Calgary Stampede Parade kicks off 2022 edition of the Greatest Show on Earth
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The Calgary Stampede Parade starts at 9 a.m. Friday and runs until 11 a.m. You can watch the parade live on Globalnews.ca, TV, YouTube, Facebook live and Amazon Prime.
Wipe the dust off your boots and grab the cowboy hat – the Calgary Stampede Parade is back and ready to roll Friday morning.
The Calgary Stampede Parade officially kicks off the 10-day event.
Led by parade marshal Kevin Costner, the parade starts at 9 a.m. MT and runs until 11 a.m. You can watch the entire thing live right here on Global Calgary’s website.
Global Calgary is the 2022 broadcast partner of the parade, providing an Alberta-wide broadcast on Global Television beginning at 9 a.m.; as well as the Global TV App, GlobalNews.ca, the Global News YouTube Channel, Global Calgary Facebook Live and Amazon Prime.
The parade will be hosted by Global’s Dallas Flexhaug, Blake Lough, Leslie Horton and Jeff McArthur from The Morning Show.
This year’s parade features more than 90 entrants, including marching bands, floats and mounted colour parties. The parade starts at 3 Street S.E. and makes its way west along 9 Avenue until 10 Street S.W. where it heads north to 6 Avenue S.W. before making its way back east to 3 Street S.E.
“The Calgary Stampede Parade Committee is eager to get back to doing what they love — putting on a full parade,” said Dwayne Spence, chair of the Calgary Stampede Committee.
“We have assembled a terrific lineup with many of the traditional entries Calgarians look forward to seeing, as well as a few new surprises.”
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