There are two parts to our MayDay event, the parade, and the ceremony, followed by a festival in Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis until dusk.
Every spring, the MayDay Parade explodes onto Bloomington Avenue! We
own the street for the day, dancing and playing instruments with fiery
verve.
We tell our story, section by section, each designed musically and visually by MayDay staff artists as a walking theatrical performance.
The Join-In section follows, where lively groups proclaim their names and causes, and folks who like to dress up strut their stuff! All together, 2000 participants march, boogie or roll down Bloomington every year.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands more line the streets, enjoying the spectacle and each other. People are everywhere - on rooftops and on lawns, toting babies in backpacks and toddlers in wagons, or sitting knee to knee along on the curbs. Everybody greets neighbors from near and far with a "Happy MayDay!!" The city feels intimate, overflowing with goodwill and spring fever.
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Rooster chariots call us to roar! Roar with exuberance in the raw beauty of the world! Tigers fly. contain the roar of the unfolding universe. When people protect the tiny snail, they protect the Super Roaring Tigers arrive with good deeds to protect this world of infinite wonder! Snails universe. The clouds merge and become a tiger. The tiger sun roars with exuberant energy.