On April 27th, the 18th Annual 82nd Avenue Parade entrants marched down SE 82nd Avenue. Elected officials, community groups, and organizations started the precession from Eastport Plaza Shopping Center, heading north towards SE Yamhill Street. Hundreds of community members lined the streets to watch the 90-minute event, cheering and clapping. Portland Police and event organizers cleared barricades by 11 a.m., reopening the busy street to cars. However, attendees lingered on the sidewalk for a while longer, filling the pedestrian realm on 82nd Avenue to a degree not seen since last year’s parade.
Event organizer Nancy Chapin remarked that it has never rained on this parade. Drops only started to fall after the precession moved off 82nd Avenue, securing another dry year of community celebration. Organizers hope to increase parade fundraising efforts to bring back the event’s live stream for those unable to make it in person.
List of registered parade participants (in order of appearance)
- City of Portland Police Bureau – East Precinct – Commander Jake Jensen
- Parade Banner presenters
- Troop 24 (BSA boy troop) and 5024 (BSA girls troop)
- Grand Marshals
- The Royal Rosarians
- Portland Rose Society
- Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757
- Portland Rose Festival Foundation
- Ascension Catholic Church
- TenBridge Partners/ The BlackPearl Friesian Dance Troupe
- Montavilla Farmers Market
- 56th Army Band
- Mysti Krewe of Nimbus
- Portland City Commissioner Carmen Rubio
- PageantsNW Miss Oregon USA | Miss Oregon Teen USA
- Past Queen & Princess
- Saint Anthony Catholic Church
- Beneficial State Bank
- White Lotus Dragon & Lion Dance
- Portland Commissioner Mingus Mapps
- Portland Winterhawks Booster Club
- Madison South NA
- SEI King SUN School Drill Team
- Chelsea McManus with MORE Realty and Aidan Keller with Guild Mortgage
- East Portland Rotary Clubs
- Portland Raging Grannies
- Rip City Scooter Collective
- Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers
- Portland Skyliners Tall club
- Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
- KC Cars Inc.
- Military Vehicle Collectors Club of Oregon
- PCC Gateway to College & Yes to College
- Kim’s Taekwon-Do
- Squares of Warmth
- SEI Kalros PDX Sun School Drill Team
- State Representative Thuy Tran and Multnomah County Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards
- Portland Ghostbusters
- Portland Lees Assocation Dragon & Lion Dance Team
- Oregon Walks
- Kellogg Middle School Marching Band
- Portland Peace Corps Association
- Free Arts NW
- United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
- House of Prayer for All Nations
- Holgate Library
- Comparsa Orgollo Morelence Cemiac
- Impala Car Club
- AMR
