Paducah Labor Day Holiday Schedule

The City of Paducah has released its Labor Day holiday schedule for city events and services. 

The 44th Annual Labor Day Parade conducted by the Western Kentucky Labor Day Committee will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, September 2.  The parade, which attracts on average 40 to 60 entries, will follow Broadway starting at 2nd Street and then head west on Broadway until it disbands at Fountain Avenue. 

The parade route will close at 9 a.m. and remain closed until the parade safely passes. The theme of this year’s parade is It Takes U and I to Make Union.  Following the parade, there will be entertainment at Carson Park until 5 p.m. including live music, food vendors, and activities for children.

The Robert Coleman Sprayground at the corner of Walter Jetton Boulevard and Husbands Street, and the Splashpad at the Rotary Health Park located at 421 North 13th Street are open daily 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. through the Labor Day holiday.  They will close for the season once the weather turns cooler.

City Hall and the Parks & Recreation Department office will be closed on Labor Day.  

City crews will collect recyclables Tuesday, September 3 for Paducah households that have recyclables collected curbside on the first and third Mondays of the month. There will not be a collection on Labor Day, September 2.
 
The compost facility at 1560 North 8th Street will be closed on Labor Day.

The garbage collection schedule will not change for the Labor Day week. The recycling drop-off facility operated by Freedom Waste at 400 State Street is open Labor Day. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon.