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.

Please do not block the street Public Traffic will resume on MLK after the parade is over. 

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

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

10:45am – Sound Up at Celebration

11:00am – Juneteenth Celebration Official Begin

3:45pm – Sound Down at Celebration

4:00pm – Juneteenth Celebration Official End

4:00pm – Load Out Begin

Parade Street Performances at Celebration:

• Waukegan Drill Team perform in street within parade
• Drums Up Guns Down perform in street
• Austin East Cheerleaders perform at the end of parade
• Drumline perform in street within parade
• Waukegan Drill Team again after end of the parade

Stage Performances Order at Juneteenth Celebration:

• Coming Soon