500 Festival Parade

Name: 500 Festival Parade
Start: 2027-05-29
End: 2027-05-29
Location: Downtown Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN · Sports

When: May 29, 2027
Where: Downtown Indianapolis · Indianapolis · IN
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

A downtown parade of floats, bands, and celebrity guests the Saturday before the Indianapolis 500, run by the 500 Festival since 1957. It is timed to race weekend each May. The 2027 parade is set for May 29.

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The history within reach

500 Festival Paradesame spot
A downtown parade of floats, bands, and celebrity guests the Saturday before the Indianapolis 500, run by the 500 Festival since 1957.
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monumentsame spot
A 284-foot limestone shaft at the centre of the city’s original circular plan, just short of the Statue of Liberty, and the first American monument dedicated to the common soldier rather than a commander.
Circle of Lightssame spot
Downtown Indy has lit the Soldiers and Sailors Monument as a giant Christmas tree every year since 1962.
AES Indiana Yuletide Celebrationsame spot
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's holiday pops show has run at Hilbert Circle Theatre since the 1980s under longtime conductor Jack Everly.
The pretty glonky interviewsame spot
A street interview in downtown Indianapolis went viral when a man was asked to finish the lyrics to Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again.” Instead of the actual lyrics, he confidently answered, “Indiana land,” turning a routine interview into an unintentionally funny clip.