Come back often to see when and where you can catch a performance!

Joint concert with Bonsal Blues Band.

Downbeat: 2 p.m. 

Pitman High School, 225 Linden Ave., Pitman, NJ

Duration: 1.5 hr. Concert 
 

Arrive by 5:15 p.m. Stepoff: 5:45 p.m.
Rain Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024

Location: Waterford Township Municipal Building
(2131 Auburn Avenue, Atco NJ--
Park in the Municipal lot)
Ends: Atco Presbyterian Church

The church serves drinks and cookies!

Duration: a few blocks. It is a very short parade.
 

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Step off 6:00 PM

6th and Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, NJ 

Approx. 9 block parade

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Downbeat is 7 pm, please arrive by 6:30 to set up

Cardinal Village 455 Hurffville - Cross Keys Rd, Sewell, NJ 08080

1 hour in length playing for the seniors in this facility.  

The concert will be held in their dining room.

Step off at 5 pm from the Pitman Methodist Church, proceed down Broadway, and end at Ballard Park.

About a  3/4 mile parade.

Rain Date December 8. 

Usher Santa in to the Cumberland Mall.

Cumberland Mall address is 3849 S Delsea Dr, Vineland, NJ 08360

Step off is 6 pm, arrival time 5:30 pm.

We will meet Santa outside of Dick's Sporting Goods and lead him into the Mall playing kid friendly Christmas tunes all the way from the parking lot to his chair in the mall. At his chair we will stop and play two more songs then we are done. Easy gig!

No Rain Date
Stepoff: 7:15 p.m.

Ocean City Tabernacle, 550 Wesley Ave, Ocean City, NJ 08226

Parking. Get there early!  If you get there 30-45 minutes before the parade you can park on the Ocean City Tabernacle grounds; you can come in on 5th make a right on Wesley, then a right on 6th then you can enter the Tabernacle parking. Secondary parking is on the municipal lot on the same block as the fire station, next to the skate park.  Alternate parking is on 5th or Wesley.

Meeting place. Hobos will meet up on the Tabernacle parking close to 6th and Asbury; The banner and music will be in the parking lot; look for others as it is a small location.

Congregate close to the corner of 6th and Asbury.  We line up on 6th or on Asbury taking direction from the parade director.

There is no van for the parade, carpool as needed.

Step off 7 pm from CVS Williamstown

Arrive by 6:30 - they close the road leading into the staging area

1 1/2 mile parade on Main Street to Church Street

Bring a light

Rain Date: Sunday, Octoer 20, 2024, Step off at 7 pm

Step off 7 PM - No Rain Date - Short parade - 5 blocks

Check in 6:30 PM - 46th and Landis - parade proceeds north and ends at Excursion Park (JFK Blvd and Pleasure Avenue)

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Ballard Park 7 pm downbeat, arrive by 6:30 pm.

In the event of rain, concert will be held in Hobo Hall. 

Bring a stand light for the park.

Ballard Park 

In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved to Hobo Hall

Downbeat at 7 pm, arrive by 6:30 pm for set up, Hobo Hall at 6 pm to load chairs. In the event of rain, we don't need to load chairs. 

One hour concert

Downbeat 7:00 PM

Location: Victorian Bandstand
Lafayette and Decatur Sts., City of Cape May, NJ

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Canale Park, downbeat 7 pm.

Dress: Rags

Arrive by 6:30 pm

Step off at 10:30 AM Rain or Shine!

Arrive at 10 AM

Parking is available on the 6th Street Ocean City High School Practice Field next to the Basketball Courts.

6th Street on the Boardwalk (approx. 9 block parade)

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Hobo Hall 7 pm

No rehearsal in Hobo Hall due to the concert!

Hobo Hall - 7 pm 

Hobo Hall - 7 pm 

Downbeat is 7 pm, please arrive by 6:30 to set up

Cardinal Village 455 Hurffville - Cross Keys Rd, Sewell, NJ 08080

Outside concert, 1.5 hour in length playing for the seniors in this facility.  

In the event of rain, the concert will be held in their dining room.

Bring a stand light. 

Ballard Park - Downbeat at 7:00 pm

Please arrive by 6:30 pm for set up

Parade awards given out during the concert.

1.5 hour outdoor concert, downbeat 7 pm, arrive by 6:30 pm. although earlier is better, Dress is rags. This is an outdoor festival.

Brigantine Beach Community Center
260 South 42nd Street
South Brigantine, NJ 08203

This set of directions starts as soon as you go over the bridge into Brigantine……take any way you want to get to the Brigantine Bridge; these directions go from there.

Once you get off the bridge you are on Brigantine Blvd, the speed limit is 45 do not go over as they will ticket! (you have been warned) 

At the first light you will turn right on Harbor Beach Blvd, make a left on Bayshore Avenue, and then an immediate right on 44^th Street South.  Then make a left on W. Brigantine Ave and make a left on the second street on your left (may be labeled 41^st Street South.)  You will be able to turn on the street, then there will be people posted there.  Please identify yourself with the Original Hobo Band and they will let you proceed down to the cul-de-sac.  Our Hobo Van and trailer can park at the end of the cul-de-sac and can remain here….this is the offloading area.  Members can park along the cul-de-sac for the event.

