{"id":129152,"date":"2026-01-19T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129152\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:53:09","slug":"mlk-day-events-and-parades-in-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129152\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Day events and parades in Central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Events and parades are going on in and around the Austin area to honor and remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/247xkc4upt9q3gwv.jpg\" alt=\"MLK Day events and parades in Central Texas\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Annual Community March celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King\u2019s legacy and all businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals are invited to march and celebrate Dr. King\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The MLK Community March kicks off at 9:30 a.m. on the south steps of the State Capitol for a rally.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mlkmarch_routemap_2026.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">At the conclusion of the program, there will be a march to Huston-Tillotson University, Austin&#8217;s only HBCU, for the MLK Festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The festival will feature live performances, food vendors and plenty of activities for kids.<\/p>\n<p> MLK celebrations in Leander and Cedar Park <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The cities of Leander and Cedar Park are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leandertx.gov\/486\/MLK-Day-March-and-Celebration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">hosting a joint celebration with a march<\/a> that begins at the Cedar Park Rec Center at 10 a.m. with a route of roughly a mile. It will conclude with a celebration at around 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p> San Antonio MLK celebrations <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In San Antonio, one of the largest events in the country will kick off at around 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The celebration, sponsored by the City of San Antonio, begins at Martin Luther King Jr. Academy and ends at Pittman-Sullivan Park.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">\u00a0This year\u2019s event features exciting special guests. Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas will attend as the event\u2019s keynote speaker, while Grammy Award winner Coco Jones will headline the post-event festivities at Pittman-Sullivan Park.<\/p>\n<p> Starting point: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, 3501 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.Route: About 2.75 miles along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive through San Antonio\u2019s Historic East Side.End point and celebration: Pittman Sullivan Park, 1101 Iowa Street, with a post-march celebration featuring a main stage, cultural performances, vendors, youth activities, wellness area, and community booths. <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from City of Austin website, City of Cedar Park website and Visit San Antonio website.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/holidays\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holidays<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Events and parades are going on in and around the Austin area to honor and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1972,223,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-129152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-holidays","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-texas-headlines","12":"tag-texas-news","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}