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Guide: Hometown Holidays
Everything you need to know about this year's Hometown Holidays and Memorial Day Parade in Rockville.
Rockville marks the unofficial start of summer this weekend with Hometown Holidays and 69th Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade.
Hometown Holidays is in Rockville Town Center from Saturday, May 25 ending with the parade on Monday, May 27.
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Music is the main focal point on Saturday and Sunday. And this year’s lineup showcases a couple of local artists who made it big.
Performers include rising country music star and Maryland native Shane Gamble—who was just added to the CMA Fest lineup in Nashville—performs Saturday night and Grammy nominated hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon, who represents Southeast.
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Sunny Sweeny will close out Saturday night. The Waiting—a Tom Petty tribute band—headline Sunday.
There’s also The Taste of Rockville on Saturday and Sunday. For a few taste tickets, you can sample gourmet dishes from 20 area restaurants.
On Monday, the city will hold its annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony. This year’s marshal is U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Steven R. Simmons, a native of Ohio.
The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. on Martins Lane and ends on East Montgomery Avenue.
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Parking | Town Square
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 25-Sunday, May 26
7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, May 27
Special event parking rate— $5 flat rate (no validation during this time)
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On the web
- Hometown Holidays website— RockvilleMD.gov/events/hth/
- Hometown Holidays All Access (YouTube)
- Facebook—www.facebook.com/RockvilleHometownHolidays
Food | Blue and Green zones
2–10 p.m. Saturday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26.
Presented by the Rockville Chamber of Commerce and Community Ministries of Rockville. Food tickets cost $1.25 each; most items cost between one and four tickets.
Bud Light Stage
2-3:30 p.m.
Dixie Power Trio
Hungerford's Tavern Stage
2-3:30 p.m.
Blaggards
Maryland Stage
2:30-4 p.m.
Ted Garber Band
Regal Stage
3:30-5 p.m.
Honky Tonk Confidential
Bud Light Stage
4-5:30 p.m.
The Dirty Pints
Hungerfords Tavern Stage
4:30-6 p.m.
Shane Gamble
Regal Stage
4:30-6 p.m.
David Wax Museum
Town Square Stage
5:30-7 p.m.
Kelly Bell Band
Bud Light Stage
6:30-8 p.m.
Jah Works
Town Square Stage
6:30-8 p.m.
The Dirty Guv’nahs
Regal Stage
8:30-10 p.m.
Chopteeth
Town Square Stage
8:30-10 p.m.
Sunny Sweeney
Regal Stage
Music | Sunday lineup
2-3 p.m.
Dale & The Z Dubs
Bud Light Stage
2-3 p.m.
Hillbilly Gypsies
Town Square Stage
2-3:30 p.m.
Radio Caroline
Hungerford's Tavern Stage
2:30-4 p.m.
Blaggards
Regal Stage
3:30-5 p.m.
The Weber Brothers
Bud Light Stage
4-5:30 p.m.
The 19th Street Band
Hungersford's Tavern Stage
4:30-6 p.m.
Donegal X-Press
Town Square Stage
4:30-6 p.m.
King Soul
Regal Stage
5:30-7 p.m.
Lloyd Dobler Effect
Bud Light Stage
6:30-8 p.m.
Christylez Bacon
Town Square Stage
6:30-8 p.m.
The Nighthawks
Regal Stage
7-10 p.m.
DJ Jaime Mizell
Hungerford's Tavern Stage
8:30-10 p.m.
Lionize
Town Square Stage
8:30-10 p.m.
The Waiting – A Tribute to
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Regal Stage
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Parade | 69th Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade
Grand Marshal: Lieutenant Junior Grade Steven R. Simmons, U.S. Navy
Emcee: Brian van de Graaff, weathercaster on weekday mornings for ABC7/WJLA and station News Channel 8
Schedule:
- 9 a.m.—Performance at Town Square plaza. Rockville Concert Band and the Rockville Community Chorus. Directed by John Saint Amour.
- 9:30 a.m. —American Legion Post 86 will lay a traditional wreath. The Legion Post will join the Rockville City Police Department Honor Guard in presenting the colors and firing a 21-gun salute. The ceremony will also include an address from Grand Marshal Lieutenant Junior Grade Steven R. Simmons, U.S. Navy.
- 10:30 a.m. —The parade route begins on Martins Lane, turns south onto North Washington Street, then turns east onto Beall Avenue, south onto Maryland Avenue through Rockville Town Center and east onto East Montgomery Avenue.
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