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This is a photo of a marching band in the Gilbert Days Parade.

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2025 Gilbert Days Parade

Gilbert Heritage District | November 22, 2025 | 8:30-11:00AM | Rain or Shine

Join us this year for the annual Gilbert Days Parade presented by Earnhardt Auto Centers and the Gilbert Half Marathon. We are excited to share with the community more than 80 amazing floats and parade entries for this year's event. Bring your family and friends to this nostalgic event that originated over 40 years ago to celebrate the paving of Gilbert Road. We welcome you to make this a family tradition, as many residents of multiple generations have.

See you at the Parade!

Parade Information

Event Details

2025 Parade Information

Celebrate our community at the Gilbert Days Parade presented by Earnhardt Auto Center and Gilbert Half Marathon.

The parade will take place in Gilbert's Downtown Heritage District on Saturday, November 22, 2025, with step off at 8:30 AM on Gilbert Road between Elliot Road and Juniper Avenue.

Parking can be found throughout the Heritage District and multiple road closures will take place throughout the morning.

The parade is rain or shine!

Participant Information

Parade Participants

The Gilbert Days Parade has reached capacity, and registration is now closed. If you'd like to be added to the waitlist, information can be found at glbrt.is/ParadeParticipants

This year’s Gilbert Days Parade is going beyond imagination with the theme "Out of this World!" Schools, businesses, nonprofits, and more are invited to showcase their most creative ideas, whether it's a journey through outer space, a dive into futuristic technology like AI and robots, or a voyage to the mysterious depths of the ocean. From cosmic costumes to underwater cities or robotic parades of the future, if it’s out of this world, it belongs in the parade!

Groups are welcome to design their float/entries as they choose making sure they stay within the guidelines.

2025 Gilbert Days Parade participant information, including parking information and parade guidelines, can be found at glbrt.is/ParadeParticipants. We look forward to celebrating with our community!

Parade Parking

Road Closures

The Gilbert Days Parade will cause a full road closure of Gilbert Road throughout the Downtown Heritage District on Saturday, November 22nd.

Gilbert Road will be closed from Guadalupe Road to Hackamore Street from 5:00 AM until 11:00 AM. Elliot Road will be closed in all directions at the Gilbert Road intersection between Burk and Ash Streets.
Parade participants will stage on both the northbound and southbound side of Gilbert Road between Juniper Avenue and Guadalupe Road and in the southeast and southwest shopping center parking lots of Gilbert and Guadalupe Roads.

At 8:30 AM, the parade will head south on Gilbert Road from Juniper Avenue to the Gilbert Public Schools District Office just south of Elliot Road. The parade is anticipated to conclude by 10:30 AM and Gilbert Road is expected to reopen at 11:00 AM.

Businesses along Gilbert Road may remain open. Please check on operating hours and suggested parking availability ahead of time.

Road closure information for Gilbert days 2024

Road closures will also take place on Recker Road for the Gilbert Half Marathon from 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 22nd.

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