4 Wednesday, June 6, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com
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bronsonhealth.com/battlecreekSHELLY KEHRLE-SULSER
Executive Editor
The annual celebration of Battle
Creek’s heritage returns June 7-
in the form of the National Cereal
Festival starting with the Friday 6:
p.m. parade led by Kellogg and Post
cereal mascots and continuing with
the Saturday 8 a.m. to noon World’s
Longest Breakfast Table and sur-
rounding festivities.
“We’re super excited to have this
free community event,” said Kelly
Walden of Kellogg Arena. “We
always enjoy organizing it and hav-
ing it for the area of Battle Creek and
surrounding.”
Some new attractions to the
Festival Market Square event loca-
tion this year are live animal shows
by Realm of the Reptile and The
Taylor Swift Experience by Lansing
cover artist, Kanin Wren.
“It’s definitely celebrating the heri-
tage of being the ‘Cereal City’ and
we look forward to another year of
hosting it,” said Walden about the
National Cereal Festival returns to downtown Battle Creek June 7-
Cereal company mascots will lead the National Cereal Festival Parade when it returns to downtown
Battle Creek Friday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m. There is no grand marshal this year, organizers said.
See CEREAL on 5 (Shopper News file photo by Leila Wood)