to all candidates and volunteers who
participated in all the Erie County
Parades, Festivals and Fair!
Look forward to 2025!!

2025 information will be posted as soon as available!

Sandusky Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 26, 2025

Parade Formation:  7:30am-8:45am
Opening Ceremony:  9:00am
Located at the I.F. Mack Building near the campus baseball fields
Parade Step-off:
Immediately following brief Opening Ceremony
Parade Line-up Location:
OVH – enter grounds off of Columbus Avenue
Length of Parade Route:
Approximately one (1) mile
Through the OVH campus and
north on Route 250/Milan Road to Oakland Cemetery

Please contact OVH for additional information:
Mark Faust, President/Erie County Veterans
Memorial Park Committee
mwfaust@buckeye-express.com
or
Kimberly Lewallen
kimberly.lewallen@dvs.ohio.gov | 567.998.3948

58th Vermilion Festival of the Fish
Friday-Sunday, June 13-15, 2025

Parade:  Sunday, June 15, 2025
Parade Line-up Time:
10:00am – 11:30am
Parade Line-Up Location:
On old Route 2/Lake Road
West side of City of  Vermilion
Parade Start:  12:30pm
Parade Route Length:
Approximately one (1) mile

For more information, please visit:
2025 Festival of Fish

2nd Shoreline PRIDE Sandusky
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Erie County Democratic Party
will be sponsoring a tent at the 
2nd Annual Shoreline PRIDE Sandusky
Saturday, June 28, 2025 | 10:00am-4:00pm
Parade begins: 11:00am

Local candidates are invited to stop by during Celebration!

The following forms and information will be available:
Voter Registration
Update your name and address on current voter registration
Application for Ballot By Mail
Be a Poll Worker for Erie County Board of Elections

Would you like to volunteer to help at the tent?
For more information, please contact:
Amy Grubbe | amygrubbe@yahoo.com

Shoreline PRIDE Sandusky Parade | Application
Participation is FREE. Application deadline is June 20.

Shoreline PRIDE Sandusky Parade | 11:00am
Route: Approximately 1.5 miles
Line-up begins at the corner of Warren Street.
Route proceeds west down Washington Street, north on Columbus Avenue,
and east on Water Street, ending at Shoreline Park (see map).

Democratic Women of Erie County
will be sponsoring a tent at the 
38th year – Sandusky Stars & Stripes Celebration
Friday, July 4, 2025 | 10:00am-4:00pm

Local candidates are invited to stop by during Celebration!

The following forms and information will be available:
Voter Registration
Update your name and address on current voter registration
Application for Ballot By Mail
Be a Poll Worker for Erie County Board of Elections

Would you like to volunteer to help at the tent?
For more information, please contact:
Tracy Francis | tfrancis85@aol.com

Huron River Fest Celebration
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Parade Information for 2025
Parade Line-up:  10:00am
Parade Start:  11:00am
Enter Jim Campbell Street from Route 2
(backside of Huron High School)
NOTE:  Cleveland Road at Huron High School
will be closed/blocked; Jim Campbell Street
will not be accessible from Cleveland Road
Parade Route Length:
Approximately 1 1/4 miles – Parade Map

For more information:
Huron River Fest
Huron Lion’s Club Parade Application

Grand Parade:
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Parade Assembly:
No later than 1:00pm
Parade Line-Up:
Form and disband behind
Margaretta High School
Parade Start:  2:00pm
Parade Route Length:  Approximately one (1) mile

Please Note:
The Ironman Ohio 2025 Race will be traveling
through the outskirts of Castalia on the day of the parade.
Most of the participants should be through the area by noon.
Please allow extra time for any delays!

2025 – Parade Letter.docx
Cold Creek Parade Application 2025.docx

39th Berlin Heights Basket Festival
Friday-Saturday, August 1-2, 2025

Parade:  Saturday, August 2, 2025
Parade Line-Up:  12:30pm
Parade Start:  1:30pm
Parade Line-Up Location:
Enter Hill Road off Berlin Road and line up
Parade Route:
Approximately 1 mile

For more information,
Berlin Heights Basket Festival Parade 2025

Erie County Fair
Tuesday-Sunday, August 4-10, 2025
NOTE: Change of dates

Thursday, August 7, 2025 – Democratic Women of Erie County Day
Friday, August 8, 2025 – Senior Day
Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Veterans Day

For more information on the Erie County Fair 2024,
please visit here!

65th Milan Melon Festival
Saturday-Monday, August 30-September 1, 2025

65th Milan Melon Festival Grand Parade:
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Parade Line-Up:
9:00am – 12:00 noon
NO LATER THAN 1:15pm
Check-in off of Route 250 on Lockwood Avenue near Tenneco
Parade Step-off:  2:00pm
Parade Route Length:  Approximately 1 1/4 miles

For information about the Grand Parade,
please visit here.
For more information, please visit
Milan Melon Festival.

53rd Annual Woollybear Festival
Date has not been announced yet.
Will be posted as soon as available.

The largest 1-day festival in Ohio:
More than 100,000 people are expected
to celebrate the woollybear worm.
Dick Goddard was a co-founder of the festival.

Parade Assembly:
10:00am-12Noon
Parade Line-Up:
Along old Route 6 – west of Downtown Vermilion
Parade Start:  1:30pm
Parade Route Length:  Approximately one (1) mile
Parade Route

For more information:
Woollybear Festival 2024