2022 Butter & Egg Days: Parade & Festival (Petaluma)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The Butter & Egg Days Parade & Festival celebrates Petaluma’s rich agricultural history as one of the premier dairy regions in the country.

2022 Butter & Egg Days Parade & Festival
Saturday, April 23, 2012 | 10 am to 5 pm
 – Parade at noon
Downtown Petaluma
FREE

We are proud and excited to be bringing you Petaluma’s 39th Annual Butter & Egg Days Parade this year after a 2-year hiatus. This parade celebrates all things Petaluma. The 2022 theme “Community – The Heart of Petaluma!” recognizes the importance of our outstanding, engaged nonprofits, businesses, and volunteers with huge giving hearts that fuel our community spirit. It’s what makes Petaluma such a special place to live. The parade has over 100 units with approximately 3,000 participants and 200 volunteers.

The Butter & Egg Days Festival is a feast for the entire family offering a wide variety of festival foods, crafts, arts, two large “kid areas” and so much more all spread over four city blocks. The strength of Petaluma’s giving culture is well documented we are excited and honored to celebrate the generosity and compassion of those that make up the very fabric of our community.

Parade entrants will need to incorporate the theme “Community – The Heart of Petaluma!” into their float design. The theme gives nonprofits, businesses, organizations, and individuals lots of options for showing off their creativity in their designs. All parade entries will be judged on how well their entry portrays the Parade theme of “Community – The Heart of Petaluma!” Some suggestions for interpreting and representing the theme include:

portraying nonprofit organizations, sharing their legacy of community engagement and volunteerism and service clubs showing how they make a difference. Businesses and individuals can show their community spirit and support of the community with a parade entry.

The Butter & Egg Day festivities kick off on April 16th with the Opening Ceremonies at the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum (20 Fourth St), from noon to 1 pm. Mayor Barrett will read a proclamation honoring the Grand Marshal and Good Eggs. Come see the display of hearts or visuals that show the heart of our community.

One week later on Saturday, April 23rd the parade steps off at noon and will march through the historic downtown, surrounded by a festival of fun and activities from 10 am to 5 pm.

Clover Sonoma will return to lead the Clover Kids’ Parade, which precedes the main parade at 11:30 am with a procession of preschoolers and primary grade youngsters and their families.

Did you Know? Together with The Petaluma River, eggs and dairy products created an economy that turned Petaluma into one of the most prosperous communities in the state in the early 1900s.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.