CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - You don't need tickets to get into CarolinaFest 2012 and it is open to the public.
Monday's events begin with Charlotte's annual Labor Day parade and the day will finish with a concert by James Taylor.
All day long there will be family activities and bands to listen to. It is the official kickoff to the week of events leading up to the President's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
For more information about CarolinaFest, click here.
Moira Quinn, with Charlotte Center City Partners, visited WBTV News Saturday Morning to give us the inside scoop.
Labor Day Parade Lineup
1. UAW colorguard
2. banners
3. West Charlotte band
4. Wayne Powers - candidate for county commission
5. IBEW - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
6. SC State Fair
7. Patrick Cannon - mayor pro tem
8. Beth Pickering - city council
9. LaWana Mayfield - David Howard - John Autry - James Mitchell - city council
10. Trevor Fuller - candidate for county commision
11. UAW 2404 - United Auto Workers - General Motors - Pineville
12. UAW 5285 - United Auto Workers - Freightliner - Mt. Holly
13. UAW 3520 - United Auto Workers - Freightliner - Cleveland NC
14. Robert Pittenger - candidate for US Congress
15. Michael Hobbs - candidate for county commision
16. Mail Handlers Union
17. Sam J. Ervin - judicial candidate
18. Gary Henderson - judicial candidate
19. Robin Bradford - candidate NC House
20. Keith Bradford - candidate county commision
21. Judge Charlotte Brown-Williams
22. Democratic Women of Mecklenburg County
23. IAMAW - Machinists
24. Judge Cressie Thigpen - Judge Linda McGee - Judge Wanda Bryant
25. Paula Harvey - candidate for county commission
26. NC Green Party
27. Greenpeace
28. Judge Ty Hands
29. House of Prayer band
30. Labor Day Princess Mary Lee
31. NC AFL-CIO
32. Southern Piedmont Central Labor Council
33. National Association of Letter Carriers - Wadesboro
34. American Postal Workers Union
35. Jack Flynn - candidate for NC Senate
36. David Granberry - register of deeds
37. empty
38. IATSE - stagehands
39. UFCW - United Food and Commercial Workers
40. empty
41. empty
42. Mecklenburg County Democratic Party
43. Center for Community Change
44. Labor Coalition Against Corporate Policies
45. NAACP- Charlotte
46. Greenville CYO band
47. empty
48. SC AFL-CIO
49. UE 150
50. CMAE - NCAE
51. CFFA - Charlotte Firefighters Association
52. United Steelworkers
53. OKLA AFL-CIO
54. AFSCME - government workers
55. A. Philip Randolph Institute
56. Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
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