Street Parade Nomination
You have to be in it to win it! Our Saturday morning street parade is a huge highlight of or Easter weekend festivities. Get together with your business, club, committee, organistation or school and enter your float to be part of the 2026 Street Parade!
Entry is FREE and there is some serious prize money up for grabs for the best floats in each category.
Each year a theme is set. Our 2026 theme is yet to be determined. Check back soon.
Make a bonnet for yourself, your float or something country and enter!
Street Parade Details
The Easter in the Country Committee wish to invite all Charities, Businesses, Sporting and Recreational clubs, Maranoa Schools to be part of this years Easter in the Country Street Parade. This annual parade is a great opportunity to showcase the region. Floats can be all shapes and sizes, and how you decorate is completely up to your imagination!
The Easter in the Country Street Parade will proceed down McDowall Street at 9.00am on Saturday, 4 April 2026. Floats are able to begin marshalling at 7:30 am in Spencer Street to prepare for judging. The Roma Police and Maranoa Regional Council will guide your movements at the end of the parade to bump out.
Judging will begin at 8am.
A temporary toilet will be sited adjacent to the Roma Swimming Pool for your use.
On arrival check into the Rotary Desk at the Roma Swimming Pool – Staff will be there to greet you and register your float.
Rotary will also have some bottles of water for distribution.
Sharing of lollies: Please do not share any items from your vehicle. If you wish to share lollies etc they must be shared by a person walking beside your float. This is for the safety of everybody
Winner of the Easter in the Country parade will be presented with their acknowledgement sash at the starting point for placing on the float so the public can view this on route. The judge’s decision will be final.
Format for the parade: The Rotary men will be finalising the presentation of floats therefore it is very important that you register with Rotary in front of the Roma Pool on your arrival.
Once again thank-you for showing pride in our town and our festival and spending time preparing your float for this activity. We hope you have had fun!4
Categories
The Categories include
- Best Kids - includes School groups, Junior Sporting Clubs, participants on floats that are school age etc.
- Best Community Group - includes Charities, Sporting and Recreational Clubs etc.
Prize Money
Awards will be given to the winners only in each category of the Parade.
The winning float in each category will receive $1500 prize money.
What else do you need to know?
Entry is FREE, however we need you to register your float by using the online form below by Thursday, 2 April 2026.
Float participants are only able to share lollies with the crowd etc, if you are walking (see conditions above for more details).
Float participants are to conduct themselves in a cooperative manner at all times to ensure ultimate safety for all participants and spectators.
People need to be mindful of their behaviour and conduct around animals that are also in the parade.
Terms of Conditions of Entry
Parade Marshalls reserve the right to prohibit participation.
By being given permission to enter this parade, you are also agreeing to allow the participants to be photographed for possible future use by the Easter in the Country Inc. for publicity purposes (may be print and online).
The purpose of the parade is to celebrate community spirit and participation through creativity and colour. It is not a business advertising parade.
Judges decision is final, and no discussion will be entered into.
You must be prepared to marshal before the parade in preparation for judging and not late entries will be accepted. The float must be able to proceed down McDowall Street, Roma.
Items are not allowed to be thrown from floats. Items (such as sample bags, confectionery etc) can only be shared with spectators if you are walking.
Floats must ensure they have any required insurance as Easter in the Country Inc. will not be held liable under any circumstances.
Street Parade Registration – Online Form
Entries close Thursday, 2 April 2026
We appreciate the time and effort you have taken to provide us with this information. Please ensure you have clicked the ‘Send’ button below to submit this to us.
The information collected above by Easter in the Country will remain confidential and will not be used by Easter in the Country for any other reason other than assessing and processing the application and for any auditing requirements.