Secondary parking can be found off 42^nd Street South near the tennis courts (this is not reserved)

The parade will begin promptly at 9:55 AM.  (Rain date July 5th , at 6:00pm)
 

Our line up spot is Columbia Ave. which is the Fourth Division – Position 4.2. Here is the map.
 

The Pitman Hobo Hall will be open after the Wenonah Parade for members to stop by and get a drink of water and use the facilities.
 

Let's promote car pools for the Pitman parade:  end of parade parking is in the empty Bright Beginnings parking lot located just down the street from Hobo Hall (this is on the left before you reach the Pitman United Methodist Church).
 

Our line-up location for the Pitman Parade is at Columbia Avenue and Highland Terrace (parade route).  Our little secret is to carpool and park at/near the St James Lutheran Church at Woodbury Road and Columbia Ave (need to turn onto Columbia Ave).  From there you will walk approximately 3 blocks to Lexington and Highland Terrace (two blocks straight then make a left and go down one block looking for some fellow hobos). 

Step off at 8:30 am 
 

E Mantua Ave and N Marion Ave
 

About 1.5 mile parade
 

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Suggest parking on one of the following streets: 

S. Princeton Ave, S. Marion Ave or S. Clinton Ave. 
 

If you park on one of these streets you can continue down the street and it will merge into S. Marion Ave which turns into Bark Bridge Road....this is a secret exit from the parade and bring you back to Glassboro Road & Salina Roads.  From here you can take a right and head back towards Pitman. You can check it out on the map, linked above. 
 

The Pitman Hobo Hall will be open after the Wenonah Parade for members to stop by and get a drink of water and use the facilities.

Downbeat 7 pm in Ballard Park. 

In the event of rain, we will hold the concert at Hobo Hall at 7:00 pm. 

The parade starts at 10 AM and goes from Stafford Township Fire Company (133 Stafford Avenue, Manahawkin, NJ 08050) to the Intersection of Rt 9 and Oxycocus Road (Approximately 0.9 miles). 

More details as they become available.

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Downbeat 6:45 pm inside the Music Pier on the stage

This is different than past years. They don't have enough women to have a pageant, so they have asked us to put on a one-hour concert.

Please arrive by 6 to help make sure we are set up and ready to play by 6:45 pm.

Bus transportation leaves Hobo Hall at 4:30 sharp.

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Step off at 10 AM

Meet at Glassboro High School parking lot, 560 Joseph L. Bowe Blvd.

We will be bussed to our starting position before the parade and back to the parking lot after the parade.

The buses will begin boarding at 8:45 am sharp. 

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Downbeat 7 pm 

1 hour outside concert

Bring a stand light!

Wenonah Park - Street parking

Step off at 12:00 pm

6th and Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, NJ

Approx. 1.5 mile parade

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Step Off: 1:00pm

Arrive at Walter Hill High School by 12:30pm although earlier is better, as they close the roads.

Start: Walter Hill School Kings Hwy & Bridget Avenue, Swedesboro    Ends: Kings Hwy and Church Street

Distance: Approx. 1 mile

Parade Route

Street parking at the end of the parade, no parking at the school or on Kings Hwy.

Downbeat: 6:30 p.m.         

Fulton Bank, 48 S. Greenwich St., Alloway, NJ

Parking available at the bank

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Duration: Approx 1 hour  

Rain Date: Sunday, 10/29/23 at 5:30

Note: Please arrive no later than 6 p.m (5 p.m. Sunday IF POSTPONED)  due to the shut-down of local roads  

BRING A STAND LIGHT

Rain date 10/29/23. 

Step Off at 7:15 from 15th and Boardwalk parking lot

Van transportation from Hobo Hall leaves at 5:15 sharp

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Rotary Park Pavilion- Off Marlton Road in Rotary Park

Downbeat 7 pm, arrival time 6:30 pm

2 hour concert with a break in the middle.

Map to Marlton Recreation Park

Downbeat: 2 p.m.

Pitman High School, 225 Linden Ave., Pitman, NJ

Duration: 1.5 hr. Concert

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Downbeat: 6:30 p.m.
Rain Date: Sunday 5:30

Fulton Bank, 48 S. Greenwich St., Alloway, NJ
Parking available at the bank

Duration: Approx 1 hour
Note: Please arrive no later than 6 p.m.
(5 p.m. Sunday IF POSTPONED)
due to shut-down of local roads.
BRING A STAND LIGHT!

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No Rain Date
Stepoff: 7:15 p.m.

6th & Asbury Ave. (Tabernacle grounds)
Ends: Approx 14-15th & Asbury

Distance: 8-9 blocks
Van Transportation from Hall - 5:15 p.m sharp.

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Check in: 6:30 pm - CVS along Main Street to Church Street

One mile parade

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Step off 7 PM - No Rain Date - Short parade - 5 blocks

Check in 6:30 PM - 46th and Landis - parade proceeds north and ends at Excursion Park (JFK Blvd and Landis)

Van transportation from Hall: 5:15 pm sharp!

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