parade – KB Digital

Going green

For the first time ever, the Rock River will be green for the St. Patrick’s Day parade. While Chicago was the one who made this trend famous globally, Rockford doesn’t mind joining in on the fun. The Irish Marching Society of Rockford will dye the river green for this year’s event to celebrate the popular holiday.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Rockford, Illinois

The floats are…

Every year we see such a wide variety of floats in the parade. As you’ll see in the picture on this page, there’s a little bit of everything for everyone’s taste of entertainment. While we are not exactly sure of this year’s parade line-up we can name some of the past ones: Ghost Busters, pirate bicycle ship, Rockford Police Department, Mayor Tom McNamara, classic cars, and elegant horses.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Rockford, Illinois

Feeling lucky

They say that everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day… and with the tradition comes four-leaf clovers, leprechauns and lots of luck. Then again, this all depends on how superstitious you are. KB Digital will be in downtown Rockford for the parade and hopefully we’ll be lucky enough to capture some amazing images this year as well. Below you will see more images from the 2017 parade – you might just spot yourself or a friend.

‘Tis the season to be jolly… falalalala-lala-la-la

Santa on State Street in downtown Rockford, Illinois.

It’s that time of the year again when everything becomes so festive. For the city of Rockford, Illinois, an annual event called Stroll on State officially kicks off the winter holiday season. The event started several years ago as a way to bring the community together and help out small businesses in the downtown district. It is held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and well sometimes the weather can be a bit too much here in northern Illinois during that time.

Rockford Fire Department participated in the parade.

While last year’s attendance set a new record, at almost 80,000 attendees, this year was not that even close to that. The rain had to have been a huge factor and the low temperatures didn’t help either. Nonetheless, KB Digital was there to capture some amazing shots of the parade. We had a blast seeing all the different floats and just enjoying all the holiday spirit from the community.

We love the Stroll On State tradition and try to attend every year, and this year was no exception. Due to prior scheduled plans, we couldn’t stay too long and didn’t get to enjoy the tree lighting later that afternoon. However, we did hurry back to the studio to process all the pictures and start uploading them. Out of about 150 pictures, we selected 46 to upload on our website so we hope you enjoy them. They are also uploaded onto our Facebook page so feel free to tag family and friends if you spot them in the gallery.

PS. Only thing we regret not doing is picking up some of the candy because we sure do have a sweet tooth.

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Rockford, Illinois

Going green

The floats are…

Feeling lucky

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Stroll On State 2019