The Cleveland Columbus Day Parade will step off at noon on Monday, October 12, along Mayfield Road in Little Italy, continuing a tradition that celebrates Italian American pride, history and community. The annual neighborhood-wide will feature thousands of participants and attendees, elaborate floats, vintage cars, the famed Orlando bread truck, marching bands, local vendors, plus a variety of authentic Italian and Italian American fare along Mayfield and Murray Hill roads.
Parade Chairman Basil Russo — a local leader who has gone on to forge a nationwide Italian American advocacy coalition — prevented the abolishment of Columbus Day in Cleveland in 2019, spearheaded a lawsuit that restored the holiday in Philadelphia in 2025, and won a landmark appeal in Pittsburgh to halt the removal of the city’s 30-foot Columbus statue in 2024.
