The 2018
Portland Rose Parade
The Portland Rose Festival has inspired the public to gather and celebrate against a backdrop of historic external forces for the past 110 years. This year’s Rose Festival will be another brilliant example of how a community can both honor diversity and celebrate unity.
Spirit Mountain Casino
Grand Floral Parade
The Prized Centerpiece of the Rose Festival! A cherished highlight of the Portland Rose Festival, this popular procession is more than a spectacular floral-filled parade; it’s a beloved annual tradition. For more than 100 years, Portland families, visitors and community groups have been making memories at the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade. A colorful reflection of local, regional and international communities, the parade draws hundreds of thousands of cheering viewers of every age, along a 4.2 mile route that winds through city streets and across the river. The 2018 Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. on June 9. Reserved indoor and outdoor seating at Veterans Memorial Coliseum is now available. Indoor super-saver seating is available for $15 and reserved seating for $30. Reserved chairs outside the Coliseum are $30 and reserved bleachers are available for $25.
Purchase Tickets2018 Parade Route Map
EVENT DETAILS: June 9, 2018
TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION : Memorial Coliseum to Downtown Portland
INDOOR ADMISSION : $30 reserved, $15 super-saver
Indoor Seating Chart
OUTDOOR: $30 reserved chairs, $25 reserved bleachers
Over 100 Years
Portland Rose Festival History
The idea for the Rose Festival was presented to the public in a speech by Mayor Harry Lane at the end of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905. The first festival occurred in 1907. The Grand Floral Parade is the centerpiece of the festival and the second largest all-floral parade in the United States after the Tournament of Roses Parade. More than 500,000 spectators line the route, making this flower parade the largest single-day spectator event in Oregon. The first parade, in 1907, was called the Rose Carnival, but eventually came to be known as the Rose Festival Parade and later still the Grand Floral Parade. The 1907 festival also included an "electric parade" with illuminated floats; this evolved into the Merrykhana Parade but after a two-season suspension was renamed the Starlight Parade in 1976. During Fleet Week, ships from United States Navy, Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers and the Royal Canadian Navy dock along the seawall of Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The festival also hosts the Starlight Parade, a fireworks display, and carnival rides along the Portland waterfront, among other events. Dragon boat races on the Willamette River have been included every year since 1989.
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