The West Indian Day Parade 2024 is Monday, Sept. 2 along Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway. The celebration will close several streets along its route. Here's everything you need to know about the parade.
Get your flags, sequence, and feathers ready! The West Indian Day Parade 2024 is Monday, Sept. 2 along Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway. The event celebrates Caribbean culture, food, history, and traditions with costumes and live steelpan performances. The parade will go from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights, then west along Eastern Parkway, ending in front of the Brooklyn Museum. The celebration is expected to close several streets along its route.
The parade will follow the popular event J’Ouvert, which is French for "break of day," an early morning celebration involving paint and mud.The parade route marches on Eastern Parkway from Utica Avenue to Grand Army Plaza. For tickets, click here.The parade features hundreds of lavish costumes, dancers and music representing the various countries that make up the West Indies.
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