Calling all ladies, gentlemen, children and dogs. Grab your hat and join in the fun during Dillsboro’s delightfully unpretentious annual Easter Hat Parade!
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Fashion your own hat** (10:00 am - 1:30 pm at Dogwood Crafters, 90 Webster Street, Dillsboro, NC 28725) – or bring your own. Click here to get some ideas on the various types of Easter hats you can make. Get creative!
**There is a small fee associated with making your own hat at Dogwood Crafters to pay the instructor and for materials. Refer to their website for further details.
Registration for the parade begins at 11 am, and the parade starts from Dillsboro Town Hall at 2:00 pm.
Get your face painted! Meet the Easter Bunny. Egg hunt begins at noon on Webster Street.
Antique cars from the Old Timers Model A Club lead the parade.
Stop in at Toad in the Hole for cookies.
Check us out on UNC TV, NC Weekend Show.
Plenty of prizes are are announced after the Parade. Ribbons are given for the Prettiest, Funniest, Largest, Smallest, Most Unusual, Most Easter-like, Best Smelling, Cutest, Most Outrageous, Best In Show and "Poofiest" hats among other unusual categories. There is even a ribbon awarded to the Best Animal in Show!
View Our State Magazine's video of recent Easter Hat Parade here. Video by Jerry Wolford.
**All information taken from Visit Historic Dillsboro's website, Dogwood Crafters and Toad in the Hole on Facebook.**
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