Mule Day
The City of Columbia identifies Mule Day as its historic signature event, while the organizer publishes a target-year multi-day schedule. The official event is “Mule Day,” not a nationwide statutory “National Mule Day.”
Date and recurrence
2026 main festival program: 9–11 April; parade 11 April, with related wagon activities beginning 6 April
The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is Columbia, Tennessee / annual Mule Day community festival. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
National Mule Day
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Sources
- City of Columbia, Tennessee — Mule DayMunicipal Government
- Mule Day — official event scheduleOriginal Event Organizer
Frequently asked questions
When is Mule Day?
2026 main festival program: 9–11 April; parade 11 April, with related wagon activities beginning 6 April The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve the target-year Mule Day festival schedule from the organizer/City of Columbia.
Does Mule Day fall on the same date every year?
No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.
Is Mule Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: Columbia, Tennessee / annual Mule Day community festival. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Mule Day?
The stored designation basis is: The City of Columbia identifies Mule Day as its historic signature event, while the organizer publishes a target-year multi-day schedule. The official event is “Mule Day,” not a nationwide statutory “National Mule Day.”. Supporting provenance includes City of Columbia, Tennessee — Mule Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Mule Day international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Columbia, Tennessee / annual Mule Day community festival. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.