Batavia 2024 Homecoming Parade: Route, Start Time, Road Closures

BATAVIA, IL — With the Homecoming Day parade coming up Sept. 11 in Batavia, police are expecting significant traffic delays and temporary road closures.

The route for the parade, kicking off at 5 p.m., will be the same as in 2023, which helped alleviate road closures in downtown Batavia, police said.

Units will begin staging between 4 and 4:45 p.m. at the Batavia High School Wilson Street Lot. The parade will proceed east on West Wilson Street to Lincoln Street, travel south to Main Street, and go west before returning to the high school's Main Street lot.

The parade is expected to last one hour. Spectators can watch the procession go by from grassy areas and sidewalks.

Wilson Street and Main Street, west of Route 30, will be temporarily closed, and traffic will be detoured to McKee Street or Fabyan Parkway to the north and Route 56 in North Aurora to the south. Police said traffic needing to get to Randall Road from downtown Batavia will be directed to McKee Street or Fabyan Parkway.

Drivers are encouraged to plan their routes accordingly to avoid the parade route and minimize delays.

Roads will reopen by 6:15 p.m., police said.