I think your referring to the Christmas parade. But there are others...big homecoming parade comes to mind. Plus a ton of festivals...Heritage Days, Plein Air Art Contest, Tour de Fete. Kings & Queens Ball, plus more. Art walk every 4th Friday, free concerts on Thursday nights. There is some...
Ste. Genevieve is always having events! However it's pretty small....and no Starbucks or Walmart. But always something going on. Not too far from Poplar Bluff.
It was clear in St. Genevieve. We had 2 min/40 sec of totality. Got dark & cooled off. And there was a 360 degree sunset. All totally awesome....except for the heat. Geez!!