Mangoheads hit the streets strutting on Sunday!

The 29th annual King Mango Strut is Sunday, December 26. The parade starts at 2 pm, right in the center of town (look for the massive crowd, that's the place). This is a scene from last year.

The theme this year is "Restoring Humor." The satirical parade this year disperses gallons of oily jokes, slick skits and plumes of environmentally-challenged laughter to the pristine streets of downtown Coconut Grove.

A Pair of Nuts, Yamil and Johnny, are this year's Grand Marshals. Some of the themes this year include, "Get a pardon by Charlie Crist," the Christine O'Donnell 'I am not a witch tour'," get that loving feeling from a TSA agent (watch out for the blue gloves!), become a cabinet member of Rick Scott's, "Touch this junk and don't get arrested," and so much more.

And watch out for the celebs and themes of Snooki, Lindsey Lohan, Brett Farve, Home Foreclosures, Illegal Aliens, and Lady Gaga. All this and Shakespeare ala Mango Strut performed by New Theatre!

The Pre-Parade activities begin at 1:30 pm at the corner of Commodore Plaza and Main Highway with Grand Master C, Buzz Fleischman, hosting the Little Mr. & Miss Mango Pageant (for kids 4-10). And at 2 pm, the banana drops and the Strut begins.


It's all free. And there is plenty of parking in and around the Center Grove. Click here for parking map.

If you don't want to drive (who can blame you,) take the Metrorail to the Coconut Grove Station. There will be shuttle buses (the Coconut Grove Circulator) picking up parade-goers every 15 minutes at the station and dropping off one block from the parade route.