# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pip Pip Parade! with Shoestring Theater
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Hip Hip Hooray, it’s PiP PiP Parade!

Join us for during the opening weekend of PiP 2026 for a parade featuring giant puppets and masks, tall stilt-walkers, wild drummers, and huge assemblages of color, costume, and sound!

Portland’s own Shoestring Theater will lead the merry procession down Washington Ave and through our Kennedy Park neighborhood! Our friends in the Ideal Maine Social Aid & Sanctuary Band will join the parade along with festival artists and community members.

Immediately following the parade, join us at Mayo Street Arts for a short puppet show by Stop Puppeting Yourself Puppet Company!

The parade will start at the Root Cellar (94 Washington Avenue) and will continue along Oxford Street to Mayo Street Arts (10 Mayo Street)

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RAIN DATE: Sunday, September 20 at 4:00 PM

Tickets are free or by donation with Pay-What-You-Can pricing starting at $0 per ticket.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/pip-pip-parade-with-shoestring-theater/200030547106419
- **Event Categories**: parades, art, festivals, music, entertainment, nonprofit, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Kennedy Park, Portland, ME 04101, United States
- **lat**: 43.66449
- **long**: -70.25585
- **full address**: Kennedy Park, Portland, ME 04101, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Pip Pip Parade! with Shoestring Theater being held?
  - **A:** Pip Pip Parade! with Shoestring Theater takes place on Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Sat, 19 Sep, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Kennedy Park, Portland, ME 04101, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Pip Pip Parade! with Shoestring Theater?
  - **A:** Pip Pip Parade! with Shoestring Theater is organized by PortTIX Box Office.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Pip Pip Parade! with Shoestring Theater is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Portland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Pip Pip Parade! with Shoestring Theater sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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