Martin Luther King Jr. Parade

San Diego, CA · Holiday

When: January 18, 2027
Where: Harbor Drive at Grape Street · San Diego · CA
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

San Diego's Martin Luther King Jr. Parade travels down Harbor Drive from downtown toward Seaport Village each January, with marching bands, community groups, and a companion 5K run. Organized in part by the San Diego alumni chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the parade has run for over four decades on MLK weekend. A separate neighborhood parade also runs the same weekend in Southeast San Diego's Valencia Park.

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