The Parade was founded by Barbara Luecke and Peter Toms in 1989. Luecke and Toms were inspired by the Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Parade and Celebration.[1] The Parade quickly grew to include thousands of participants and tens of thousands of spectators. The event is produced each June by the Fremont Arts Council (FAC), a non-profit organization based in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that supports the arts and artists in and around the city. The Parade kicks off the Fremont Fair, which for many years was a benefit for Solid Ground (originally known as the Fremont Public Association).[citation needed]
The Fremont Solstice Parade is famous for its style and flair, political humor, energetic ensembles, and creative floats. It is also widely known for the body-painted Solstice Cyclists, who kick off the event each year by stripping nude and paint their bodies. The event is a slowly-paced music, dance and character procession where direct crowd interaction is encouraged and ensembles of actors in costume entertain with political and social commentary.[citation needed]
The Fremont Solstice Pageant, a large-scale community play using over a hundred actors, musicians and giant puppets, was performed following the parade from 1997 to 2005 at the end of the parade route at Gas Works Park.[citation needed]
The Parade distinguishes itself from other mainstream parades with the following unusual rules:
No printed words, signage or recognizable logos.
No live animals (except guide animals).
No motorized vehicles (except motorized wheelchairs)
The 2022 parade is scheduled for Saturday June 18. The parade was cancelled from 2020-2021, as announced on April 16, 2020 by the Fremont Arts Council coronavirus pandemic.[3]
^ "'Warts and all,' Fremont Solstice Parade continues surprises for 20 years". The Seattle Times. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-23.[dead link]
^ . Fremont Arts Council. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
^Halverson, Alex (April 16, 2020). "Seattle's Fremont Solstice Parade canceled due to novel coronavirus pandemic". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Summer Solstice Parade and Pageant.
Fremont Arts Council Homepage
Parade Homepage
May 14, 2023
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