entry Information
Final appearance fee to be confirmed by the HRF Parade Coordinator.


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