

BBQ Days
2023 BBQ Days Parade
Parade Registration Fee
- Regular Registration – $35
- Registration after 7/7/23 – $60
- 2023 BBQ Days Sponsor – FREE
- Fire/Rescue – FREE
- Royalty – FREE
Online Registration: Click Here
Paper Registration: 2023 Parade Registration Form
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Parade Theme Information
- 2023 Parade Theme: Christmas in July
- BBQ Days Committee reserves the right to have the one and only Santa in this year’s parade.
- Judges wil be awarding cash prizes to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place floats totally $1,000 – donated by the Belle Plaine Chamber of Commerce.
- Winners will be announced at the Fire Department Waterfights, following the parade.
Parade Rules & Reminders
- Parade route will be slightly different this year, due to road construction downtown. (See map below)
- Unit placement is based on the needs of the parade, space, existing parade presence, safety & sound.
- Acceptance of registration after the deadline of 7/7/2023 is at the discretion of the Belle Plaine BBQ Days Committee. If accepted, there will be an add’l charge of $25 to participate and you will be placed at the end of the parade line-up.
- Parade starts at NOON with the line-up beginning at 9:00am.
- Check-in/Line-up will be from 9:00-11:30am at the Borough Bowl, 235 S Ash Street.
- Large units, such as semi-trucks and trailers, please check in early!
- For safety reasons, please have your group meet at one point other than check-in and have ONE spokesperson for your group check in & then lead your group to your designated location.
- You will receive your line-up information at check-in, on parade day.
- Drop off people in your group in the parking lot associated with the softball field – near the water tower. You will not be permitted to drive inside the line-up area unless your vehicle is IN the parade.
- Parade route will be slightly different this year, due to road construction downtown. (See map below)
- Absolutely NO items, including candy, may be thrown from the parade unit, but walkers can!
- No water should be thrown or sprayed from parade units.
- No use of alcoholic beverages will be allowed on parade units.
- Politians are only allowed to walk beforehand and distribute material, no exceptions.
- And as always, Matt Saxe has vehicles available for anyone needing a car/truck for the parade but please note there is a limited availability based on inventory levels, please request by June 1st by calling Matt Saxe Chev/Buick, 952-873-2234.
Thank You To Our Sponsors!
Silver Sponsors
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Behnke Auto Center Inc
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Stier & Ruud Home Team, Keller Williams Preferred Realty
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Co-Op Tire & Auto
Bronze Sponsors
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By The Yard, Inc
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Farmers Insurance - James Evans Agency
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First Choice Pharmacy
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Mayo Clinic Health System in Belle Plaine
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Early Childhood Acadamy
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Merchant 29
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Napa Auto Parts
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Oldenburg Brewing Company
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Perfection Plastering
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Performing Arts & Fitness, LLC
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Prairie Farm Supply Belle Plaine
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Schoeppner & Associates
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Skelley Towing
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Southwest Eye Care
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Spectrum Auto Body
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The Canopy Group
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The Hair Loft
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The Lutheran Home Association