page_title: Bishop Mule Days
hierarchical_section_title: Bishop Mule Days
caption_attribution_description: English: Mule drawn wagons participating in the Bishop Mule Days parade.
context_page_description: Bishop Mule Days is an annual festival celebrating the mule, held in Bishop, California over a six-day period leading up to Memorial Day. More than 700 mules compete in 181 events and the largest non-motorized parade in the United States. It started as a small show in 1969 with a few hundred attendees and has grown to Bishop's largest event, attracting as many as 30,000 spectators. Among mule shows, Bishop Mule Days has been described as "The Granddaddy of Them All".
  Bob Tallman has been the senior announcer of Bishop Mule Days for over 20 years. Also included are an arts and crafts show, and a country and western musical concert. The featured musical performer in 2010 was Lonestar and country star Jerrod Niemann performed in 2013.
  2020 saw the COVID-19 pandemic as grounds for cancellation & deferral to 2021.
context_section_description: Bishop Mule Days is an annual festival celebrating the mule, held in Bishop, California over a six-day period leading up to Memorial Day. More than 700 mules compete in 181 events and the largest non-motorized parade in the United States. It started as a small show in 1969 with a few hundred attendees and has grown to Bishop's largest event, attracting as many as 30,000 spectators. Among mule shows, Bishop Mule Days has been described as "The Granddaddy of Them All".
  Bob Tallman has been the senior announcer of Bishop Mule Days for over 20 years. Also included are an arts and crafts show, and a country and western musical concert. The featured musical performer in 2010 was Lonestar and country star Jerrod Niemann performed in 2013.
  2020 saw the COVID-19 pandemic as grounds for cancellation & deferral to 2021.
caption: Two mule-drawn wagons in the Bishop Mule Days parade.
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