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Dia de los Muertos Parade & Festival


  • Buckman Performing Arts Center (map)

SAVE THE DATE for this year's annual Dia de los Muertos Parade & Festival. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group hold this annual event, where families are invited to honor ancestors and celebrate the cycle of life and death.

11:30 a.m. - Parade begins at Overton Square
12:15 p.m - Parade arrives at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
12:30 p.m. - Community celebration begins at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

The Dia de los Muertos Parade begins in the Tower Courtyard at Overton Square with floats and performers making their way to the plaza at the Brooks Museum beginning at 11:30 a.m. The community celebration at the Brooks will offer art-making activities, face painting, music, costumed performers, dance performances, food trucks and more!

Admission is free.

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