Cicadas on Parade

Arriving on Memorial Day Weekend through August 2024

Location: Throughout Downtown Glen Ellyn

What? Think, Cows on Parade, but bugs!

Embrace the summer of the cicada. Arriving on Memorial Day weekend through the end of the summer, twenty-five hand painted cicada sculptures will be lining the streets in flowerpots, windows and trees throughout Downtown Glen Ellyn.

These 18-inch cicada sculptures are 8 lbs. each and made of plaster with copper legs. Each sculpture will be hand painted via local artist and storefront owners. 

This event is part of Cicada Parade-a, a large-scale collaborative art project organized by The Insect Asylum. This project celebrates Illinois’ 17-year and 13-year cicada broods. 

To learn more about how the Cicadas on Parade idea came to be click HERE

 The Cicadas on Parade Silent Auction is LIVE through August 24th!

Click the link below to own your very own Glen Ellyn Cicada on Parade. 

All the monies will be earmarked for public art in Downtown Glen Ellyn.   

 Currently all 25 hand painted cicada sculptures are lining the streets in flowerpots, windows and trees throughout Downtown Glen Ellyn. These 18-inch cicada sculptures are 8 lbs., made of plaster with copper legs and hand painted with love from our local shop owners and artists.  

All 25 cicadas will be collected and available for viewing at the Festival of the Arts located at Glen Ellyn on August 24th and winners can collect each on Sunday, August 25th after the auction or otherwise arranged through the Alliance of Downtown Glen Ellyn