Greenwich Village Halloween Parade

What: New York City’s Car­ni­val – the Green­wich Hal­loween parade is the worlds pre­mier Hal­loween spec­ta­cle and the only night time parade in New York, with more floats, march­ing bands and more than 50,000 impromp­tu cos­tumed rev­el­ers, dressed as every­thing from Zom­bies to Robots, parad­ing down New York’s Sixth avenue all over­seen by a series of spooky giant ani­mat­ed rod pup­pets.

The parade attracts more than 2 mil­lion spec­ta­tors who help drum up the atmos­phere – and with the only require­ment to par­tic­i­pate in the parade being a cos­tume – you are in for a fright­ful­ly good Hal­loween.

When: The parade takes place on Hal­loween – the 31^st Octo­ber – each year.

Where: The Parade take place in Green­wich vil­lage New York, start­ing on Sixth Avenue and Spring Street and march­ing its way down to 16th Street in Man­hat­tan.

Dura­tion:  The parade begins at night­fall and lasts for approx­i­mate­ly three hours from 7pm to 11pm, if not par­tic­i­pat­ing but watch­ing on the streets of New York, it is advised to arrive ear­li­er as sixth avenue in par­tic­u­lar becomes incred­i­bly busy as the start of the parade approach­es.

Tick­ets: With the excep­tion of a cos­tume entry to the parade is free ! – and spec­ta­tors can also wit­ness the parade for free of charge. There are pre­mi­um tick­ets avail­able from (www.halloween-nyc.com. ) which allows par­tic­i­pants to skip the line and gives access to a spe­cial themed float.

Need to Know: It’s New York in late Autumn, so what­ev­er you dress up as – make sure it has lay­ers !

More Infor­ma­tion: For fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the parade includ­ing the theme and to pur­chase pre­mi­um tick­ets vis­it (www.halloween-nyc.com)