MLK Holiday Events for Oklahoma City
Our 2018 Theme is “The Power of One”
Federal Holiday Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – Monday, January 15, 2018
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 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Map.
Registered entrants please refer to your instructions for timeline.
Registration Deadlines:
Mail-in by January 3, 2018 by 5pm for the $ 45.00 entry fee.
December 28, 2017 – January 3, 2018 late fee charge of $55.
No applications will be accepted after January 3, 2018.
Other Coalition-organized holiday events:
Job Fair
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at The Henrietta B. Foster Center, located at 614 N.E. 4th Street in OKC.
Opening Ceremony and Silent March
9:00 AM at Freedom Center
2609 N. Martin Luther King Ave., Oklahoma City
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
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.
2018 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