Bee a Friend

🐝 Bee a Friend Festival & Parade is a kid-centered community event celebrating kindness, inclusion, and being a good friend.

Join us for a Best Friends Parade, Sensory Friendly Activities, a thoughtfully curated market featuring vendors who support the autism community through resources and lived experience, first responder trucks, and a sensory-friendly indoor pavilion designed for calm breaks and quiet time.

Registration to open at 8 AM

5K to begin at 9 AM

The Best Friends Parade will begin at Noon!
Decorate your parade group as your favorite friends (costumes encouraged, never required!)

Awards, Raffles and Prizes will be drawn at 2PM.

🎟️ Raffles will be held throughout the day, and all sponsorships benefit Logan’s Landing Project and our mission to help make play and travel more accessible for all families.

👯 Decorate your parade group as your favorite friendly duo (costumes encouraged, never required!)
🏆 Prizes for best costumes and decorations
🌈 Sensory-aware • Family-friendly • Everyone belongs
✨ Come for what works for your family and stay as long as you’d like

The Bee a Friend brings an exciting race distance to Austintown, Ohio on September 13, 2026. Don't miss this beautiful event!