Category: 2025

Almost Go-Time!

7/30/2025

THANK YOU to EVERYONE who applied by July 15th and helps make the jobs of our volunteers easier and sign-in on parade day smoother and safer for everyone!
For those who applied and are approved, we are finalizing line-up and hope to have line-up numbers sent to you before parade day (hopefully by August 4th....hopefully!)
THANK YOU to ANYONE who expressed interest in our parade!
If you missed our deadline, please bring your lawn chairs and enjoy and awesome parade on Wednesday, August 6th!
If you want to get involved in 2026, please submit your contact information on our "Contact" page so we can send you invitation paperwork next year -- we're open to new volunteers and participants.
If you missed applying and being accepted for this year's parade, please remember we do NOT permit walk-in entries -- this is for the safety of all participants who applied and were approved, for the children in the parade, and for spectators. This is nothing personal.
We love a parade! We love everyone involved, but we want everyone to feel that things are in good order, so we have a process, and we appreciate your understanding.

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Here We Go!

7/11/2025

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THANK YOU to those who have already applied and been accepted to be in our parade this August!

THANK YOU to those who have donated funds to support our parade!

Application Deadline is, as always, July 15th!
You can apply directly via this website! Click here!
Be sure to read our policy brochure and letter of invitation so that all "i-s" are dotted and all "t-s" are crossed.
(Walk-ins are not permitted/accepted.)

Our committee makes every effort to send out line-up numbers via email in the days prior to the parade, please be patient.

Our volunteers appreciate your making parade day run smoothly and serve as an enjoyable community event!

We are excited to see everyone on parade night!
(If you haven't applied by July 15th and been accepted, bring your lawn chairs on parade day and watch from your favorite spot!)

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2025

1/8/2025

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2025 is here!
Generations is the theme of both the Cochranton Community Fair Parade and Christmas Tree Lane this year!
How will you honor the generations in your family and community?
Will you celebrate families, farming, businesses, events, organizations?
Put on your thinking caps because we are underway!
How can you help your neighboring generations? Can you join our parade crew, the fair volunteers, the fire department, parent-teacher groups, 4-H groups, churches, or just help your neighbors when someone is under-the-weather, or their driveway is snowed in?
What can you do for the Generations in your community?
We are so very excited for this year and hope that you are too!
The parade committee generally meets monthly, but not on a set day/time. Let us know if you'd like to get involved (message us on Facebook or email us at [email protected])!
The fair association meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month (except on holidays) at 6pm, at the Presbyterian Church in cold weather and at the fairgrounds in nice summer weather.
Visit the social media and websites of local organizations and see where you fit best!
Do your part to honor the generations in our area, those who led you here and those who will follow you!

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Counting Down, Stepping Off

8/3/2024

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The countdown is underway!
In just 4.5 days, the parade will be stepping off and marching, twirling, siren-ing, clippity-clopping, cruising, waving, and playing its way through the streets of our tiny town!
Our volunteers are amazing!
Amidst family matters, full-time jobs, and life in general, they are hard at work getting ready for another awesome parade!
From line-ups to print, numbers to be sent out (if you don't have your number before parade day as a participant, you can always get it when you sign in, no panic!), announcer's book to finish collating, trash barrels to ready, stakes & number placards to prepare to hammer into the ground and and so many more details, we thank them!
We couldn't host this event without our volunteers!
We also couldn't host this event without our participants! Thank you to everyone who applied by the deadline and whose registration we could approve! The thousands of spectators love seeing you grace our streets!
We couldn't do this without many area businesses and organizations providing support with logistics: Girardat LP for the use of their bus lot, Klasen-McQuiston Energy Corp for the use of their lot, Lynn Dickson for the use of his property for float line-up, Cochranton Elementary School and Cochranton Jr-Sr High School for use of their parking lots for line-up and disbursement, PennDOT for issuing our required permit for use of state roads (yes, state roads go through our town), Cochranton Borough for making sure permits are in order and working with the Cochranton Police Department and Fire Police to make sure the route is safe and secure, Cochranton Volunteer Fire & Ambulance Departments for assistance with line-up of big equipment, and being on the lookout to take care of emergencies, and COOL 101.7 for loaning us Joe Vilkie our Parade Announcer year after year!
We couldn't do this without our sponsors: Cochranton Community Church, Ernst Seeds, Griffin Motors, Lakeview Ford, Patterson Auto Wrecking, Shonnard Tax & Financial Services, Specialty Group Printing, Sunset Memorials, and The Petal Patch Florist!
Please forgive us if we missed mentioning anyone specifically in the above lists. We're running on caffeine and little sleep, but we do appreciate each and everyone of you!!
If you've never attended one of the largest parades in western PA, then you're in for a treat! Bring your lawn chair and arrive early! Visit the fair before and after the parade to enjoy fair food, games, live entertainment (Michael Christopher with his full band), animal exhibits, home show exhibits, seeing old friends, making new friends, and relax, chill out with us, and enjoy our party for several thousand friends!
The parade steps off at 6:30pm sharp (you'll hear the siren at the fire station signal step off!).
If you had hoped to be a participant, but did not apply by July 15th, we ask that you visit our website in 2025 so that you can apply early and not miss out on the fun. We do not permit walk-ins and have not for many years. Some people ask "why" and the answer is two-fold and simple: safety for all and a smooth process for all involved.
Reminder: if you are a registered participant, please send only one (1) representative from your unit to the sign-in desk to sign-in. This will save on congestion of both traffic and people and make your set-up prep a lot easier!
We are so very excited about this year's parade and can't wait to see each one of you!
Whether you are spectator, or participant, remember to smile, wave, and have an awesome parade night!!

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Almost Go-Time!

Here We Go!

2025

Counting Down, Stepping Off

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