AES 500 FESTIVAL Parade Lineup
The AES 500 Festival Parade features a variety of entries, including floats, giant helium balloons, award-winning marching bands, celebrities and dignitaries, specialty units, and the 33 drivers competing in the Indianapolis 500. Please note that the lineup is subject to change.
2022 Lineup
OPENING Production
- Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Motorcycle Drill Team
- Joint Services Color Guard
- National Anthem performed by David Craig Starkey of the Indianapolis Opera
- Flyover – UH60
- Opening Performance by Colts Cheer, Colts Drumline, and the Pacemates
| Purdue University “All American” Marching Band | Xpogo |
| James Poore – Chair of the 500 Festival Board | Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield Float, “A Healthier Future Ahead” |
| Rob Pruitt – Immediate Past Chair of the 500 Festival Board | Drew Powell – Actor |
| Kristina Lund and Kathy Storm – AES Indiana | Michigan City Soul Steppers Drill Team |
| Purdue University “All American” Marching Band | Row 6 Drivers |
| AES Float – “Accelerating the Future of Energy, Together.” | Bi-County Marching Band (Marshall/Starke Counties) |
| AES Bolt Car | 500 Festival Princess Program Float |
| Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol | USIC Trucks |
| Joe Hogsett – Honorable Mayor of Indianapolis | Mid America Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team |
| Indianapolis Public Schools All City Band | Jeanetta Holder – Indy 500 Quilt Lady |
| 500 Festival Rolling Title Float with Grand Marshal Augie Ebeling | Cincinnati Tradition Drum and Bugle Corps |
| Military Dept. of Indiana, Ceremonial Unit Caisson Horses | Row 5 Drivers |
| General Hokanson – Chief, National Guard Bureau | 2022 Omaze Car |
| Major General Lyles – Adjutant General, Indiana National Guard | Ballet Mosaicos, Inc. |
| 38th Infantry Division Band – Indiana National Guard | Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, & Pacemates, |
| American Flag Balloon – BCforward | Row 4 Drivers |
| La Or Ma Shrine Club | Jac-Cen-Del High School Band, Flag Corps, and Dance Team |
| Belleville East High School Marching Lancers | IMS Museum Vehicles |
| Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team | American Dairy Association Float – “Driving to Dairy in Victory Circle” |
| Lieutenant Thomas Albrecht, Firefighter of the Year | Tara and Jeff Homan – Authors |
| Corporal Joshua McCrammer, Sheriff Deputy of the Year | Murat Shrine |
| Officer Patrick McPherson, IMPD Officer of the Year | Row 3 Drivers |
| Republic Airways – LIFT Academy Float – “Your Takeoff Begins in Indy” | DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau Banner |
| Lewis Cass Marching Kings, Lewis Cass High School | WTHR Balloon – Rookie One |
| Official Chevrolet Pace Car of the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 | Lindsay Czarniak – Sports Anchor & Reporter |
| Family of Sarah Fisher | The Pride of Portage Band, Portage High School |
| Row 11 Drivers | Row 2 Drivers |
| South Shore Drill Team | Budweiser Clydesdales |
| Indy Eleven | OneAmerica Walking Flag |
| National Band Association’s Indiana All-Star Marching Band | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Float – “The Greatest Spectacle in Floating” |
| Indiana State Festivals Association, Inc. | Doug Boles – Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Row 10 Drivers | Speedway 500 Regiment Band, Speedway High School |
| Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority | Row 1 Drivers |
| Clark County High School Marching Indians | |
| Braxton Hiser, Miss Indiana 2021 | |
| Kate Dimmett, Miss Indiana’s Outstanding Teen 2021 | |
| Eli Lilly and Company Float – “We Stand Together” | |
| Row 9 Drivers | |
| Culver Academies Mounted Color Guard | |
| Nationalities Council of Indiana | |
| Cassidy and Nathan – IU Cheerleader March Madness Heroes | |
| Indiana State Fair “Top 8” Representative | |
| Anderson High School Marching Highlanders | |
| Row 8 Drivers | |
| Indianapolis Colts and Colts Cheerleaders | |
| Meijer Truck | |
| Alyssa Gaines – 6th National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States | |
| Row 7 Drivers | |
| Maconaquah High School Marching Braves |