Jul 24, 2024 · With re-creations of handcarts and wagons and other with bees, temples or singing choir members, 20 floats in the Days of ‘47 Parade were were designed and built by wards and stakes in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the theme of “Stout Pioneer Hearts — Lift Others!”

Colorful floats, bands, horses, clowns and other entries thrill thousands of spectators each year. Many families camp out on the streets the night before to ensure a great seat to catch it all the following morning. The Parade starts at State Street and South Temple.

Meet the creators and technicians behind the 2025 Days of ’47 Parade floats and see how it all comes together. More info... More bucking, more broncs, more buckaroos and enough bareback riding for any die-hard Rodeo fan. More info... Here’s your chance to participate in a classic event that is fun and offers great exercise. More info...

Jul 22, 2023 · The Days of ‘47 celebrates when the first pioneer companies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came west to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Part of the …

Jul 23, 2024 · Kim Mortensen, who helped build the West Jordan Utah Sycamores Stake float, said the project has been a deeply spiritual experience that brought stake members together. The float’s theme is “Pioneer heart-shaped Utah” and takes …

Jul 23, 2022 · The Latter-day Saint Taylorsville South Stake float makes its way along the Days of ’47 Parade route on Saturday, July 23, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The float won the Utah Award.

Jul 24, 2024 · Months of hard work to create the impressive floats that will be featured in Salt Lake City's Days of '47 Parade was shown off Saturday in Sandy. This year's theme was "Stout pioneer hearts —...

Presented by Days of 47 at Mountain America Expo Center (formerly South Towne Expo Center), Sandy UT. Meet the creators and technicians behind the 2025 Days of ’47 Parade floats and see how it all comes together — even before the Parade rolls!

The vibrant and exciting float featured a dancing family, a "fiddler on the handcart", cute critters around an animated campfire, Sego Lillies and other flowers, with a choir director sitting on the back of the handcart conducting an energetic Tabernacle Choir.

Jul 22, 2024 · The public look over the Draper Utah float and other Pioneer Day Parade floats during a preview at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy on Saturday, July 20, 2024.