2022 Rose Parade
The Rose Parade, also commonly known as the Rose Bowl Parade, is the highlight of the annual Tournament of Roses that greets the new year in Pasadena every year since way back in 1890. The parade typically takes place on the 1st January, and gets underway at 8am in the morning, usually drawing to a close by 12 noon.
The Rose Parade is a lively, loud and colourful parade involving dozens of floats, marching bands and equestrian units, and is watched by a huge audience, both on the city streets and also on televison and online via the increasingly popular and free live stream, which is back once again for the 2022 event, which will be the 133rd year this fabulous event has taken place.
This year’s Grand Marshal is LeVar Burton.
The Rose Bowl college football game, typically starting later on the same day, although sometimes falling on the day before, also forms part of the Tournament or Roses – see how to watch that on TV and online here: Rose Bowl live coverage
Parade Date
As is most common, the Rose Parade takes place on 1st January, new year’s day itself, which in 2022 falls on a Saturday.
Parade Route
The parade predominantly follows the town’s main street of Colorado Boulevard, where the main grandstands are located.
The formation area for participants is in front of Tournament House, and then the start point is at the corner of Green Street and Orange Grove Boulevard.
The parade then moves north on Orange Grove before turning onto Colorado Boulevard for the main viewing, then onto Sierra Madre Boulevard before the parade ends at Villa Street.
There are ticketed seating areas available in reserved grandstand areas on the parade route, and you must have a ticket if you wish to sit in the grandstands. Tickets can be reserved via Sharp Seating here.
Rose Parade Lineup
Here is the details of the participants for the 2022 Rose Parade, many more will of course be added in time:
Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band (Arcadia, California)
Banda de Musica La Primavera (Santiago, Panama)
Bands of American Honor Band (United States)
The Pride of Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow, Ok)
Downigton Blue and Gold Marching Band (Downington, PA)
Georgia State University Panther Band (Atlanta, GA)
Gibson County Mass Band (Dyer, TN)
Hebron Marching Band (Carrolton, TX)
Homewood High School Patriot Band (Homewood, AL)
Los Angeles Unified School District All District Honor Band (Los Angeles, California)
Mira Mesa High School “Sapphire Sound” (Mira Mesa, CA)
O’Fallon Township High School Marching Panthers (O’Fallon, IL)
Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band (Pasadena, California)
Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Herald Trumpets (Pasadena, CA)
The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band (Los Angeles, CA)
St Ursula Eichi Sendai Honor Band (Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)
Tennessee State University Aristocrat of Bands (Nashville, TN)
Triuggio Marching Band (Triuggio, Italy)
United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band – MCAS Miramar (MCRD San Diego and Camp Pendleton, CA)
Waukee Warrior Regiment (Waukee, IA)
More to be announced here
TV & Live Streaming
For anyone who can’t make it to the parade, or who just has an interest in seeing a bit of life and colour at a traditionally drab time of year, local TV station KTLA5 will be streaming the parade live online.
You can watch this as a live streaming online webcast here:
KTLA5 Rose Parade Live Stream
The Rose parade is also broadcast on TV channels around the world, see the full list of official broadcast partners here.
Hotels and Accommodation
If you’re in Pasadena over the New Year period then the hotels and guest houses do tend to get busy, especially with people having arrived for new year eve parties the night before. If you are looking for somewhere to stay to attend any of the Tournament of Roses events we advise getting your reservatioon made as early as possible.
You can check out availability and make reservations for local hotels here.
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