The City of Gaithersburg and the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Department celebrate the unofficial end of summer with the 86th Annual Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 2, 2024, at its new start time at 10 a.m.
This year’s Emcee is Larry Miller, a multiple-Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning Morning News Anchor and Consumer Investigative Reporter for WUSA 9-TV in Washington, D.C. The parade will feature an assortment of high school marching bands, dance groups, costumed characters, antique cars and fire engines, equestrian units, clowns, and more, all winding their way down East Diamond and Russell Avenues. Note that participation in the Labor Day Parade by groups or organizations other than City of Gaithersburg officials, departments or committees does not constitute City of Gaithersburg endorsement.
Food vendors will be located at Olde Towne Plaza and the parking lot next to the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Station. Know Before You Go: Ample free parking is available at the Lakeforest Shopping Center transit station, with complimentary shuttle service to Gaithersburg Elementary School between 8 and 9:30 a.m. The last bus after the parade will leave at approximately 1:30 p.m. Those who wish to view the parade in the shade along Russell Avenue can walk there from the transit station by way of Odendhal Avenue. Limited free parking is available in the Olde Towne Parking Garage, located at the corner of Olde Towne and South Summit Avenues. Accessible parking for those with disability placards or plates is available behind the Victor Litz store on the north side of Diamond Avenue and behind the Shell station on South Summit Avenue.