The 2024 Bloomington Labor Day Parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Labor Day, Monday, September 2. This is the community’s largest parade. The parade theme this year is “Labor Voices – Labor Votes.”
The parade features union marching units, heavy construction equipment, community organizations, high school bands, the Illinois State University’s “Big Red Marching Machine” and elected officials plus candidates.
The Parade begins at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 2, at Front and Center Streets in downtown Bloomington, proceeding to Miller Park. Parade line-up is at 9 a.m. The Parade proceeds west on Front Street to Lee Street, south on Lee Street to Wood Street and then west on Wood Street to the Miller Park entrance.
Community organizations or other groups that would like to participate can register at https://shorturl.at/JmyQb The Assembly retains the right to screen all applications.
The over one century-old Bloomington & Normal Trades & Labor Assembly is the AFL-CIO central labor council for McLean, Livingston, DeWitt and Logan counties. The Assembly has over 30 affiliated local unions representing construction, manufacturing and service workers.
For more information on the parade, contact paradeblono@gmail.com
