Parada del Sol Grows From Sunshine Festival to Grand Parade
The Parada del Sol in Scottsdale began as the Sunshine Festival on Main Street in 1951. Two years later the Scottsdale Jaycees transformed it into a multi event celebration featuring a rodeo, shoot outs, a rodeo queen and a Western dance drawing thousands each year with a weekend parade at 10 a.m. today and a continuing rodeo this afternoon tonight and tomorrow.