DATE
Sunday, September 25, 2022

TIME
12:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

LOCATION
Milwaukee River (see map below), or watch from Harbor Fest (600 E. Greenfield Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53204)

Local artists and performers will once again showcase their talents on one-of-a-kind art installation floats at the 6th Annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Boat Parade during Harbor Fest and Sturgeon Fest!  

This unique twist on the traditional family favorite features a parade of floats that really float!  Art installations have been carefully crafted by local artists and performers to celebrate and honor the waterways we love.

This year’s theme “Clean Water in the Cream City” honors the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. 

See photos from the 6th Annual Boat Parade here!

See photos from the 5th Annual Boat Parade here!

VIEWING RESTAURANTS – Enjoy a meal or a drink and watch the parade float by!

FLOATS

  • #1 Milwaukee Riverkeeper – Freshwater Fish
  • #2 Riveredge Nature Center – Return of the Sturgeon
  • #3 Linda Freund & Jeff Holub – Turtle
  • #4 Yay! Booth Street! – Native Plants of Wisconsin
  • #5 Performance by True Skool
  • #6 Kim Burnett – Willy Wonka in the Cream City
  • #7 Heather Eiden – Freshwater Swimming
  • #8 Emily Eastman – Clean Energy in the Cream City
  • #9 Cori De Stael – Water Dragon
  • #10 Shannon Molter – Celebrating a Century on the Water
  • #11 Ken Brown – Butterfly
  • #12 Anastasia Esther – Prost to Clean Water
  • #13 Yesi Perez – Juntos
  • # 14 Will Plautz – Garden

Don’t forget to VOTE for you favorite float! > bit.ly/vote4boat

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE BOAT