Halloween Parade

An estimated 60,000 people marched in this year's massive Village Halloween Parade, its return after being cancelled in 2020 because of COVID.

Thousands marched and lined the streets for the Village Halloween Parade's return.

”We have gotten this go-ahead VERY LATE and we do NOT (at the moment) have enough money to make the Parade happen, so... the Parade could STILL be CANCELLED... due to lack of funds,” organizers write.

Under normal circumstances we'd be eagerly awaiting a Saturday Halloween Parade under a blue moon, but since it's not to be, relieve previous editions through a collection of some of our favorite pictures, instead.

Village Halloween Parade director Jeanne Fleming is still planning something, though: ”It’s going to be COVID safe, and big, but not gathering a crowd.”

Whistleblowers, Jokers, floral dress-wearing Danis from ’Midsommar,’ Bernie Sanders, Edward Scissorhands, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Minions, Bob Ross, zombies, Dr. Manhattan from ’Watchmen,’ and ’Beetlejuice’ characters were among the many costumes we spotted at the 2019 Village Halloween Parade.

The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade was cancelled and then saved last year - happily, it's back again for 2019. That and more stuff to do with your (costumed) canine in October.

One of our favorite annual Halloween traditions in NYC, the Village Halloween Parade, returns for its 46th edition on October 31, and this year's theme has been announced: ”Wild Thing!”

NYC's only nighttime parade brought out thousands of revelers, in costumes ranging from funny, to scary, to sexy, to pop-culture inspired.

The theme of 2018's Village Halloween Parade, "I AM a Robot," brought lots of robot and android-inspired costumes, but the biggest trend of the night was politics, with tons of people dressing up as Donald Trump, his wife Melania, Brett Kavanaugh, Vladimir Putin, and other political figures.