LaBelle, Florida's Largest Event Brings In Record Crowds
LABELLE, FL. -- The annual Swamp Cabbage Festival Parade kicked off with dozens on floats, marching bands and community groups marching up Bridge Street Saturday morning.
The largest fair and festival in Hendry County celebrates Florida's State tree, the Cabbage Palm. Upwards of 20,000 people are expected in the city of LaBelle this weekend for music, food, crafts, and amusement rides at the Barron Park along the Caloosahatchee River.
The festival also host dozens of Classic Cars at a show each year on Fort Thompson Street in downtown LaBelle.
(Videos: Festival Parade and Classic Car Show)
Comments from an anonymous viewer of the parade video:
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More clogging
The requisite School Band
This is funny, some of these floats are bizarre I have no idea what they are..
Its like Rocky Horror, but in a fun way.
Chicken roasting over a BBQ pit
Another school band
a tractor pulling a huge shamrock
lol
a pikcup up truck with palm leaves and a parrot..
pickup
I guess you have to live there to get some of these, with the local culture.
Bunch of purple people
Purple People Eaters!
The mandatory clown car
Ah here come the Harley Davidson bikers..
With their biker chicks.
This is pretty well organized for a small town
Fire dept
cool 50s car
Model A
Model A pickup LOL
This is like a glimpse into the past, the good old days
Prom Queens on a float
The horses are beautiful
lot of bays and chestnuts
Interesting, you never see people riding horses around here
OK its done again
That was great.
To see what it's like down there.
It looked more Wild West and Southern
Way to crowded...Need to space out the food vendors.....When you get your food it's hard to make it through the crowd without someon knocking your food out of your hands.
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