PARTICIPANT APPLICATION

56TH Annual African American Day Parade

Sunday, September 21ST, 2025

CELEBRATING OVER 55 YEARS IN THE HARLEM COMMUNITY!!!

Welcome to the application page for the Annual African American Day Parade. Every parade season, AADP kicks off as the nation's largest African American parade featuring majestic floats, marching bands, community-based organizations, civil servants, performance groups, politicians, fraternities and sororities, unions, celebrities, national figures and many more.

Registration For the 56TH annual african american day parade is now open!

 


AADP General Rules & GUIDELINES

  1. Participating groups and organizations should have coordinated attire/ uniforms/ costumes (attire with profanity or offensive to guidelines will not be allowed)

  2. Tights MUST be worn with leotards and shorts.

  3. All participants must embody performance qualities such as smiling, waving, enthusiasm, and pride.

  4. All participants must promote African American heritage, culture and pride. Groups/participants that do not reflect the culture may not be allowed to participate in the parade.

  5. All participants must reflect a respect for general public decency and moral values, including a dress code of a professional or cultural nature. All participants must refrain from the use of profane or offensive language, aggressive behavior, and alcohol and/or drug use (ESPECIALLY ON THE PARADE ROUTE)

  6. No political or electoral advertisement or signs may be displayed by any contingent.

  7. All participants must adhere to the instructions of Parade Coordinators/ Officials & Volunteers during the parade.

  8. No violent behavior of any kind will be tolerated.

  9. ALL additional vehicles and/or Larger vehicles are required to fill out a Vehicle Registration form and is subject to fees.

Mandatory Zoom Meetings

AADP requires that EVERY participating group attend at least ONE Zoom meeting prior to Parade Day. At these meetings we will only need one or two representatives. Please see the dates and AADP's Zoom link below:

- Thursday, May 15th 2025 6:30pm

- Thursday, July 10th 2025 6:30pm & - Thursday, August 28th, 2025 6:30pm

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