Daywatch: How to watch the Bud Billiken Parade in person or from home
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Good morning, Chicago.
Nicknamed “The Bud,” the Bud Billiken Parade has been a back-to-school celebration and showcase for Chicago’s talented young people since 1929. For four generations, the Sengstacke family has organized what it says is the largest African American parade in the United States and the second largest parade in the United States after the Rose Parade.
Hundreds of thousands of spectators and generations of families will gather along the almost three-mile route in Bronzeville Saturday to cheer on a variety of performers — bands, dance and drill teams, tumblers and cheerleaders — and watch honorary grand marshals and celebrities ride in style aboard floats and classic cars. And thousands of school supplies and other amenities will be handed out in Washington Park following the parade.
See full details on best ways to get there and what’s new this year from the Tribune’s Kori Rumore.
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