The parade will start at 2:00pm.
Over forty different organizations will march the one mile route
from Brooklawn Park to the Feast grounds at Madeira Field.

There will be brass bands, fife & drum bands,
clowns, militias, beauty queens,
floats, classic cars and lots of fun for everyone.

Parade Route:
The parade will begin at Brooklawn Park and head
south on Acushnet Avenue.
It will then turn east onto Earle Street and proceed north
on Madeira Avenue to Madeira Field.

Parade Grand Marshall - Joseph Neves Jr.

This year's parade marchers will include:

Members of the 2008 Feast Committee
Members of the Clube Madeirense S.S.Sacramento, Inc
Members of the Grupo Folclorico SS Sacramento

2008 Scholarship Winners
Dancas e Cantares do Club Juventude Lusitana
Marchas de S. Joao do Lusitana Club
Hallamore Corp.
Kentish Guards Militia
Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps
Bristol County Sheriff's Office - Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson
U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary
Bay State Band 1
Bay State Band 2
American Red Cross
Marksmen Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps
Federal Blues R.I.M
New Bedford Police Dept.
Immigrants Assistance Center, Inc.
Portuguese United for Education
Marcha de Sao Joao from East Providence
Dartmouth High School Band
First Citizens Credit Union
Safe Zones
Southcoast Childrens Theater
Highland Light Scottish Pipe Band
Miss Massachusetts
Capeway Adult Day Health Center and Transportation
Aleppo Shriners (Fire Brigade)
Peter Panic (Goldenbough)
and many others.