Performers from the New Generation Fancy Drill Team wear tassels on their boots while marching in the Bud Billiken Parade on South King Drive, Aug. 13, 2022, in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood.

A sea of humanity flowed up and down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for the 95th Bud Billiken Parade, the largest and most prestigious African American procession in the United States. The parade route ...

ABC 7 Chicago will be the only TV station in town to broadcast the 87th Annual Bud Billiken Parade, live, Saturday, August 13th, from 9:00 am- 11:30 am. The Bud Billiken Parade is both the largest ...

Members of the Geek Squad perform at the 92nd annual Bud Billiken Parade in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood on Aug. 14, 2021. Dance Force Elite performs at the 92nd annual Bud Billiken Parade in ...

Nicknamed “The Bud,” the parade has been a back-to-school celebration and showcase for Chicago’s talented young people since 1929. For four generations, the Sengstacke family has organized what it ...

The 96th annual Bud Billiken Parade kicks off next weekend on Chicago's South Side, but residents of the Chatham neighborhood got a sneak preview Thursday of what we can all expect on Saturday, Aug. 9 ...

Certain iconic imagery brings to mind traditional American summer activities: the smell of hamburgers cooking on a grill, marching bands with drum lines and kids catching candy thrown from colorful ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC 7 is CHICAGO PROUD to have been the only TV station in town that broadcasted the 88th Annual Bud Billiken Parade, live on August 12, 2017 from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on the ...

CHICAGO (CBS/AP)-- One of Chicago's signature summer parades will officially return this year. The Bud Billiken Parade and Festival will kick off back-to-school season on Saturday, Aug. 14. Two-time ...

If things go as St. Louis University desires during the NCAA tournament, perhaps its mascot will be the reason why. St. Louis' mascot is a charming, devilish-looking creature called a "billiken." The ...