The annual Denver Marade — an annual march-parade down East Colfax on Martin Luther King Jr. Day — will continue on Monday, despite temperatures plummeting into the negatives.

The annual Marade — started in 1986 — is one of the United States’ largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations. Hosted by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission, the event will see countless Denver citizens walking down East Colfax, honoring the day the civil rights icon was born.

The tradition will continue in 2024, according to Marade Co-Chair Christian Steward.

“We’ve marched in colder weather than this and still had large crowds,” Steward said. “We will be there. We will be marching.”

Temperatures on MLK Day looks to be a high of 3 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. Snow and winds of nearly 20 mph are also likely.

The Marade will move down Colfax from City Park at 10:45 a.m., where it will stop at Civic Center Park at noon. 

It was planned to start at 9:30 a.m. and stretch till 1 p.m. with entertainment and speakers, but Steward noted those performers and speakers on stage have been cancelled to shorten outside standing time. 

The march will continue as planned, though.