Honeyfest Parade

2024 Parade Rules and Regulations will be posted as soon as they are finalized.

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2023 Clarkson Honeyfest Committee Parade Float

Honeyfest 2023 Parade Winners

School Floats

Clarkson Kindergarten  – 1st Place

Clarkson First Grade – 2nd Place

Clarkson 2nd Grade – 1st Place

Clarkson 5th Grade – 1st Place

St. Paul School – 1st Place

Grayson Co. FFA – 2nd Place

Most Original Bee Theme

Clarkson Baptist Church – 1st Place

Infinity Pools – 2nd Place

St. Paul School – 3rd Place

Best Bee Theme

Kelley Beehive – 1st Place

Necco Foster Families – 2nd Place

H&H Networking – 3rd Place

Best Decorated Pet  and Owner

Unstoppables – 1st Place

Kelley Beehive – 2nd Place

Most Creative Entry

Chatterbox – 1st Place

Church of Christ – 2nd Place

GC FFA – 3rd Place

Best Church Entry

Church of Christ – 1st Place

Clarkson Baptist – 2nd Place

Clarkson Community Church – 3rd Place

Best Decorated Vehicle

Pierce Family – 1st Place

Unstoppables – 2nd Place

Twin Lakes Home Health – 3rd Place

Best Fall Theme

Grayson Co. Tourism – 1st Place

Unstoppables – 2nd Place

Leitchfield Memorial – 3rd Place

Best Business Float

Chatterbox – 1st Place

Twin Lakes Dental – 2nd Place

Bank of Clarkson – 3rd Place

Antique Car or Truck – Best Condition

Norman Weedman, Blue Chevy – 1st Place

Louis Clemons, Mustang – 2nd Place

Jim McGrew, RR – 3rd Place

Antique Car or Truck – Judges’ Choice

Dewayne Blanton, Chevy Pickup– 1st Place

Robert Redford, Red Ford – 2nd Place

Karl Goff, Nova SS – 3rd Place

Antique Tractor- Best Restored

Adam Cain “Nightmare”,1946B Farmall – 1st Place

Kirk Embry, John Deere B 1951 – 2nd Place

Mark Miller, Farmall 1953- 3rd Place

Antique Tractor – Judges’ Choice

Carlee Glutting, 1940 Ford – 1st Place

Jackson Glutting, 1974 – 2nd Place

Case Hayes, John Deere – 3rd Place

Oldest Antique Tractor – Tyler Dudgeon, Allis Chalmers 1949

Best Horse-Drawn Vehicle – No participants

Best Decorated Horse and Rider

Charlie Byer- First Place

Alanna Duke – 2nd Place

Caroline Barber – 3rd Place

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Click below to view highlights from 2022 Honeyfest Parade.

2022 Parade collage
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ANNUAL HONEYFEST PARADE

Saturday, September 21, 2024.

  • Parade line up begins at Midway Plaza in Clarkson.
  • Judging begins at 8 am; Parade begins at 9 am.
  • Clarkson, Ky is in the Central Time Zone.
  1. Due to the size of the parade the Honeyfest Committee and Parade Staff reserves the right to refuse any parade entry or entrant deemed unsuitable.
  • Floats must be lined up at the Midway Plaza parking lot by 7:30 am
  • If your group or club will be having multiple floats or entries, and you wish to travel the parade route in sequence, it is important that you arrive together.  Arriving at staggered times will force separation of the individual units.
  • Judging will begin at 8:00 am

2024 PARADE RULES:

  • NO Four Wheelers
  • NO Horses unless they are pulling a carriage or wagon (we love horses but because of the liability and safety issues, we must refuse horse and rider)
  • NO Semi-Trucks
  • Trucks must be decorated or pulling a float.
  • No Monster Trucks
  • No lawn mowers unless pulling a float.
  • No vulgar language or music.  Let’s keep it clean, folks!
  • Crowd-friendly horses ONLY.
  • Committee will request owners of unruly horses not to participate.
  • Bicycles must be decorated, and rider must wear a helmet.
  • For safety, all floats must have a responsible person with valid driver’s license and insurance, driving and one person walking on each side of the float.
  • Entries, please keep the parade flowing.  Please do not pause along the route to chat or visit.
  • In the interest of safety, the Honeyfest Committee asks that each float/parade entry consider only allowing responsible adults walking beside the float to throw candy.
  • We reserve the right to refuse entry to anyone, for any reason, at any time during line-up, route or event.       Clarkson Honeyfest Committee
CATEGORIES:
  • Most Original Bee Theme
  • Best Bee Theme
  • Best Fall Theme
  • Best decorated Pet and Owner
  • Most Creative Entry
  • Best Church Entry
  • Best Business Float
  • Best Horse-drawn Vehicle
  • Best Decorated Vehicle
  • Antique Car or Truck- Best Condition
  • Antique Car or Truck- Judges’ Choice
  • Antique Tractor- Best Restored
  • Antique Tractor- Judges’ Choice
  • Best Decorated Horse and Rider
  • Mayor’s Choice
  • Honeyfest Committee Grand Champion
  • Neither City of Clarkson nor Clarkson Honeyfest is responsible for accidents.
For everyone’s safety, onlookers along the parade route are asked to stay off the highway while the parade is in progress.  Please watch young children at all times
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For parade information, please contact Tana Dickerson 270-230-3261 (only after 3:30 pm)

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