Bud Billiken Parade returns to Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Hundreds of thousands of people are set to once again celebrate a Chicago tradition on the city's south side: the annual Chicago Defender Charities Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic. The purpose of the parade is to give underprivileged children the chance to be in the limelight.
ABC 7 is a media sponsor and will have float in the parade. Dr. Marc A. Sengstacke, vice president of the Chicago Defender Charities, and Michael E. Reed, chief data collector with the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic and Chicago Defender Charities, Inc., came into our ABC 7 Eyewitness News studio to talk about this year's topic, "Education: The One Tool You Can't Lose."
You can also watch the parade live on ABC7 and on demand on ABC7chicago.com.
Bud Billiken Parade
Saturday, Aug. 9
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Start: King Drive at Oakwood Boulevard
Route: King Drive south from Oakwood Boulevard to 51st Street. Ellsworth Drive (in Washington Park) from 51st Street to Garfield Boulevard (55th St.).
End: Garfield Boulevard (55th St.) and Ellsworth Dr.
Street Closures:
- King Drive, southbound lane from 33rd to 35th Street
- King Drive, all lanes, 35th to 51st Street
- Washington Park
- Pershing Drive (39th Street), Cottage Grove to Indiana
- Oakwood Boulevard, (Cottage Grove to King Drive)
- Vincennes (40th Street to Pershing Drive)
Coverage:
ABC 7/WLS-TV: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
On demand: ABC7chicago.com
