Eddy always brings in top notch Polish entertainers for the mainstage at “Pussy Willow Park” along with his parade, and live streaming chronicling all the floats, fire trucks and polka bands.
Who Doesn’t Like a Parade?
THE 18th ANNUAL DYNGUS DAY PARADE BEGINS AT 5:30PM
The Annual Dyngus Day Parade, here in Buffalo’s Historic Polonia District, is a demonstration in civic and ethnic pride. Unlike any other event in recent memory, this parade gathers people together with a sense of camaraderie and joy mixed with nostalgia and hope. An acknowledgement of who they are, where they came from and where they want to go. What started out as a rag tag group of passionate Poles with a few flags, a couple of pickup trucks and a band on a trailer, has turned into a big splash of Polish pride surfing a sea of red and white. Floats resembling medieval ships, fire trucks with sirens blazing and hoses squirting, polka bands blaring and families sharing memories and laughter as they stroll through the neighborhood tossing candy and beads to the little urchins gathered on the curbs. Who doesn’t like a parade? Not anyone that has ever been to the Dyngus Day Parade in Buffalo NY, that’s for sure.
Parade route begins at Memorial Dr. heads west on Broadway and ends at Fillmore Ave
The parade will begin at 5:30 PM on Monday, April 1st, 2024. Check-in at the intersection of Memorial Drive & Paderewski. Please look for our sign). Only vehicles participating in the parade will be allowed beyond check-in point). Check-in begins at 2:00 PM and ends at 4:00PM.
Parade Float Awards
Consider the task at hand for the parade judges this year as they decide who will win the commemorative plaques awarded in the following categories:
Dyngus Day Capital of the World Award
TO BE AWARDED TO A FLOAT OR PARTICIPATING GROUP THAT BEST VISUALLY DEPICTS BUFFALO’S UNIQUE DISTINCTION AS “DYNGUS DAY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”
Best Use of Pussywillows
WILL CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE A FLOAT OR A COSTUME OUT OF PUSSYWILLOWS OR TO USE THE MOST PUSSYWILLOWS IN THEIR PARADE ENTRY
Best Use of Red & White
TO BE AWARDED TO THE FLOAT OR PARTICIPATING GROUP THAT MOST EFFECTIVELY USES THE COLORS OF POLONIA TO DECORATE A FLOAT, VEHICLE OR COSTUME.
Tops Best Family Float or Group
THE AWARD WILL GO TO THE FAMILY THAT BEST DEMONSTRATES THEIR COLLECTIVE POLISH PRIDE.
There is also a Dyngus Day event 5 or 10 miles from the Dyngus Day parade in Cheektowaga at the M Hotel on Walden Ave.
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