GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) - The sounds of music from 88 marching bands filled the streets of Railside Saturday morning during the 83rd Harvest of Harmony Parade.
The theme for this year is 'Sounds of the Island,' which invited everyone to celebrate the sounds of the community and beyond.
The parade began at Fourth and Elm streets at 8:15 a.m., and will continue through the Eddy Street underpass, before continuing along the parade route down Third Street.
A field competition took place at 10 a.m. after the parade at Memorial Stadium at Grand Island Senior High School.
Harvest of Harmony dates back to 1938, when the first parade stepped off with 13 floats and eight bands. The parade grew over the years, claiming the title of "highest number of bands marching in a parade" in the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records with 130 bands. Aside from a hiatus from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the parade has marched on for over 80 years.