NYC 2023 annual Village Halloween Parade: Date, Times and Route
The annual Village Halloween Parade in New York City has arrived, celebrating its 50th year! Find out all you need to know for 2023 edition.
The annual Halloween parade has arrived in the Big Apple!
This Tuesday night, October 31, the spooky season will take over the streets of New York City to celebrate the 50th annual Halloween Parade, whose theme for 2023 will be “Inside Out/ Upside Down.”
The official theme of this year’s parade recognizes “the mounting disorientation so many of us feel these days – the realization that the promise of a return ‘back to normal’ has only revealed that whatever notion normal we clung to may be gone forever, irrevocably altered in ways both subtle and substantial. We are left floating, inverted, turned about, flipped around like shards of a mirror exploding in slow motion,” states the official website.
For that reason the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade “decided to literally reflect on this singular moment, and make mirrors our leitmotif.”
NYC 2023 annual Village Halloween Parade: Times and How to Participate
New York City’s annual Village Halloween Parade will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. (local time).
Those who would like to be part of the caravan can show up in their costumes and enter the parade from Sullivan, East Broome or Canal St. starting at 6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The parade will last approximately four hours, ending its route at 11:00 p.m.
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The Village Halloween Parade route
The Halloween parade will run straight down Sixth Avenue, starting on King St. to 15th St. West. The busiest streets are expected to be between Bleecker and 14th Street, so it is recommended to arrive early if you want to appreciate the procession from a good place.
It is worth mentioning that the event is completely free, however, there is a VIP area to avoid crowds. If you want to access it, you can buy your tickets on the official website of the parade.
According to information from Secret NYC, the annual Halloween parade is expected to attract nearly 60,000 participants plus two million in-person spectators and another two million viewers via television.