Annual Historic Koloa Plantation Days Parade Hosted by Koloa Plantation Days committee

This year’s theme commemorates the festival's 25th anniversary, and the 175th anniversary of commercial sugar on Kauai.

Horseback and walking units, floral floats, vintage cars, and decorated vehicles are in a great hometown parade that celebrates aspects of the workers’ camps in plantation towns. Each camp had its ethnic identity, customs, foods, games and sports, music and dance. This is a festival signature event, don't miss it!

The people walking, on decorated floats, on horseback, and in decorated vehicles will do their best to capture some aspect of plantation life. They will have colorful costumes, perhaps play music or dance, or showcase recreational activities — baseball, chicken fights, fishing, to name a few – or their ethnic heritage. Others will capture memories of the sugar era, when sugar plantations thrived and many residents worked for or with the sugar industry.

Competition for parade awards is intense and people from the resorts, businesses and community groups are very creative, so you can expect the unexpected. From costumes to decorations and choreography, they work for weeks and up to parade day to make their ideas become reality. While most of us relax and enjoy the parade, the judges seated along the parade route will intently scrutinize the units. In the afternoon, the awards for the best in each category are announced at Koloa ballpark.

NEXT: Annual Park Celebration

Date: Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Time: 9:30 am

Admission: Free

Contact:
808-652-3217
info@koloaplantationdays.com
www.koloaplantationdays.com

Location:
Koloa School to Anne Knudsen Ballpark

Driving Directions:
Download Parade Route & Parking map

Road closures 9am to noon below. Arrive early to get your favorite viewing spot! Parking available in two pastures just north of the ball park, and accessible parking next to the lower park entrance, as well as parking along some roads in the vicinity.
Directions from Google Maps