PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Organizers of the Portsmouth River Days Festival have released the route for this Saturday’s parade, one of the marquee events of the city’s Labor Day weekend celebration.
The parade steps off from Spartan Stadium at 11 a.m. Saturday, according to a post from Portsmouth River Days. From there, it will travel up Boundary Street, west on Jackson Avenue, north on Offnere Street, west on Gallia Street and north on Chillicothe Street before disbanding at Tracy Park.
Organizers said there will be no parking allowed along the parade route and asked residents to plan ahead for temporary street closures Saturday morning.
The parade is part of the larger River Days Festival, which Friends of Portsmouth, the nonprofit that organizes the event, bills as the longest continuously running festival in Ohio, with roots stretching back more than six decades. The Labor Day weekend celebration is centered on Fourth Street in downtown Portsmouth and typically includes live music, food vendors, carnival rides and games, a pageant and the Ducky Derby rubber duck race, in addition to the parade.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Portsmouth River Days.
