Motorcycle daredevils. Eye-popping floats. Mexican dancers. Fire engines and police cars. And lots of smiling faces, everywhere you looked.
Southwest Florida’s biggest event, the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade, returned Saturday, Feb. 21, to downtown Fort Myers.
Spectators packed Cleveland Avenue and downtown’s streets to see the 88th-annual parade, including about 15 high-school marching bands and 60 floats — all illuminating the Fort Myers night with police and fire engine emergency lights, glow sticks, Christmas lights and anything else that glowed or shined.
Edison Parade photos: Fun times in Fort Myers and a fireworks finale!
The Edison Fest grand parade, a Fort Myers tradition
The annual event is one of the biggest night parades in the Southeastern United States — and also the biggest and longest-running parade in Southwest Florida…