OKEECHOBEE -- The 2026 Speckled Perch Festival began on Saturday, March 14 with a parade in downtown Okeechobee.
The festival in Flagler Park continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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![OKEECHOBEE -- The Seminole Tribe was represented in the 2026 Speckled Perch Festival Parade in downtown Okeechobee. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](/uploads/original/20260314-113403-4dd-CW1_3164.JPG)
![OKEECHOBEE -- Okeechobee City Council members rode on the old fire truck in the Speckled Perch Festival Parade. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](/uploads/original/20260314-113347-74d-CW1_3161.JPG)
![OKEECHOBEE -- Okeechobee High School Junior ROTC presented a Color Guard in the Speckled Perch Festival Parade in downtown Okeechobee on March 14. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](/uploads/original/20260314-113301-f20-CW1_3150.JPG)
![OKEECHOBEE-- The Okeechobee Cattlemen's Association drove a small herd of cattle at the end of the Speckled Perch Festival Parade on March 14. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](/uploads/original/20260314-113210-a44-cn parade cows.JPG)
![OKEECHOBEE -- The Sons of the American Revolution carried the flag in the Speckled Perch Festival Parade on March 14 in downtown Okeechobee. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](/uploads/original/20260314-113203-a6b-cn parade dowling.JPG)
OKEECHOBEE -- The 2026 Speckled Perch Festival began on Saturday, March 14 with a parade in downtown Okeechobee.
The festival in Flagler Park continues Saturday Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Cowtown Rodeo will be held in the Historic Cattlemen's Arena on U.S. 441 north, on Saturday and Sunday with Mutton Bustin' at 2 p.m. and rodeo events starting at 2:30 p.m.
