Name: Youth Parade Brigade: May Day Festival
Start: 2024-05-04T12:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-04T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Downtown Kennebunk

Youth Parade Brigade: May Day Festival

May 4 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Local families: Join the AWS Youth Parade Brigade!

March with Miss Amanda and Bowie behind the AWS van in local community parades. Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. All family members welcome!

AWS Van leads the youth parade brigade in the May Day parade

Bring a favorite stuffie or your family dog* to join in the fun! Kids receive an AWS cloth backpack and stickers to wear in the parade (as supplies last).

For the Kennebunk May Day parade, the Youth Parade Brigade will meet at 12:30 on Water Street in downtown Kennebunk to line up for the parade. Look for the AWS Van.

Learn more about the May Day Festival.

*Parades can be loud and chaotic, with performers, floats, sirens, marching bands and the like. Please be sure that your entire party (including dogs) is comfortable in such surroundings before joining the AWS Parade Brigade.

Details

Date:: May 4
Time:: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Event Category:: Youth Special Events
Event Tags:: Parade Brigade, Youth, Featured, Front Page

Organizer

: AWS Youth Programs
Phone: (207) 985-3244 ext. 109
Email: youthprograms@animalwelfaresociety.org
Website: View Organizer Website

Downtown Kennebunk

Water Street
Kennebunk, 04043 United States + Google Map

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Youth Parade Brigade: May Day Festival