11:00 Food booths & vendors open on Square
11:30 Irish Idol Contest
12:00 Parade units begin forming (Benton & Commercial)
2:00 Parade begins with Grand Marshal
4:00 Parade disbands (Park Central West)
4:30 – ???? Celebration continues with the Awards Ceremony to be determined

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About 80 ten-member cooking teams will compete in the Chili Cook-Off for a variety of trophies and prizes, and for bragging rights about chili making prowess. Cooks will be up before sunrise to begin slicing, dicing and cooking at least ten gallons of chili each for the public to begin tasting and judging at 11AM. Chili offerings, many based on favorite and closely-guarded recipes, range from tasty to exotic to really spicy.

And courtesy of The Four-Four, here is the sound line up with commentary:

Beer Garden Stage (Upstairs)
10:45 am – 11:45 am Sequel Dose
Noon – 1:00 pm The Sociables
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm The Ben Miller Band
2:30 pm – 3: 30 pm Jah Roots
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Speakeasy

Event Stage (Downstairs)
11:15 am – 12:15 pm N2 Deep
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm The Dropouts
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Chance Ray Band
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Cory Morrow

Note the appearance by The Sociables at noon at the Beer Garden Stage. We were told when the group announced its “indefinite hiatus” that it would honor the shows it had committed to prior to its decision to stop playing, and this is one such show. It might be the last chance you get to see them in action. You’ll also notice the Jah Roots-Speakeasy double whammy later in the afternoon. The music lineup should easily compete with the chili for your attention, and the music won’t make you fart.