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Plan Your 2025 Las Vegas Helldorado Days Parade Entry Now
2025 Helldorado Days Parade Set For Saturday, May 10
The Helldorado Days Parade, an annual event celebrating our diverse city and its history, is accepting applications from the community to participate in the 2025 parade, scheduled for Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to noon. The application deadline is April 18, 2025, and application may be made online at www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Helldorado in English or Spanish. There is no fee to enter the parade, which will take place in downtown Las Vegas on Fourth Street between Gass and Stewart avenues.
The Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial is offering $1,000 for local school marching band entries and $1,500 for quality local school float entries, limit of two parade entries per school. The Commission also offers $1,000 to local artists whose entry is reflective of Las Vegas life and history. There is space for a total of 100 entries. A committee will judge the entries during the parade and prizes will be awarded, including Best Casino Float, $500 for the best marching band and $500 for the best historic Las Vegas-themed float.
Parade entries are expected to represent the diversity of the city, its founding in 1905 as a railroad town, where we come from, how we have grown and where we are going. Cultural and historical groups and organizations, schools, artists, car/motorcycle clubs, service organizations are encouraged to participate.
May 15 is the 120th anniversary of the land auction in 1905, which marks the beginning of Las Vegas. For more information on the Helldorado Days Parade, call 702.229.4859.
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Editor's Note: Helldorado Days Parade B-roll is available for download at https://www.dropbox.com/s/l36njoxeuqbvah2/helldorado_broll_032723.mov?dl=0 and the 2024 parade at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ykpo6dvt6xi1v315pp4ca/Helldorado-2023.m4v?rlkey=b0c0vjneo50kmcs6sik7ur06f&e=1&st=n4puhgli&dl=0.
High-resolution photos of past Helldorado Days parades are available for download at https://cityoflasvegas.smugmug.com/Event/Helldorado and https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/g10dkkpfwg73y8t6hkjym/h?rlkey=4j41erbk6t2v1idhonin6v3a9&e=1&st=vwmp4m0i&dl=0. No password is required.
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