23rd Annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade - Sunday, April 6, 2025

Start: Sunday, April 6, 2025 12:00PM
End: Sunday, April 6, 2025 5:00PM

The 23rd Annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade is Sunday, April 6 from 12-5pm in the historic Greektown district in downtown Detroit. The parade is a celebratory, family-friendly, and community-oriented way to preserve and promote the proud Hellenic heritage of the Greek community in Detroit, Windsor and Southeast Michigan. Featuring 60+ groups, including church and student organizations, traditional dance groups, a dozen members of the official Presidential Guard of Greece in historic uniform, church and community leaders, mascots and entertainment from Detroit sports teams, and more.

The Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade helps support the Hellenic Museum of Michigan, through community grants and awards, school and collegiate outreach, and fundraising.

** Important for this year: The parade will follow a new route due to the streetscape project on Monroe Street -- beginning on Lafayette Street and traveling up Beaubien (under the People Mover), and ending at Macomb Street. Parade-goers are encouraged to line Beaubien Street for the best viewing opportunity. **

WHEN: Sunday, April 6, 2025
-- 12:00 p.m.: Doxology at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church: Join His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas for a prayer service before the parade.
-- 2:00 p.m.: Dignitary reception, dance performance and press preview inside the Atheneum Suite Hotel.
-- 3:00 pm.: Parade begins from 600 E. Lafayette (southeast corner of Greektown Casino), travels west to Beaubien Street, turns onto Beaubien and travels north past Monroe Street (closed for streetscape project), then concludes at Macomb Street. Dignitaries include Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, Mayor Mike Duggan, and Consul General of Greece in Chicago, Emmanouil Koubarakis.
-- 4:00 p.m.: Post-parade ceremony, dance performances and street festival.

WHERE: Greektown, Detroit
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral (707 E. Lafayette Street): Doxology prayer service
- Atheneum Suite Hotel (1000 Brush Street): Dignitary Reception
- 700 E. Lafayette Street: Parade staging and starting point
- 800 Block of Beaubien Street: Parade viewing area (on Beaubien, between Lafayette and Monroe)
- Beaubien and Monroe Streets: Announcement and Dignitary Stage