Line-Up: 2pm (Emory Place~St. John’s Lutheran Church)
Kick-Off: 3pm 
Block Party: 3:30-6pm (1000 N. Central & Baxter Ave)

Now in its 7th year, Cattywampus’s people-powered Parade has become an annual tradition in Knoxville. It brings together diverse and intergenerational cross-sections of our community to play, create, and build relationships with one another, while using the visual and performing arts as tools to help tell our stories and vision what futures we might create together.

Community members of all ages are invited to make giant puppets, masks, costumes, and other art and come together to parade as one. The parade is free and open to all!

This year's parade is part of Open Streets Knoxville, a free event that encourages the use of active transportation (walking, biking, rollerblading, and more), promotes healthy living, and gives participants an opportunity to reimagine our streets as public space! Sections of N. Central St. and Emory Place will be closed to vehicular traffic and filled with art & play activities for all ages, food trucks, and more from 2-6pm. 

The Cattywampus Parade will kick off at 3pm and process along the Open Streets route, concluding at the corner of N. Central & Baxter Ave with a Block Party from 3:30-6pm, featuring local hip-hop, drumming, dance, a giant puppet skit, and more. You don't wanna miss it!

To register & learn more, visit the Parade page on our website here.