On
Sunday, July 27, 2025 OHIO PIRATE CON will be hosting the first of it's kind in Ohio...A LARGE SCALE PIRATE PARADE COMING TO FREMONT! It will be a combination of a
New Orleans Mardi Gras and
Tampa Florida's Gasparilla Pirate Fest styles. THIS PARADE IS TOTALLY FREE TO ENTER... BUT YOU MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED AND ACCEPTED.
PARADE ROUTE: is currently set to start at Rodger Young Park and travel thru downtown Fremont across State Street and to the Fairgrounds.
LINE UP: Begins at 9:00am (Details will be sent to all accepted entries closer to the date)
KICK-OFF: 10:00am
GUIDELINES: All entries and participants must be decorated and dressed in something nautical and/or Pirate-like. Entries can be trucks pulling floats or boats of all kinds including: fishing, speed, pontoon and sailboats, Jet ski's, kayaks, canoes and more are all welcome. Area bands, dance and baton groups, service clubs, public officials, clubs and businesses welcome! Parade entries are encouraged to pass out treasure and booty items with ideas to include: beads of all styles, colors and lengths as well as plastic coins, nerf and soft plastic logo items, eye patches, mini flags are all encouraged to add to the Pirate Theme. (Candy is honestly last on our list...our ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS PARADE totally original and different from all the others)
PLEASE FILL OUT THIS GOOGLE FORM APPLICATION AND ONE OF OUR OHIO PIRATE CON CREW MATES WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN BEING A PART OF OUR FIRST ANNUAL PIRATE PARADE!