ABC7’s Val Warner, Ryan Chiaverini to host parade

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team via WLS logo

2 hours ago

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago’s 70th Annual Columbus Day Parade returns to Chicago on Monday.

The parade, hosted by ABC7’s Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini, is set to begin at 1 p.m. and run through downtown Chicago. The parade will route through State Street to Wacker Drive and Van Buren Street.

Before to the parade, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans will hold a mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii and a wreath laying at Arrigo Park.

RELATED | Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans kicks off Columbus Day celebrations with flag raising

Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications said road closures and crowds are expected.

Chicago Columbus Day Parade closures

  • Upper Wacker Drive from Wabash Avenue to Franklin Street
  • State Street from Kinzie Street to Wacker Drive
  • State Street from Wacker Drive to Van Buren
  • Van Buren to Congress Parkway
  • OMEC did not say when streets would reopen.

    If you can’t attend the parade in person, You can watch it live right here on ABC7.

    The video from the player above is from a previous report.

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