Jaime and Bridget Valdez have a bubbly time at the La Habra Corn Festival parade with their children, Leo, 9 months, and Mya, 3, on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
La Habra city councilmember Del Lampkin and his family cruise down the La Habra Corn Festival parade route on
Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Traveler, a retired guide dog, walks in the La Habra Corn Festival parade with the Orange County Guide Dogs group on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cosplay for Kids, a volunteer group that provides popular characters for community events, plays for the crowd during the La Habra Corn Festival parade on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The La Habra High School Highlander Band creates music along the Corn Festival parade route on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Three-year-old Brenna Gibson, with her 1-year-old brother, Canyon, covers her ears as the La Habra Corn Festival parade gets loud on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Representatives for the La Habra City School District walk in the La Habra Corn Festival parade on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ballet Folklorico dancers with Corona Dance Studio perform in the La Habra Corn Festival parade on
Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Oaxacan Community of La Habra dance in the Corn Festival parade on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lauren Lyster, a reporter for KTLA 5, waves to spectators while she serving as the La Habra Corn Festival parade grand marshal on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Isaac Abel with Sonora High School Raider Ranch Future Farmers of America walks with Diane, a highland cow, during the La Habra Corn Festival parade on
Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A pup inside a Cosplay for Kids car watches the goings-on during the La Habra Corn Festival parade on Saturday, August 22, 2026..The volunteer group provides popular characters for community events. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cindy Shea, an honorary Grand Marshal of the La Habra Corn Festival parade, rides in classic Chevy style on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Oaxacan Community of La Habra dance perfom during the Corn Festival parade on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Sonora High School cheerleaders show their spirit during the La Habra Corn Festival parade on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Jaime and Bridget Valdez have a bubbly time at the La Habra Corn Festival parade with their children, Leo, 9 months, and Mya, 3, on Saturday, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Community spirit marched down La Habra Boulevard Saturday morning as the annual Corn Festival parade kicked off a day of fun.
The three-day festival organized by the La Habra Host Lions is in its 77th year. It continues Sunday with carnival rides, games, shopping and lots of entertainment in the festival area at El Centro-Lions Park. Oh, and thousands of ears of corn are cooked over the weekend, with community groups also selling lots of other food.
The Lions Club made some tweaks to this year’s Corn Festival in hopes of turning around waning interest and drawing larger crowds. Included among the changes were more grand marshals for Saturday’s parade and a drumline competition at its conclusion.
There are also new rides and a weekend-long raffle with prizes including the big prize, a three-day cruise to Ensenada plus $2,000 in cash.
If you go
When: 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Aug. 22 and noon to 8 p.m. on Aug. 23
Where: El Centro-Lions Park, 320 E. Erna Ave., La Habra
