MLK Holiday Events for Oklahoma City

Our 2019 Theme is “We Are CommUNITY”

Federal Holiday Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Coalition organizes the following events in Oklahoma City on the King Holiday (the third Monday in January). For more details of each event, click the title (orange link). These featured events are free to attend (registration/fee required for parade participation).

Oklahoma City Parade

Public event Monday, January 21, 2019 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM 

!!! NEW PARADE ROUTE AND STAGING AREA – click here for details and map !!!

Registered entrants please refer to these instructions for timeline.

 

Registration Deadlines (mail-in or online):

January 4, 2019 by 5pm for the $ 45.00 entry fee.

Late registration: January 4-11, 2019 charge is $55.00.  

No applications will be accepted after 11:59 PM, January 11, 2018.

 

Other Coalition-organized holiday events:

Job Fair

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Douglas High School.

Opening Ceremony and Silent March

9:00 AM at Freedom Center
2609 N. Martin Luther King Ave., Oklahoma City

Ends at the State Capitol

Bell Ringing

11:00 AM  at Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive

Holiday Program

12:15 PM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 127 NW 7th

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Other MLK Events of interest:

All King Holiday events, those we organize and those organized by other organizations, in which you may be interested, are included on the flyer you can download.

2019 MLK Holiday Schedule (will post when available)

Cross-Cultural Program

Sunday preceding the Holiday, 6:00 PM
Temple B’nai Israel, 4901 N. Pennsylvania Avenue