Homecoming parade

Riverhead celebrating homecoming day Saturday with the annual parade up Main Street featuring class floats, the Riverhead High School marching band, the high school NJROTC, local officials, community groups and first responders.

Riverhead High School's 2025 homecoming parade steps off on East Avenue at 12 noon, continues west on Main Street to Osborn Avenue...

The parade, featuring the Riverhad High School marching band, NJROTC cadets, floats created by each high school class, along with fire departments, EMS and community groups.  will march up Main Street from East Avenue.

Inclement weather has canceled today's homecoming parade but the game will go on as scheduled, with a 1:30 kickoff at McKillop Field, where the Blue Waves take on Sachem East.

Scenes from the Riverhead High School Homecoming Parade today on Main Street.

It was a picture-perfect day for a homecoming parade — blue skies and sunshine, moderate temperatures and lots of smiles all around.

Riverhead turned out to support the Riverhead Blue Waves football team with a big Homecoming Day parade up Main Street this afternoon.

Blue Waves fans and the Riverhead school community turned out for the Riverhead High School homecoming parade this afternoon — a perfect day for a parade with clear skies and bright sunshine. 

Riverhead's homecoming parade was a washout, canceled by this morning's rain, but the game went on —  the Blue Waves picked up a much-needed win — and so did the float competition.