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WELCOME to our 47th Annual Parade!
The 47th Annual Parade will be on Saturday, OCTOBER 31, 2020 at 7 p.m under the Full Moon!
Click on the 2019 Photos link on the right side of this page to peruse our galleries!
March IN the 2020 Parade!
Join 100’s of PUPPETS, 35 BANDS, DANCERS, ARTISTS, and thousands of other New Yorkers in costumes of their own creation in the nation’s most wildly creative public participatory event in the greatest city in the world!
Theme TBA
Our 3rd Annual Special Theme Costume Section. $25 gets you in!
The Village Halloween Parade is again inviting folks to join a special section of the Parade as part of this year’s Theme: TBA To Read last year’ 2019 Theme Statement click here. Your $25 advance ticket buys you a secret entry point for early admission and no lines, a special DJ or live-band soundtrack for an In-Parade party, TV coverage and the chance to meet other costume fiends like yourself!!! Your ticket also allows you to support the most wildly creative Parade in NYC!
Theme costume REQUIRED to join this special section of the Parade. Buy a ticket and go wild with us! Secret line up details emailed closer to the event.
Skip the Line! March with a Band! Be the Party! Wear any costume you like!
If you don’t have time to wait in the massive general public line-up area, you can skip the line and march alongside a band! This ticket will allow you entry via a private entrance to the band lineup area between 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm. From here you can choose any band you’d like and parade with them up 6th Avenue.
Wear your Costume! March IN the parade!
All (and ONLY) those in costume are welcome to join the parade. General line-up begins at 6:30pm.
Alert! ONLY enter the line-up on 6th Ave. at Canal Street! View Map
Watch the 2020 Parade!
Live: On 6th Avenue North of Spring Street to 16th Street from 7:00pm – 10:30pm TV: NY 1: 8 pm – 10 pm
2020 Theme: TBA
2020 Grand Marshal: TBA
Last year (2019) the Grand Marshall was Zohra, the Giant Spider who appears on the Jefferson Market Tower, and its creator, Master Puppeteer Basil Twist, who celebrated 30 years with the Parade!
See a little video of Basil and Zohra from many years ago!
Our Official After Party: Webster Hall! The best party in town!
Details to follow.
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We are proud to announce that the Village Halloween Parade is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Village Halloween Parade, inc. is a 501c3 not-for-profit arts organization. All donations are tax deductible.
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