Pet Parade & Animal Rescue Expo
The Kids Pet Parade and Animal Rescue Expo is a crowd Favorite. All 6 winners march together as an entry in the Swallows Day Parade
Congratulations to our 2024 Pet Parade Winners.
Audrey Bucho – Farm / Barn Animal
Ellie Musselman – Bird
Vincent & Franco Diaz – Team Costume
Our Fiesta Association Pet Parade last Saturday was a great success. A big Thank you to our Fiesta Volunteers, Vendors, Contestants, Animal Rescues, Entertainers, Face Painters and of course our Fabulous Animals. Our generous sponsors were F&M Bank, Stroscher Ranch, Cefali and Cefali and Metrolink. Our winners are Audrey Bucho – Farm / Barn Animal, Ellie Musselman – Bird, Vincent and Franco Diaz – Team Costume, Kelly Hammons – Kid At Heart, Zoe Reyes – Exotic Petand Elise Helsel – Domestic Pet.
All 6 of our finalists will march together in the Swallows Day Parade. Congratulations!
Also in the pictures are Kevin Middleton – F&M Bank, Andrew Stroscher – Stroscher Ranch and
Pet Parade Chair Jonathan Morgan Jenkins.
Kelly Hammons – Kid At Heart
Zoe Reyes – Exotic Pet
Elise Helsel – Domestic Pet
Highlights From Two Former Pet Parades!
Don’t miss the 2024 Pet Parade & Animal Rescue Expo
Event Date and Time
Saturday, February 24th 2024
(Rain Date is Saturday March 2nd, 2024)
Signups start at 10:00 AM
Parade starts at 11:30AM
Judging follows Parade
Pet Parade Event Location
Los Rios Park
31791 Los Rios St
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Sign Up For The Pet Parade!
Pet Parade Categories
Children between the ages of 5 – 12 can compete for:
Best Team Costume (owner and pet)
Best Domestic / Household Pet
Best Exotic Pet
Best Barnyard / Farm Animal
Best Bird
Kid At Heart (for our seniors and their beloved pet)
Hello there. I am Jonathan Jenkins Chair of the Pet Parade and Animal Rescue Expo in 2024. The Pet Parade is one of my favorite events. It’s the event that brings together the most important relationships in life: Parents, Children and their amazing Pets! Also important are the numerous local animal rescue charities. Last year I was able to include nine local rescue charities in our event. 2024 will be the same or more. Prior to 2023, there was only one overall prize winner that was honored to march as an entry in the Swallows Day Parade. In 2023 I implemented a change that included the winners of all six categories to march together in the parade. In 2024 I plan to do the same. Please click the “Sign Up” link, fill out your entry form to sign up for our fantastic event. See you there!
Congratulations to our winners who marched together in the 2023 Swallows Day Parade
Check out photos from our former Fiesta Association Pet Parades
Please Download and bring your completed application.
If you forget, no worries, we can sign you up at the event!
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