Alameda’s Parade Celebrates 41st Year

PRESS RELEASE

June 26, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:

Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer

(510) 747-4714

 

 

Alameda’s Parade Celebrates 41st Year

New this year -- inaugural Coast Guard Festival joins the festivities

 

Alameda’s 4th of July Parade is the longest in the nation with a route that spans 3.3 miles. This year, the parade will be bigger than ever before with more than 170 entries, 2,500 participants, and over 60,000 spectators. This hometown celebration includes floats, marching bands, 150 equestrians (and 1 bull), dance troops, bands, and classic cars driving our dignitaries.

 

Following the parade, the inaugural Alameda Coast Guard Festival will be held at Pier 3 near the USS Hornet at Alameda Point. Alameda is honored to be one of 12 cities throughout the nation designated as a Coast Guard City.

 

“The Coast Guard is grateful for the support of the community of Alameda, and we are honored and humbled to participate in the inaugural Alameda Coast Guard Festival,” said Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area. “Military life and duties can be stressful, so living and working in a supportive community, like Alameda, is vital to the wellbeing of our Coast Guard members and their families.”

 

FOR MEDIA:

  • Parade photo op: 10:00 am to 11:00 am at the judging station on Otis Drive at Park Street (across the street from Walgreens). To get to the judging station, take Doolittle over the Bay Farm Island bridge, turn left on Broadway, right on Shore Line, and right on Park. Turn into South Shore Center before you get to Otis Drive (street closure).
  • Festival photo op and interview: 1:30 pm for the parade award ceremony and Coast Guard Mission displays, Pier 3 (next to the USS Hornet)
    • Interviews available with Coast Guard personnel
    • Contact: Lieutenant Commander Matthew Kroll, Public Affairs Officer for the Coast Guard’s 11th District, (510) 437-3887 or (510) 557-7104
  • Run photo op: 9:00 am at the start line at 1417 Park Street, 9:15 am at the finish line on Webster Street at Haight Street, 9:00-9:45 am along the parade route
  • Day of event contact: Barbara Price, (510) 263-9399
  • Additional information and B-roll: http://www.alamedaparade.com/media/

 

PARADE:

  • Starts at 10:00 am on Park Street at Lincoln Avenue   
  • Runs for 2 hours with more than 170 entries and 2,500 participants
  • More than 60,000 spectators view the parade from chairs, sidewalks, and lawns along the parade route (see below)

           

FESTIVAL:

 

5K R.A.C.E.:

 

PARADE ROUTE:

http://www.alamedaparade.com/route/ 

 

For more information, please visit http://www.alamedaparade.com/ or contact Barbara Price at (510) 263-9399 or barbara@pkconsultants.com.