Sunfair Parade Kicks Off 2024 Fair Season

The Yakima Sunfair Parade will follow its familiar route of more than one-and-a-half miles through Downtown Yakima on Saturday, September 21st.

The parade begins at 10:00 am and is anticipated to last until 2:00 pm. It is expected to attract about 10,000 spectators. The parade will include about 200 vehicles as it makes its way down Yakima Avenue from 16th Avenue to Naches Avenue.

The parade route will be closed to traffic, and side streets along the parade route will also be closed to through traffic while the parade is underway. As the last entries in the parade pass by the closed side streets, they will be reopened to traffic.

Yakima Avenue will be closed to all traffic from N. 16th Avenue to 6th Street from 9:00 am until the parade concludes. There will be no parking along the Yakima Avenue parade route from 7:00 am until the parade concludes.

In addition, 16th Avenue will be closed to traffic for parade staging from Summitview Avenue down to Bonnie Doon from 7:00 am until all parade floats are off of 16th Avenue.

There will be detours in place to help drivers navigate around these street closures.

Yakima Transit bus routes will detour around Yakima Avenue and 16th Avenue down to Naches Avenue from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday. Regular bus service will resume after 1:00 pm. For more about routes and bus times, call 509-575-6175.

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