Novato’s 19th annual 4th of July parade, boasting more than one hundred entries, is one of the largest in the San Francisco Bay Area!
Early in the morning on the 4th, crowds line Novato’s Grant Avenue where the parade begins in the city’s Old Town district. Parade-goers arrive early to watch the pageant of classic cars and color guards, festive floats and music bands, fancy cowgirls on golden palominos, and Sherman tanks. The parade is famous for its contingent of vintage military vehicles from the Joe Garbarino World War II Military Vehicle Museum.
This year’s parade looks forward, to the future of our city and its citizens: “Novato, Into the Future”!
If you are attending the parade, please leave your animal friends at home, and do not smoke in the crowd! Novato Municipal codes prohibit pets, except for service animals (14-17.3 NMC), and smoking (City Ordinance #1533) at public festivals.
The parade marches every year thanks to the generous financial and volunteer support of people like you!
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