50th Annual Golf Cart Parade rolls through Palm Desert

It’s an annual tradition unique to the Coachella Valley.
The 50th annual Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade will make its way down El Paseo Sunday.

The theme is “Palm Desert on Parade — Through the Decades ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and Present Day.” The Palm Desert Rotary Club served a pancake breakfast to early-goers. The parade steps off at 1 p.m. at El Paseo and San Luis Rey Avenue.

You’ll see members of the KESQ and CBS Local Two news team — John White, Karen Devine, Brooke Beare, and Kris Long to name a few.

It will feature members of USC’s marching band and the university’s equine mascot Traveler. Other participants include the Palm Springs Pipe Band, local marching bands and more than 100 floats and golf carts decorated by businesses, clubs and nonprofits.

Children’s activities and a cart show are also planned. The parade’s grand marshal is former Palm Desert mayor Jean Benson.

For information, go to www.golfcartparade.com or call (760) 346-6111, ext. 301.