Saturday May 2 is the day Festival things in Glen Innes start to get going.

Our little group had got together in Annie’s place, the Air BnB, the day before and enjoyed a pre festival in house dinner in front of the fire. May 2 saw us on our way south to Glen Innes, after early morning tea and coffee, for the 9 am Festival Street Parade and Massed Bands.

We had planned to fit a breakfast in after the Parade before heading by a Festival bus to the site among the Standing Stones, on a hill overlooking Glen Innes.

We made it to the Parade site in good time and took up what we thought was a good pozzie near the middle of the Town Square, the road went either side of us so we could see things coming on one side and going on the other side.

Here are a few pics of the proceedings, which eventually got underway about half an hour later than scheduled.

It was a great parade that set the scene for the rest of the weekend. We did have that breakfast and then caught the bus up to the Festival grounds. But more of that next time!