Juneteenth Vendors, Sponsors, Production – Brian Brooks – (865) 816-9864

Parade / March Logistics – Mabrey Duff (parade@mlkknoxville.com)

The bus route begins at 8:00 AM.

Buses will continuously run, picking up participants from designated stops and dropping them off at Chilhowee Park entrance (Gate 13).

Buses will also take participants back to the park from their parked locations.

Vendor Parking: we are setting aside 50 spaces for Vendors across the street in the Tabernacle Church Parking lot.

Please do not park on the street near the park. This will impede the street performances and block spaces for the food trucks.

For pedestrian safety no Vehicles will be allowed into the Walter Hardy Park area after 10:30am.

Only stage production will be allowed to park on the park grass. Please have all load in vehicles removed by 10:30am.

This year the street will be blocked off to through traffic during the Celebration. For safety, we will NOT ALLOW food truck vendors to set up after 11:00am.

This year all mobile truck food vendors will be placed on the south side of the street facing the park side walk. This will allow everyone to be open before and during the parade.

8:00am – Early Celebration Load In for Parade participants.

8:30am – Parade Line Up

9:30am – Official Load-In Begin at Juneteenth Celebration.

10:00am – Parade Step Off. Heading west on MLK Jr Ave towards Walter Hardy Park

10:00am – Sound Check at Walter Hardy Park

10:30am – Load-In End at Juneteenth Celebration. (All vehicles removed from inside the park.)

10:30am – Sound Up at Celebration

11:00am – Juneteenth Celebration Official Begin

3:00pm – Juneteenth Celebration Official End

3:15pm – Sound Down at Celebration

3:30pm – Load Out Begin