Annual Summerfest
Hometown Proud Parade
Sunday 7/19/26 1:00p.m.
On Braidwood's Main Street
2026 Grand Marshal: Freak
The annual Hometown Proud Parade will take place on Sunday 7/19/26 starting at 1:00pm on Braidwood's Main Street.
Line up will begin at 12:30 on Mitchell St. next to Casey's. The parade will begin at Main & Mitchell Street, travel down the Main Street to Walker Street, turning south on Walker Street and ending on Walker Street behind the Reed Custer Intermediate School.
Click here to view & print the official 2026 Summerfest Hometown Proud Parade entry form
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY FORMS: MONDAY JULY 6, 2026
Click here to view & print the official 2026 Summerfest Hometown Proud Parade Invitation Letter
For more information please call Parade Coordinators Angie Hutton at (815)353-3053 or Jessica Adam-Keymon at (815)274-1498.