Whether you're a veteran watcher, or this is your first time, it's always exciting to see the floats go by and hear the bands live. These are premium tickets: first stands, at the start of the parade on Orange Grove, South of Green Street. You'll even see the timer on his podium start the parade!

The first Rose Parade was held in downtown Pasadena in 1890, hosted by the Valley Hunt Club, a group of wealthy Midwesterners who had formed a new community in Pasadena to escape the cold of winter. The parade this year is on Monday, January 2nd due to the Rose Bowl's "Never on Sunday" policy since the horses and buggies hitched outside churches along the parade route were disturbed by the floats going by. The parade switched from horse-and-buggy floats to motorized ones in 1920.

Tickets will be received by the donor in early December.  Call the donor to arrange pickup.  Must be used on January 1st, 2024