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Boston’s First Labor Day Parade
September 1, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am EDT
🎉 Be Part of History and Join Boston’s First Labor Day Parade! 🚶♀️✊ The Greater Boston Labor Council is making history with Boston’s first-ever Labor Day Parade! YOU’RE invited to march with us! 💥
This isn’t just a parade; it’s a statement, a celebration, and a call to action. The labor and activist coalition behind the parade has put together an inspiring lineup of participants:
- Mayor Michelle Wu and Governor Maura Healey will speak alongside union leaders and rank-and-file members
- Many other elected officials will show their support by marching in the parade, including Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Senator Ed Markey, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and many State Reps, Senators, and City Councilors from all over the state
- You can’t have a good parade without marching bands – we’ll have Good Trouble Brass Band, Musicians Marching Band, BABAM Marching Band, and Northeastern University Pep Band
- Circus Up, Unknown Hype Group, and the Roberto Clemente Dancers will all lend their talents to the parade
- Other marching contingents will include biker clubs, the Tin Men from the Sheet Metal Workers Union, a beautiful, classic red ‘65 Chevy pickup made by UAW workers, and much much more!
- When the parade arrives at City Hall Plaza, Terca Club will bring their spirited blend of Latin, Brazilian rhythms, American funk, and intergalactic psychedelic synths.
We’ll follow a powerful route that honors the victories of the past, energizes the movement we’re building today, and reminds everyone that it’s better in a union.
Schedule
9:30 AM | Gather in front of the State House
10:30 AM | March to City Hall Plaza Begins
March route
We’ll meet in front of the State House, at the corner of Beacon and Park Streets, for opening remarks and performances. At 10:30 we’ll head to City Hall Plaza via School, Washington, and Congress Streets, past several key landmarks from the struggle for Labor rights. And we’ll conclude at City Hall Plaza with more music and speeches.
Learn more about each stop in our Labor Day Parade Sneak Peek article!
