Since 1954, tens of thousands of parade lovers have cherished the Pear Blossom Parade. Growing from a small contingency of local kids pulling wagons the Annual Parade is now southern Oregon’s largest.

The Pear Blossom Parade has grown from 20 wagons and youngsters in the first event to today’s 150 entries with 4000 participants and 25-30,000 enthusiasts lining the parade route.

2024 Parade Information:

April 13th, 2024 at 11 am in Downtown Medford

Contact pearblossom@pearblossomparade.org or 541-840-8007 for more information.

Parade starts at Beatty & Central, proceeds down Central Avenue, turns right onto West Main Street and begins dispersing at Mistletoe.

Parking to view parade will be the side streets surrounding the parade route.

Live TV Coverage of the Pear Blossom 2024 Parade

Saturday, April 13th at 11:00am
On Local Charter Channel 180
(Ashland Home Network Ch 9 and Josephine County Charter 183)

Replays

Saturday, April 13th, 2024 at 6 pm
Sunday, April 14th, 2024 at noon and 9 pm

Live Streaming At: RVTV.SOU.EDU

Watch the 2023 Playback Here

2023 Parade Judging Results:

Equestrian:
1 – Ballet Folklorico Retmo Algre
2 – Jackson County Horseman’s Association
3 – Srita-Latina Rogue Valley

Band: (Tie for 1st place)
1 – South Medford
1 – North Medford
2 – Phoenix
3 – McLoughlin

Youth – Float
1 – The Storytelling Guild / The Childrens Festival
2 – Flores de Cristo Grupo de Danza
3 – Jackson County 4-H

Youth – Walking
1 – TNT Cheer
2 – America’s Best Kids Dance
3 – Panache Dance Company

Youth – Vehicle (Only one entry)
1 – Familia Unida Bike Builders

Adult – Vehicle
1 – Avamere
2 – S.O Corvette Association
3 – Horton Plaza

Adult – Walking
1 – Unete, Center for Farm Worker Advocacy
2 – Pregnancy Center
3 – Medford Alba Sister City Association

Commercial
1 – Amy’s Kitchen
2 – Melody’s Party Events & Rentals
3 – La Clinicia