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Special Events in St. Louis
January
St. Louis Ambush Soccer team begins season.
St. Louis Flower Show
February
The Soulard Mardi Gras ( 314-773-6767) is a street celebration in the Soulard neighborhood.
Chinese New Year celebration. For more information call 772-4640
Greater St. Louis Auto Show
Annual Orchid Show at the Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Winefest
Working Women's Survival Show
March
Missouri Valley Post Season Basketball Tournament
Greater St. Louis Home and Garden Show
Mid-American Jazz Festival
St. Patrick's Day Parade and Run
April
St. Louis Cardinals begin season
Missouri Spring Festival of Art
St. Louis Film Festival Spring Sampler
Greater St. Louis Kite Festival
Forest Park
314-997-0101
May
St. Louis Storytelling Festival
Annie Malone Parade sponsored by The Annie Malone Children's Home, founded by one of the first African-American millionaires in the nation, brings the community together each May to remember the founder's legacy and to celebrate neighborhood
spirit with a parade and a series of social events. For more information, call 534-8015
St. Louis Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony
Gypsy Caravan
June
University City Fair in the Square
Lafayette Square House and Garden Tour
For more information, call 772-5724.
The annual House & Garden
Tour and a Victorian Art Festival are held in June
Taste of Clayton food festival For more information, call 746-0473.
African Arts Festival
July:
Fair Saint Louis
314-434-3434
Attracts 1 million people to the riverfront for air shows, entertainment, educational exhibits, fireworks, and food and crafts booths.
Soulard Bastille Day Celebration
An annual Bastille Day celebration. 773-6767
Missouri Black Expo
Summer Flower Show begins at the Jewel Box
August
St. Louis Strassenfest
Hispanic Festival
St. Louis Blues Heritage Festival
St. Louis County Air & Fair Show
Moonlight Ramble
Greek Festival
Missouri Botanical Gardens Japanese Festival
Art Happening
International Institute's Festival of Nation, for more information call 314-773-9090.
September
The Saint Louis Art Fair is held each September on the streets of Clayton, MO , one of the nation's most affluent and prestigious business and residential communities. At the 2000 Art Fair, more than 130,000 art enthusiasts purchased more than $2 million worth of art.
Saint Louis Art Fair
7818 Forsyth, Suite 210
Saint Louis, MO 63105
or call 314-863-0278
Great Forest Park Balloon Race
314-993-2468
includes a Frisbee exhibition and sky diving.
Big Muddy Blues Festival held annually on Labor Day weekend. For more information,
call 241-5875.
St. Louis Rams begin Football season
Labor Day Parade
St. Louis Jazz Festival
Bevo Day
Heritage America at Cahokia Mounds
October
St. Louis Blues season begins
Columbus Day Parade: For information call 647-6222
Fright Fest at Six Flags
Historic Shaw Art Fair
St. Louis Marathon
November
St. Louis Film Festival
St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
Veterans Day parade
Holiday Champagne Stroll in November.
For more information, call 746-0473.
Mid-America Holiday Parade
314-286-4086
The parade route runs along Broadway and Spruce to Union Station on Thanksgiving Day. It is the Midwest's largest holiday parade.
December
Kwaanza Holiday Expo
Cherokee Street Antique District Annual Cookie Walk
First Night St. Louis
Parlor tours of homes in the Lafayette park neighborhood.
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