Join us for the Full complement of parade, kids’ activities, street dance, Buddy Badges.

The 75th-parade we will celebrate our independence with a wild, wacky, and wickedly fun parade, street dance, and family festivities at the Warren 4th of July Parade and Festivities! Parade starts at 10 AM on July 4, 2025. Main Street in Warren closes at 8:30am SHARP.

Theme: “Stand Up For Democracy”

Grand Marshals: Our local librarians, celebrating 125th Birthday! 

Floats: No need to register. Arrive by 8:30am at the south end of Warren Village’s Main Street.  (TIP: enter by SOUTH Main Street – south of Covered Bridge Rd – and get in line). You will be facing in the correct direction. Parade starter will put you in place as you move forward once parade begins around 10am. 

If throwing candy, please be careful not to hit people in the face inadvertently. Also, please hand or toss into the crowd to avoid tempting children from running onto the parade route.
If squirting or spraying water, please be respectful of spectators.

Buddy Badges: $1 donation requested at the town entrances for a numbered badge. Find your matching number in the crowd, report together to the town gazebo and claim a matching pair of prizes, while they last. Sponsored by WDEV Radio.

Free Shuttle: Free yellow school buses will travel between the satellite parking at Sugarbush Lincoln Peak to drop off at the Covered Bridge Road/Rt 100. Bus will begin running at 8am and will not make any stops along the route. BE EARLY – DON’T WAIT TO THE LAST MINUTE! Buses will end service at 4pm.

Port-O-Lets: There will be 1 by the Covered Bridge, 3 at the Municipal Office/Warren Church parking lot, 12 behind the Warren Store and 5 at the Warren School.

Fireworks:  Dusk at Sugarbush Resort on Friday, July 4

The Parade Boss strongly discourages bringing dogs to the parade. Please leave them home (not in the car) for the day. They won’t have nearly as much fun as you at the parade.  If you MUST bring a dog, please supply adequate water and keep them leashed at all times. Please keep horses at home, too!

Schedule Of Events:

8 a.m.: Vendors must have arrived in Warren preparing for setup.

8 a.m.: Mad Bus begins running from Lincoln Peak (Sugarbush) until 4 p.m. Pick-up after the parade is at Covered Bridge Road and Route 100. There are no other satellite parking areas. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE – BOARD EARLY BUSES!  

8:30 a.m.: Main Street Warren closed to the intersection of South Main Street and Covered Bridge Road, intersection of Brook Road and School Road  to Main Street and the intersection of Fuller Hill and Main Street. Only emergency and pre-authorized traffic will be allowed through.

8:30 a.m.-9:00a.m.: Floats should arrive by this time, entering the village from South Main Street and Route 100 (not Covered Bridge Road) and line up in the order you arrive or as assigned by the Float Patrol. Floats and marchers should be respectful of Float Patrol and stay in the order assigned.

10 a.m.: Parade starts with cannon boom

11:15 a.m.: Parade winds down, Jewel House will warm up and the street dance begins, rain or shine! You may not know the band name, but locals will know the band! Phineas Gage & Phriends phunk it up at Brooks Field.

11:15 a.m.: Kids’ activities hosted by KidVentures at Brooks Field (Warren School), Beer Garden hosted by the Waterbury Rotary Club, Food with Rotary hot dogs, Live music (Phineas Gage).  Take the path from the village (Brook Road, look for the ladder with the sign pointing to the path!) – it’s MUCH shorter than walking all the way up the hill to School Rd.

Limited street opening as crowds disburse. Warren Village Main Street from intersection of Brook Road south to Flat Iron Road will remain closed until band is done and street is swept.

3 p.m.: Warren Village and Brooks Field activities wind down, streets re-open.

9:15 : Fireworks at Sugarbush Lincoln Peak. Arrive early, sit back and enjoy!