Hopkinsville’s Christmas Parade will begin at 5:15 p.m. Saturday and take its traditional path along Main Street from Glass Avenue up to 14th Street.
The theme of the parade, “Songs of Christmas,” honors the grand marshal, country musician Brice Long, who grew up in the Hopkinsville area.
The city’s Division of Parks and Recreation organizes the parade. The sponsor is the Hopkinsville Electric System.
The parade will require several street closures Saturday, city officials announced.
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Glass Avenue, which is the staging area for floats and participants, will be blocked to thru traffic from 2:30 until 6:30 p.m. This will also apply to Glass Avenue side streets from North Drive to Main Street.
There will be no parking allowed along the Main Street parade route from 4 until 7 p.m. And all of the side streets along Main from Glass Avenue to 14th Street will be blocked from 4 until 7 p.m.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
