Parade Information

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28th

Join us in the streets of downtown Birmingham on Saturday, October 28th and prepare to be entertained by the best bands, dance teams and entertainment around! The parade will be led by the famous McDonald’s float carrying celebrities and the game Ambassador. You won’t want to miss the bands and dance teams from both Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University. This is a rain-or-shine event.

 

The parade will be broadcast LIVE on Fox6 in Birmingham, as well as Gray Television affiliates in Huntsville, Montgomery, Dothan and Mobile!

 

CLICK HERE FOR PARADE GUIDELINES!

2023 Parade Participants

Marching Bands

  • Alabama State University Marching Hornets 
  • Alabama A&M University Marching Maroon & White 
  • A.H. Parker High School 
  • Berkmar High School  
  • Bessemer City High School 
  • Calhoun High School 
  • Cane Ridge High School 
  • Center Point High School 
  • Clay Chalkville High School 
  • Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy  
  • Dr. Martin Luther King High School  
  • Fairfield Central High School  
  • Fairfield High Preparatory School 
  • G.W. Carver (Birmingham) High School 
  • G.W. Carver (Columbus) High School 
  • Huffman High School 
  • J.A.G High School 
  • Jonesboro High School 
  • Langston Hughes High School  
  • Lee High School 
  • Mae C. Jemison High School 
  • Mattie T. Blount High School 
  • McDonough High School 
  • Meridian High School 
  • Midfield High School 
  • Minor High School 
  • New Manchester High School 
  • P.D. Jackson Olin High School 
  • Pebblebrook High School 
  • Pleasant Grove High School 
  • Ramsay IB High School 
  • Riverdale High School 
  • Salem High School 
  • Selma High School 
  • Stephenson High School 
  • Tri-Cities High School 
  • Tuskegee Public Elementary School 
  • Wenonah High School 
  • Westlake High School 
  • Woodlawn High School 

Non-Marching Bands

  • Alabama State University Delegation & Alumni 
  • Alabama A&M University Delegation & Alumni 
  • 205 King of Singz 
  • A.G. Gatson Boys and Girls Club 
  • Alabama Black Women’s Roundtable 
  • Alabama STEM Education, Inc.  
  • American Diabetes Association 
  • American Federation of Teachers 
  • Bessemer Tigers Youth Sports  
  • Birmingham Cycling Group 
  • Birmingham Fire & Rescue  
  • Birmingham Omega Lamplighters  
  • Birmingham City Councilors 
  • Birmingham Urban League 
  • Black Voters Matter 
  • Blue Vision Center 
  • BMN Lifting as we Climb Foundation 
  • Bougie Bosses Dance Company  
  • Cahaba Medical Care  
  • Cancer Awareness Network 
  • Commissioner Lashunda Scales 
  • Commissioner Shelia Tyson 
  • Dance Dreams Elite Team 
  • Dancing Diamond Dolls of Birmingham, LLC 
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Birmingham Alumnae Chapter  
  • Dynamic Royalettes of Marvel City  
  • Dynamic Sparkles of Birmingham Dance Team  
  • E.P.I.C Elementary School Cheerleaders 
  • Elect Jacquelyn Grant Jones for District Court Judge Place 3  
  • Elect Joi Travis, Probate Judge Place 1  
  • Fort Worth United Tigerettes  
  • Girls Inc. of Central Alabama 
  • Greater Alabama Council Boy Scounts of America 
  • Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School Athletic Department  
  • House of Electa Chapter #895, Order of the Eastern Star, PHA 
  • Hueytown Little League Cheerleaders  
  • I Hang TV’s 
  • I See Me, Inc. 
  • Irondale Sports & Cheer 
  • JHPA Lions Cheer Squad 
  • Jones Valley High School Class of 79’ 
  • JROTC – Carver Montgomery  
  • Khedive Temple 16 
  • Kommunity Koncepts Inc: K Elite Cheer 
  • The L. Hut Show 
  • Lawson State Community College Cheerleaders & Dancers 
  • Magic City Stars 
  • MAX Transit 
  • Mcadory Youth Football & Cheer Association 
  • Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. 
  • Mezmerize Barbiez, Inc.  
  • Minor Community School  
  • Minor Middle School Cheerleaders  
  • Ms. Senior Jefferson County 2023 – Barbara High 
  • O’ Taste & See, LLC 
  • Phillips Academy Dance  
  • Quin Hampton State Farm  
  • Representative Terri Sewell 
  • Robinson Primary Cheer Team 
  • Royal Productions and Events by NM 
  • Senator Roger Smitherman  
  • Sisters CANcervive 
  • Steel City Gators 
  • Tanita Cain for Criminal Justice Judge 
  • The Alabama Conference of Black Mayors  
  • The Committee to Elect Yashiba Blanchard 
  • The Dancing Dolls 
  • The Dancing Royalettes 
  • The Dannon Project 
  • The Muscle Shoals Twirlers  
  • Theta Phi Sigma Christian Sorority, Inc.  
  • Top Ladies of Distinction/ Top Teens of America  
  • United Way of Central Alabama 
  • Universal Cheer Experience 
  • UYFA Cheerleading 
  • YWCA Central Alabama