Martin Luther King Jr. Day is next Monday, Jan. 20. While the 31st Annual MLK Day Parade scheduled for Saturday has been postponed (with plans to be rescheduled in early February), there are a number of other events this weekend for you to partake in.

Here’s how the Fayetteville community is celebrating the legacy of the civil rights leader. 

To learn more about each celebration, click the hyperlinks below. 

Celebrations and events

Government closures 

  • Cumberland County Schools
  • Cumberland County – government offices
  • Cumberland County Courthouse and court services
  • Cumberland County Solid Waste – landfills and container sites
  • Cumberland County public libraries 
  • Cumberland County Animal Services
  • Fayetteville Police Department – main police station front lobby and records unit
  • City of Fayetteville Solid Waste Division
    • Monday’s garbage and yard waste will be collected Wednesday. 
  • Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks and Recreation – administrative offices
    • Recreation Centers will operate on the abbreviated schedule of 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
    • Parks, trails and green space areas will remain open and accessible to the public.
  • Fayetteville Regional Airport
    • Airport administration officers will be closed. Contact airlines directly for flight schedules
  • Fayetteville Area System of Transit – administrative offices 
  • PWC offices
  • Hope Mills – government offices 

Contact Evey Weisblat at eweisblat@cityviewnc.com or 216-527-3608. This story was made possible by donations from readers like you to CityView News Fund, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to an informed democracy in Fayetteville and Cumberland County.

Evey Weisblat is a journalist with five years of experience in local news reporting. She has previously worked at papers in central North Carolina, including The Pilot and the Chatham News + Record. Her central beat is government accountability reporting, covering the Fayetteville City Council.