Mayday 2026 returns to the Southside on May 3

For 50 years, South Minneapolis has celebrated Mayday with an annual parade, ceremony and festival to honor the coming of Spring on the first Sunday in May.

Mayday Parade lifts up diverse community voices through processional art to celebrate and amplify messages of Peace, Resistance, Unity, Cultural Expression, Social Justice, the Environment, Community and Whimsy.

Community members, arts groups and unincorporated groups and local organizations are welcome to make art of all forms, join the parade on May 3 and celebrate spring. You are welcome to make Parade Art in your home, garage, basement (wherever!) and register your own section in the Parade.

If you would like to make art at a community build, there are several places to do so. All ages are welcome, children must be supervised by an adult.

• Date: Sunday, May 3

• Time: Noon

• Location: Bloomington Ave, Minneapolis

Learn more at Mayday Parade Mpls

This Cultural Districts Arts Fund activation is funded, in part, by the City of Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Department.