New York’s Village Halloween Parade celebrates the creativity, spirit, and community of New York City through one of the nation’s most imaginative participatory events.
At the heart of the Parade is art, bringing hundreds of thousands of people together to express their creativity, celebrate, and experience the city in a new way. The Parade transforms the streets into a vibrant space filled with music, movement, color, and imagination.
More than a celebration, the Village Halloween Parade creates a lasting sense of community, freedom, and connection, contributing to the cultural life and enduring spirit of New York City.
6 SIMPLE STEPS FOR JOINING
New York’s Village Halloween Parade
Follow these steps for successfully joining the Parade — the largest public participatory event in the greatest city in world!
1. Be Creative and Wear A Costume!
ONLY costumed marchers are allowed in the Parade.
2. Show Up at Sixth Ave at CANAL Street.
Lineup Location
You can only enter this area from the EAST and SOUTH. That is Sullivan, East Broome and Canal Streets. If you come from the West, enter ONLY from Canal Street. Follow these directions carefully!
3. Arrive between 6:30pm and 9pm
Don’t might miss the Parade! The subway is the best way to get there, parking is always difficult and the Parade makes it even worse.
4. Meet your friends
If you are meeting your friends, it is best to meet a block or two from the Parade route and all come over together to the line-up. Even with cell phones, it is hard to hook up with people at the start.
5. Follow the crowd north on Sixth Avenue
In order to ensure the safety of all participants in the Parade, you will have to wait in the lineup area until you are let into the Parade route.
The Parade starts at 7pm and participants are let into the Parade in groups of 1000-2000 people at timed intervals.
Once you are IN the Parade, keep heading north with the rest of the revelers. Once you are IN the, please do not go south on Sixth Avenue, the police will stop you!
6. Find good music or a group to march with
There is so much good music in the Parade you are bound to hook up with some fun vibes to dance with.
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