The annual Twilight Parade, a Healdsburg tradition, is so popular it is said everyone in town is either in it or watching it. It starts at 6pm on Thursday, as a symbolic kick-off to the Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair at Rec Park, which runs through Saturday, May 23.
Things are taking shape for the Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair, perhaps the most thoroughly Healdsburg event on the calendar. Between the culinary “Experience” of last weekend and the oncoming “Edge” of next month, it’s as if history grabs us by the nape and says, “Pay attention!”
The animal showings began last week, when the HFFCF Horse Show trotted out onto the dusty oval of Hoofbeat Park. It will be followed this week by show animal judging; livestock, cake and barrel auctions; and—of course—the HFFCF Twilight Parade on May 21.
The parade will follow its normal route, which precipitates the usual road closures from the City of Healdsburg. “As part of the parade, we anticipate a significant influx of participants and spectators, necessitating certain traffic arrangements to ensure a safe and successful event,” said Matt Milde, the city’s recreation supervisor…