Findlay Market Opening Day Parade

Let's have a parade!

Four woolly mammoths that once stood outside the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, and later the Cincinnati Museum Center's Geier Collections and Research Center, are moving to a new location. First, one will make it's way through the streets of Cincinnati Thursday in the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade.

"Who remembers a hard-nosed goggle-wearing third baseman?"

Streets will be closed, celebrities and fans will parade, and there will be hoopla before the first pitch of the Cincinnati Reds' 2024 season.

The committee "got rid of a lot of stuff that wasn't that exciting. We asked people to step up their game and many of them did," says organizer Debbie Knueven Gannaway.

Less than a year after forming, the Wilberforce University marching band is already gaining acclaim and stepping onto the music scene. Fresh off marching in four Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, the "Hounds of Sound" will make their Cincinnati debut in the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade.

Some former Bengals players are also scheduled to make an appearance during the Opening Day festivities.

Even two hours before the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade stepped off in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnatians were lining the streets in anticipation of something they hadn’t experienced since 2019.

While it's not technically Opening Day, Tuesday marks the return of the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade after a two year absence due to the pandemic. Here are the streets that will be closed when.

Findlay Market is preparing for the 102nd Opening Day Parade Tuesday, April 12 with anticipated huge crowds and new floats. Former Reds shortstop Hall of Famer Barry Larkin is Grand Marshal.