Judging Criteria and Awards

• Judges will be selected from the community by the Parade committee.
• Each unit will be judged on its overall presentation and the judges’ decision will be final.
• Awards will be granted to three places in each judging category.
• Performances in the parade are only allowed at the Judges stand (On Fourth Street at E Street) with a limit of one (1) minute. Stopping the parade to perform in other areas of the parade may result in being pulled from the parade lineup without refund.
• The awards will be presented on the Festival Stage at 3:00pm, June 1, 2019. If the winner is not present the award will be held by the parade committee and the winner contacted to receive their award.

Judging Categories:

1. Best Use of Pride Theme: Love
2. Most Creative & Original
3. Best Overall

Awards in each category:

1. First: tba
2. Second: tba
3. Third: tba

As of May 3, 2019

The Sonoma County Pride planning committee is working hard to finalize details for this year’s Pride events. Once we have finalized the details we will publish FAQs and answers in this location. Thank you for your patience.

What should I wear? – Be festive! Wear lots of color! Don’t be afraid to show your pride and wear rainbows and tons of color! Be sure to dress comfortable, and remember it could be warm so be sure to wear sunscreen!

Are Dogs Allowed? – dogs are allowed so long as they are on a leash and well behaved. Owners are responsible for cleaning up after them. Please take into consideration that we expect a very large crowd and there will be music and controlled chaos.. Some animals might be stressed.