You are applying to participate in the Zoller Pump Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade. If accepted, you agree to follow and abide by all Parade rules and regulations as stated below. Completion of this application does not guarantee acceptance.

Not all applicants will be selected for participation. The Parade Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any parade unit application.

1. The application serves as a waiver of release for your organization and/or Parade unit. By signing the application, you are thus signing the waiver and agreeing to the terms therein.
2. Accepted units will be contacted directly and receive a participation packet with the required documents. Failure to complete and return the required paperwork by the deadline could result in removal from the parade.
3. All accepted units must provide the Kentucky Derby Festival a certificate of insurance naming the Kentucky Derby Festival and City of Louisville as additional insured. Your organization assumes responsibility for your participants. (You can obtain this insurance from your general liability carrier, or you may purchase insurance through the Kentucky Derby Festival for $100.)
4. All accepted units are responsible for all their costs/expenses associated with performing in the Parade.
5. All participants must dress in themed costumes, outfits or uniforms.
6. Parade units must follow instructions from Parade officials.
7. Parade participants are not allowed to distribute candy, pamphlets or other materials along the Parade Route.
8. Children under the age of 14 MUST be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times. Children under the age of 8 aren’t permitted to participate.
9. Baby strollers, wagons or carts of any kind are not allowed in the line of march.
10. No vehicles are allowed on the Parade Route with participating units unless approved by the Parade Committee.
11. All vehicles approved to be in the Parade must be licensed, registered and insured. All drivers must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license. Proper paperwork must accompany the vehicle at all times.
12. Motorcycles and novelty vehicles of any kind are not allowed in the Parade.
13. The Parade Committee must approve all animals to be in the Parade. City, state and federal ordinances and laws apply to all participating animals. All equine units must have a negative Coggins test within the past twelve months of the Parade and have proof of such a negative test.
14. All entries with ANY sounds, sirens, horns, or music and amplifying systems must note that in their application and receive prior approval from the Parade Committee. Accepted units shall maintain a volume that will not interfere with other entries, especially those with animals. Failure to comply could result in removal from the line of march.
15. Parade participants must stay in their assigned Assembly location unless otherwise instructed by a Parade official. Failure to do so will result in removing your unit from the Parade.
16. Parade participants must keep pace with the line of march. All units must maintain forward motion during the Parade. No countermarching or other maneuver contrary to the forward progress of the Parade is allowed. Gaps are not allowed to occur.
17. Alcoholic beverages and other controlled substances are forbidden on and along the Parade Route. This policy includes Assembly, Route, Dispersal and all indoor and outdoor operational areas of the Parade. Participants consuming said substance before or during the Parade will not be allowed to participate and will be removed from the line of march.
18. Kentucky Derby Festival prohibits any display of commercial, political, religious or issue related advertising on or by any person, unit or part of a unit in the parade, with the exception of pre-approved units with commercial logos, and Festival permit-fee-paid, commercial units.
19. Improper use of the American flag is not permitted.
20. The Kentucky Derby Festival has its own Royal Court. No outside pageant participants are accepted to participate in the parade unless otherwise approved by the Kentucky Derby Festival and the Parade Committee.
21. The Parade Committee must approve any additions or changes made to Parade units after being accepted. Parade units with changes that have not been approved will not be allowed in the line of march.
22. The Parade Committee and members of the Kentucky Derby Festival Staff and Board of Directors reserve the right to remove any unit from the line of march for any reason or cause without advance notice.
23. The Parade will take place rain or shine.

Please note: With approximately 100 units allowed in the parade each year, the Derby Festival cannot accommodate all units who apply. However, units who are not selected for participation in the parade are welcome to contact the Derby Festival for additional opportunities to get involved with the Festival.