2026 Parade Winners
A hearty thank you to all who participated in this year’s parade! Demonstrating tremendous Northwest-Nordic spirit, parade participants enjoyed perfect weather and sidewalks brimmed with spectators throughout Ballard this year. Whisked along the construction battered streets on the sumptuous harmonies of more than a dozen award-wining marching bands.
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to our judges for their efforts in selecting these standouts from a very competitive field.
Special shout out to our Norwegian Consulate Award Winner: Karmoy Club
High School Band
1st Place - Ballard High School
2nd Place - Roosevelt High School
3rd Place - Northwest Junior Pipe Band
Middle School Band
1st Place - Robert Eagle Staff Middle School
2nd Place - Explorer Middle School
3rd Place - Jane Adams Middle School
2026 Parade Order
We have a packed lineup this year! This is as it sits right now, but please keep in mind that the parade order might shift up to the day of the parade. You will get your final spot at check-in.
Order and Group Name
- Ri - Imagine: Ballard Sponsor
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Pst 3063 and American Legion Post 1 Color Guard
- SEATTLE MANNSKOR
- Grand Marshal Erna Solberg VIP
- Honorary Consul Viggo Forde
- Honorary Marshal Captain Dale Pederson
- Honorary Marshal Konrad Uri
- SEATTLE MANNSKOR
- Columbia River High School "Rapids" Marching Band
- Sunnmorslaget av Seattle
- The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University Sponsor
- Norwegian Commercial Club
- Bens Plumbing
- Robert Eagle Staff Middle School Marching Band and Dance Team Band
- the Scandinavian Language Institute
- Swansons Nursery Sponsor
- Leif Erikson Lodge Sons of Norway
- Leikarringen, Norwegian Dancers from Leif Erikson Sons of Norway Lodge Scandinavian Group
- Adams Elementary School
- Ballard Community Center
- Barneleikarringen of Greater Seattle
- Ballard FC and Salmon Bay FC
- Puget Sound Volvo Sports America
- The Swedish Club
- Ballard High School Marching Band
- Ballard Knights - Ballard Junior Football & Cheer
- Karmoy Club
- National Nordic Museum
- Aegis Living
- Interlake High School Marching Band
- Daughters of Norway lodge Valkyrien #1
- Embla Lodge #2, Daughters of Norway
- Daughters of Norway, Solveig Lodge #31
- Daughters of Norway, Skadi Lodge #57
- The Academy of Music and Dance
- The Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle
- Aegis Living Ballard
- Bellevue High School Marching Band
- The Norwegian Diamonds
- S.S.Norskehavet
- St. Alphonsus School
- Sons of Norway Fritjov Lodge 17 from Stanwood
- Explorer Middle School Marching Band
- Bothell sons of Norway
- Woodland Park Cooperative Preschool and Kindergarten
- Viking Ship OSA
- Greater Tacoma Peace Prize
- Mariner High School Marching Band
- Ballard Senior Center Local
- Ballard Little League
- La Senoritas Drill Team
- Ballard Historical Society
- Bakke Coffee Museum
- Newport Pride Marching Band
- Fremont Arts Council Green Man & friends
- Puget Sound Region of Vintage Chevrolet Club of America
- Mountain Pacific Bank
- Highland Middle School's Eagle Brigade
- Ballard Elk’s Lodge #827
- Lincoln High School Cheer Team
- barre3 Ballard
- Roosevelt High School Rider Marching Band
- Ballard Troll Patrol
- Big Mike’s Recycle & Pavingstone Supply
- North Queens Drill Team
- Cub Scout Pack 100
- Pacific Sámi Searvi
- Voyager Middle School Marching Band
- North Beach Elementary
- Ballard First Lutheran Church
- ARC Dance
- Viking Robotics
- Girl Scout Service Unit 530
- Jane Addams Middle School Marching Band
- Loyal Heights Elementary
- University of Washington Department of Scandinavian Studies Scandinavian Group
- Shorewood High School Marching Band
- Seattle Commodores
- Seattle Vikings Rugby Club
- Ballard Eagles Drill Team
- Whittier Wildcats One-Wheel Wonders
- Seattle Rider Tours--Guided Ebike Tours
- Northwest Junior Pipe Band
- Kongsberger Ski Club
- The Hearthstone (A Continuting Care Retirement
- Seattle Seafair Clowns
- Ingraham High School Ram Band and color guard
17th of May Parade Marshal Nomination
We are now accepting nominations for the Honorary Parade Marshal for this year’s 17th of May Seattle celebration!
Nomination Window: Open to the public throughout January.
Selection & Announcement: The winning nominee will be selected within the first half of February, and a public announcement will follow.
We encourage you to nominate a member of our community who embodies the spirit of Norway and the heart and soul of our local Norwegian community. While nominees do not need to be of Norwegian heritage, they should represent the values, traditions, and community spirit that make our celebration special.
Follow this link to submit your nominations for our 2026 Honorary Parade Marshal!
2025 Parade Winners
A hearty thank you to all who participated in this year’s parade! Showing tremendous Northwest-Nordic spirit, parade participants bravely waited in driving rain and cold conditions, spurred on by the thunderous melodies from more than a dozen award-wining marching bands filling the streets of Ballard.
With the crack of the first notes, like some magical force field dreamt up by Brokk and Sindri, these bands conjured up performances that kept the rain at bay for the entire duration of the march.
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to our judges for their efforts in selecting these standouts from a very competitive field.
Special shout out to our Norwegian Consulate Award Winner: Barneleikarringen of Greater Seattle
High School Band
1st Place – Ballard High School
2nd Place- Shorewood High School
3rd Place- Mariner High School
Middle School
1st Place- Robert Eagle Staff Middle School Marching Band
2nd Place – Cavelero Mid High Marching Band
3rd Place- Voyager Middle School Marching Band