Kick off the holidays by hopping on the Polar Express at the Bowling Green Holiday Parade on November 23, 2019! The theme for this year’s parade is Polar Express: Next Stop Bowling Green. The parade will step off at 9:45am on Saturday, with the first float reaching the corner of Main and Wooster Streets at 10am. Main viewing areas for the parade are between Ridge and Washington Street.
This year’s grand marshal will be Mayor Richard Edwards with the organizers of Firefly Nights Festival (Stacie Banfield of Mode Elle Boutique, Kati Thompson of Eden Fashion Boutique, Gayle Walterbach of Coyote Beads, and Laura Wicks of Grounds for Thought) being honorary marshals.
WTOL Channel 11 will be broadcasting the parade live in a 2 hour commercial free production. Retired WTOL anchor and Bowling Green native, Jerry Anderson and current weatherman and Bowling Green native, Ryan Wichman will be our commentators for this year. While reporter and BGSU graduate, Amy Steigerwald will be our roving reporter.
The 2019 Annual Bowling Green Holiday Parade is brought to you by the following presenting sponsors: City of Bowling Green, Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau, Bowling Green State University, and Downtown Bowling Green.
Road Closures
Main Street, from Poe to Napoleon Road, and Wooster Street, from Prospect to Church Street, will be closed from 9:30am until the end of the parade. These closures will affect the flow of traffic on all streets. The sides streets will also be closed starting at 9am. In addition to these closures, the side streets between Poe and Ridge will be closed for parade preparations starting at 8am until around 11am. During this time, access to these streets will be limited to local use. Truck detour routes will be posted. All streets will reopen after parade clean up is completed.
Parking
Before and during the parade, on-street parking on Main Street between Pearl and Ridge Streets is prohibited. Vehicles should be removed from Main Street before 3am on Saturday. Any vehicle on the street after 3am will be towed at the owners expense. On-street parking will also be prohibited on Dixie Avenue between S. Main and Kenwood, S. Church between Sand Ridge and Pearl, Clay Street between N. Church and N. Grove, and N. Grove between Wooster and Poe. Parking will be reinstated after parade clean up is completed.
Parade Lineup
Bowling Green Police Division
BGSU Pershing Rifles Company-Color Guard
Fraternal Order of Police
Mark Wasylyshyn – Wood County Sheriff
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Bowling Green Public Works
Mayor Richard Edwards – Grand Marshall
Honorary Grand Marshalls/Firefly Night Coordinators
WTOL Defender
State Senator & Old Thyme Travel
Ohio House of Representatives- 3rd District
Wood County Commissioners
I Love BG Award Recipient
Athena & Zeus Award Recipient
Monty’s Mini Mall Beauty Salon
BGSU Marching Band
Bowling Green Care Center
Bowling Green Manor
Outstanding Customer Service Award Recipient
Rosenboom Custom Crafted Cylinders
The Beat Dance Company
Montessori School of Bowling Green
Terrence Hoepf 1967 Mercedes Benz 230
Romaker for Judge – Wood County Common Pleas
A.A. Green Realty
BG City Schools Transportation (Dept & Staff)
Champion Force Cheerleading BG
Sylvan Learning Center
Twizzle Baton
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Wood County Health Department
Wood County Humane Society
Kroger’s
Kabob it
Wright Tire & Auto, LLC
Woodward High School Marching Band
Doug Cubberley – BG Municipal Court Administrator
Wood County Fair
BGSU President
Freddie and Frieda Falcon
BGSU SIC SIC Spirit Crew
BGSU Cheer Team
BGSU Dance Team
Not In Our Town & Human Relations Commission
Welcome BG
Kiwani’s Club of Bowling Green
WC Board of Developmental Disabilities
Wood County Young Democrats
The Cocoon & Music Against Domestic Violence
BGSU Libraries – Jerome Rollers
Wood County District Public Library
Redline Equipment
Anthony Wayne High School Marching Band
Work Leads To Independece
The Morning Show 88.1 WBGU FM
Heidi’s Twirlers Baton Group
First United Methodist Church
Bowling Green Bobcat Hockey
Voices of Harmony
Cub Scout Pack 422
Van Buren High School Marching Band
Bright Beginnings Preschool
Lance Wood State Farm
Black Swamp Ice Frogs
Wood Haven Health Care
Biotest Pharmacuticals
Power of Yesteryear Club
Eastwood High School Marching Band
Team Johnson Limousine Service
NWO Montessori
BW Twirlers
Wood County Hospital
Gold Medalist Para Pan Am Games
Cardinal Stritch High School Band
League of Women Voters – Bowling Green
Black Swamp Players
BioFit Engineered Products
Girl Scouts On Parade
All About The Kids
NWO Tractor Pullers Assn, Inc.
Otsego High School Marching Band
Bowling Green Christian Food Pantry
Bowling Green Christian Academy
Great Clips
Five Star Baton Company
Bruce Jeffers for Commissioner 2020
Arcadia High School Marching Band
Black Swamp Historic Willys Jeep Collectors
Wood Lane Residential Services, Inc.
Hancock County Fair Royalty
St. Aloysius Catholic Schools
St. Aloysius Pack #485
American Royal Beauties Miss Ohio
H2O Church
Bowling Green High School Marching Band
The Nutcracker- All Jazzed Up! – Julie’s Dance Studio
Romick Railway
Santa
Bowling Green Fire Division