Do-Dah Parade

parade” for all those businesses that couldn't meet the guidelines of the Kalamazoo Holiday Parade. In the mid-1990’s WKFR took over the parade operation and in 2004 they approached DKI to partner with them to host the parade and eventually take over the operation and ownership of the parade. In 2015 DKI asked the Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center to take ownership of the parade and keep it right here in Downtown Kalamazoo. The Do-Dah Parade is a nonprofit, community organizing, grab-friends, and be in a parade event. It is the opposite of the Kalamazoo Holiday Parade and it opens the doors to groups that want to do something silly, dumb, and poke fun of a person, place, or thing | which we call a parody. It is built to make people laugh and is filled with costumes, themes, and entertainment! This year the parade will take place on Saturday, June 3rd, 2022. The parade will follow the same route as last year starting at the corner of Jasper and Lovell Street (Start at Lovell, Lovell to Rose, Rose to Michigan, Michigan to Portage, then Portage back to Lovell).