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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 / rule2026 main festival program: 9–11 April; parade 11 April, with related wagon activities beginning 6 April
ScopeColumbia, Tennessee / annual Mule Day community festival
VerificationCity And Organizer Edition Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is 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

Classification

Topic and context

Animals, Nature & Environment →
Accuracy controls

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.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. City of Columbia, Tennessee — Mule DayMunicipal Government
  2. Mule Day — official event scheduleOriginal Event Organizer
Reader questions

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.

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