Floatfest, Rose Parade

Floatfest gives a closer look, smell of 2025 Rose Parade’s moving masterpieces
The three-day event continues through Friday, Jan. 3 at Sierra Madre and Washington Boulevards. Here’s a glimpse.
A chance to view Rose Parade floats runs through Friday at Floatfest
An extra day has been added to Floatfest, where 39 floats displayed along two miles of Sierra Madre and Washington Boulevards are up for viewing.
Floatfest: An up-close look at Rose Parade floats
Floatfest: A Rose Parade Showcase, is open on January 1, 2, and 3. This 2-mile display features Rose Parade floats after their appearance on the parade route. Each year, nearly 70,000 visitors go to Sierra Madre and Washington Boulevard in Pasadena for a rare opportunity to get up close to these incredible floats and admire the details and creativity that make each display unique.
It’s time to smell the roses! Rose Parade’s Floatfest has begun
This year’s Floatfest is a three-day opportunity for people to get up close and personal to the 2025 Rose Parade floats.
Rose Parade floats now available for viewing at annual Floatfest
Each year, thousands of visitors head to Sierra Madre and Washington Boulevards in Pasadena for the chance to see the floats up close!
Rose Parade 2025: At Floatfest, you’ve got a third day to smell the roses post-parade
You’ll have an extra day to smell the roses, and orchids, and chrysanthemums at Post Parade: A Showcase of Floats, stationed at the corner of Sierra Madre Avenue and Washington Boulevard in Pasadena, right after the 136th Rose Parade.
A rose’s journey from a Colombian farm to a parade float in Pasadena
Bob Mellano is supplying the flowers and foliage for 21 of the 39 Rose Parade floats. The Hearts rose is grown outside Bogotá in carefully controlled greenhouses.
Limited-time up-close look at Rose Parade floats in Pasadena
With the Rose Parade festivities behind us, fans have their yearly chance to get a closer look at the magnificent floats during Floatfest, a two-day event in Pasadena.
Food trucks are finding a stage at Rose Parade 2025’s Floatfest
Some of the featured trucks are The Tropic Truck, serving Caribbean-style seafood and meats; Chef Roy Choi’s Kogi food truck, dishing up flavorful Korean and Mexican-inspired dishes; and The Bison Burger Truck, offering you guessed it, bison burgers in addition to other BBQ favorites.
Floatfest 2025
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