The Trout Parade | Sullivan County Catskills

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The Trout Parade in Livingston Manor promises to be another very fishy event, with wacky marching bands, funny floats, processional puppets, musical performances, and whole lot of fun.

Saturday June 8th, 2013
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
1:00 pm Parade Steps off

Main Street, Livingston Manor

The festivities and stage performances are free and open to the public.

Folks should arrive early to get parking on the streets surrounding Main Street.

All for a Good Cause

Buy Trout Parade T-Shirt and Posters!

The Trout Parade is a Livingston Manor Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. Funds raised for the 2013 parade will benefit the Arts and Music Programs of the Livingston Manor Central School, and Catskill Art Society as the producer of the parade. Business and individual donations, along with the sale of t-shirts and posters, all go to this great cause!

For more information:

Bradley Diuguid
Catskill Art Society (845) 436-4227

Email us!

Join the Parade!

Don't just watch the parade this year join us in the fun! Make a costume or a float! How about making a puppet or a hat?

Register your fish-themed float today!
Catskill Art Society
(845) 436-4227 or Email us!

Check back for the 2012 Schedule!
To see Map of the parade route,
view the 2011 version.

Be Fishy out There!

The Livingston Manor Chamber of Commerce raised nearly $2000 for the LMCS art and music programs as part of the 2010 Trout Parade’s fundraising activities.

In photo, Chamber President Mia Newman Koerner presents the check to LMCS teachers Val Taggart and Christina Desmond at one of the Chamber's monthly meetings.

The 2012 Schedule

All Day

Student Art on Display
Stroll down Main Street and enjoy artwork created by LMCS students in storefront windows.

11:30 - 3:00 pm
Music, Food and Arts and Crafts aplenty. Expanded Food Court offers a variety of specialty parade fare. Selections from local arts and crafts vendors on display.

Face Painting by Miss Sunshine the Clown.

Library Book Sale in Renaissance Park. New and used adult books, children's books and assorted VHS tapes will be for sale; prices up to $1.00 for most items.

Instant Portraits by Wilkes & Bernard Photography at the CAS Arts Center.

Collectible Parade t-shirts and posters on sale.

11:45 - 1:00 pm
Live Music and entertainment on Main Street. Pre-parade performances include music by Little Sparrow and stilt walking by Tannis Kowalchuk and Brett Keyser of NACL Theatre.

1:00 pm
The 9th Annual Trout Parade steps off,
led by Grand Marshals
Dr. Don Simkin and Ellen Singer

To date, 2012 Participants Include:

Any Make*
  Any Model Car Club
Bethel Woods Center
  for the Arts'
  Promotional Vehicle
Bud's Giant Brook Trout
Catskill Art Society
Catskill Mountainkeeper
Catskill Puppet Theater
Cornerstone Community
  Church
George Silverman's
  Rainbow Trout
Grandma Michele
  the Storyteller
Jeff Bank
Johnny Darling Puppet
LMCS Percussion
  Ensemble
Livingston Manor
  Free Library
MountainTones
  Community Band
The Outsider
  Studio Collective
Paprika
The Plunk Shop
Roscoe/Livingston
  Manor Girl Scouts
Roscoe-Rockland
  Car Service
Student Rain Barrel
  Project, funded by
  the Catskill Watershed
  Corporation
Sullivan County
  International Pageant
  Winners

2:00 pm
Post parade entertainment includes a Rain Barrel Auction on the Main Street Stage immediately following the parade. The repurposed plastic barrels were sanded and prepared by TriValley Team Conservation students, painted by Liberty Art Students, and sealed by SC BOCES Automotive students. The project was funded by the Catskill Watershed Corporation.

There will also be a Closing Party for the SHHH! CAS Silent Auction Benefit at the CAS Arts Center from 2-4pm, featuring the work of more than 35 local artists.

3:00 pm on
Main Street alive with unique shops, restaurants and the CAS Art Center.