Bud Billiken Parade

It's the 94th edition of the world's largest and oldest African-American parade, which celebrates Chicago's youth just before the school year begins. Hundreds of thousands of attendees line the streets to see colorful floats, marching bands and talented dance and drill teams—as well as this year's grand marshal, Grammy-winning poet J. Ivy. The parade's two-mile route begins in the Bronzeville neighborhood at 39th Street and Martin Luther King Drive before moving south through Washington Park, concluding at 55th Street (Garfield Boulevard).