Monongalia County Fair Kick Off Parade
2024 - Date TBA

• The parade will march down High Street beginning
  promptly at 7:30 p.m.
• Lineup will begin at 6:30 p.m.
• Mailed Entry Deadline: Saturday before parade.
• Online Entry Deadline:  Noon, Parade Day.
• Entries received after deadline are not guaranteed to be accepted.

   
Please register ONLINE or download and send the completed entry form to: 
                   MONONGALIA COUNTY FAIR PARADE DIRECTOR
                   PO Box 2146
                   Westover, WV 26502
                    

Entry forms and payment must be received online or at the address above by the posted deadlines.  Entries submitted after that may not be accepted.  Questions: Email Parade Chair

​Rules and Regulations

1. Entry Fee for Commercial and Political entries
   ​is $75.00, maximum of 2 vehicles.
2. Entry fee must accompany entry form.
3. Entries not paid in advance or by lineup will not be 
   permitted to participate, in fairness to others who
   have paid.
4. Non-profit entry is free, maximum of 2 vehicles, with the exception of car clubs (see #5 below.)
5. Entry fee for Car Clubs is $10/vehicle with a maximum of 30 vehicles.
6. Throwing or handing out of objects is prohibited by the City of Morgantown.

 ​These policies were adopted by the Monongalia County Fair ​Board of Directors on June 22, 1988 and updated pn September 13, 2022.

Preferred Payment Method:
Online registration & payment by credit card can be made by below. 
You will get an automatic email confirmation for your Parade Entry.

To pay with a check, please download & print the PARADE ENTRY FORM
and mail the completed form along with payment. 

2023 Parade Marshal - JEREMY BLIZARD

PARADE LINE UP DETAILS
​Line up starts at 6:30 PM.  The parade will begin at 7:30 PM. 
There will be people in each area to assist you in getting in line.
 
Per the map below – Lineup is separated by category: 
 
FIRE DEPARTMENTS/FIRST RESPONDERS – Left Lane of WILEY STREET – YELLOW
BANDS – WILEY STREET -- GOLD
VISITING ROYALTY – Prospect Street – PURPLE
POLITICAL ENTRIES – NORTH SPRUCE STREET – RED
NON – PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS – PROSPECT STREET – DARK PINK
 COMMERCIAL/BUSINESSES – PRICE STREET - GREEN

ORDER OF PARADE
From Bottom of North High Street, up to Prospect Street

1. Police Escort
2. Color Guard
3. Parade Marshall
4. Reigning Monongalia County Fair Queen
5. Current year Monongalia County Fair Queen Contestants
   (Lineup on the left hand curb, going down North High Street)
6. High School Band
7. Reigning Monongalia County Little Miss; Current Year Little Miss Contestants (Lineup on the right hand curb, going down North High Street)
8. All Horse Entries
9. Reigning  Mon County Teen Queen; Current Year Teen Contestants
10. Middle School Band
11. Reigning Mon County Junior Miss; Current Year Junior Miss Contestants
12.  Reigning Monongalia County Little Mister; Current Year Little Mister Contestants

 
ALL OTHER ENTRIES WILL BE FILTERED IN AT RANDOM ORDER, FROM BOTH SIDES OF PROSPECT STREET, NORTH HIGH STREET, WILLEY STREET, NORTH SPRUCE STREET AND PRICE STREET.
 
VISITING ROYALTY/ DIGNITARIES/ COMMERCIAL ENTRIES/ POLITICAL ENTRIES/ VFD’S/ CLUBS/ NON-PROFIT GROUPS/ BANDS/ ETC.
 
HORSE ENTRIES

1. Horse entries will go early in the Parade, so they may safely return to the horse trailer parking area while there is little or no vehicular traffic.
2. Well-manned clean up after the horses is a main concern.  This is to ensure the safety of any marchers following the horses, so they don’t slip on the pavement while their eyes may be on sheet music mounted on their musical instrument.
3. Parking for horse trailers has been arranged at the parking lot off Willey Street, next to the Dairy Mart.
4. PLEASE LEAVE NO MANURE IN VACANT LOT.

 
PARADE FLOAT SAFETY
The Morgantown Fire Department has set forth guidelines that shall be followed by those organizations that intend to participate in the local parades with a float or other decorated conveyance.
 
These guidelines do not come about unwarranted. Situations have occurred at the national level in which parade queens, politicians, and other notable officials have been injured due to usage, construction, and/or operation of such conveyances.
 
The MORGANTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT has set for the following requirements:

• Float regulations are; SIZE- 40 feet long and 10 feet high, maximum from bed of truck. Please adhere to these size regulations in order to negotiate turns on Morgantown streets and avoid utility lines. (Height on floats will be checked.)
• Maximum of six (6) people on float bed at all times during motion.
• DO NOT use combustible material in the construction or decoration of a float. This includes tissue paper, corn stalks and bales of hay.
  ​Absolutely NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
• Every float is encouraged to check the gas in their vehicle before parade
• Alcohol is prohibited – NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
• All units must proceed in a straight line in the middle of the street.
• No auxiliary combustion engines, such as lawn mower type, to operate moving devices or generators.
• An approved fire extinguisher, inspected by a reputable service center, is required.
• Any person riding in a concealed area of the float must have an easy means of escape.

Please note that special fire resistant tissue paper and other decorative items are available on the market for the decoration of parade floats.

Prior to the start of any parade, or other event where floats may appear, a Fire Department representative will be on hand to make “spot” safety inspections.
 
THE MORGANTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL DENY PARTICIPATION TO ANY FLOAT, OR OTHER CONVEYANCE, THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE GUIDELINES PROVIDED.
 
Your cooperation to make all special events more safe and worry-free is greatly appreciated.  Individuals requiring any further information should direct all questions to City Fire Marshalls, Morgantown Fire Department, 304-284-7480.

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