Annual NYC Village Halloween Parade & other events
46th Annual Parade
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Beginning at 7:00 pm
Dear Folks, please be sure to check on the respective links for the events listed on this page for any last minute changes or cancellations.
Entering into its 46th celebration is the Annual Halloween Parade, taking place from Spring St to 16th Street along 6th Avenue. Head on down and see all the ghouls and goblins, folks and puppets, musical performances and so much more!
Here’s our own full video of the parade from 2005. We’d spent hours holding on to our spot at the barricades for the parade to begin. Was it worth it? YUP!!!
It’s a huge attraction with more than 2 million spectators and tens of thousands of participants. “It’s the largest public participatory event in the greatest city in the world.”
This Year’s theme is ‘Wild Thing!’
So, if you show up in a costume then you’re welcomed to join the parade. For ONLY those in costume is on 6th Avenue at Canal Street between 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Alert! ONLY enter the line-up on 6th Ave. at Canal Street!
It then heads north to 16th Street and 6th Avenue. So show up in your costume and be ready to walk along in front of thousands upon thousands of spectators.
The Parade is expected to last from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm and will be telecast through Cable NY1 News from 7:30 – 9:30 pm. It takes about 2 hours or more for the parade to reach the end.
Visit also the official Halloween Parade Website
BTW, have a look at the many photos taken during our visit to Van Cortlandt Manor’s Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze.
Quite a number of the below items are free with information furnished courtesy of the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.
Night of 1,000 Jack O’Lanterns at Governors Island
October 17 – 27, 2019
5:00 – 10:00 pm
Governors Island, Colonels Row
Ticketed event with not may left.
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Exhibition – Death, Mourning, and the Hereafter in Mid-19th Century New York
Taking place every day through November 4
12:00 – 5:00 pm
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Thursday, October 10
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Ju-on: The Grudge
Bay 8th Street and Independence Avenue (in Dyker Beach Park), Brooklyn
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Fear(s) of the Dark
50 Kent Pop-Up Park (in Bushwick Inlet Park), Brooklyn
6:30 – 8:30 pm
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Friday, October 11
Movies Under the Stars: Beloved
Saratoga Square Park (in Saratoga Park), Brooklyn
6:30 – 9:30 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: La Leyenda de la Llorona
Maria Hernandez Park, Brooklyn
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Blair Witch Project Movie Night
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
7:00 – 9:00 pm
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Saturday, October 12
Halloween Tinker Festival
Lewis H Latimer House, Queens
3:00 – 6:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars: Hocus Pocus Halloween Celebration
Dongan Lawn (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
5:00 – 10:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn
6:30 – 8:00 pm
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Sunday, October 13
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: The Curse of La Llorona
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
6:30 – 8:10 pm
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Friday, October 18
Spooky Paint Night
Hansborough Recreation Center, Manhattan
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: The Dead Don’t Die
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
6:15 – 8:15 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Pet Sematary (2019)
Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn
6:15 – 8:15 pm
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Saturday, October 19
Pumpkin Painting: Brooklyn
Berry Street Garden
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Halloween Festival
Juniper Boulevard South and 80th Street (in Juniper Valley Park), Queens
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Family Wellness Day
Highbridge Recreation Center (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Fall Festival
Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Park (in Tudor Park), Queens
12:00 – 4:00 pm
Exhibition – Death, Mourning, and the Hereafter in Mid-19th Century New York
Merchant’s House Museum, Manhattan
12:00 – 5:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: The Visit
John Paul Jones Park, Brooklyn
6:00 – 7:30 pm
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Sunday, October 20
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Cabin in the Woods (R)
Driggs Avenue and Lorimer Street (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn
6:00 – 7:45 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Us (2019)
Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn
6:15 – 8:15 pm
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Thursday, October 24
Pumpkin Painting: Bronx
United We Stand Community Garden (in ), Bronx, 138th Street Community Garden, Bronx
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Halloween Celebration
Hunts Point Recreation Center, Bronx
4:00 – 6:00 pm
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Friday, October 25
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Hotel Transylvania 3
Brownsville Recreation Center (in Brownsville Playground), Brooklyn
6:00 – 7:45 pm
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Saturday, October 26
Fort Totten Halloween Festival
Parade Grounds (in Fort Totten Park), Queens
12:00 – 3:00 pm
Halloween Harvest Festival
Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
12:00 – 4:00 pm
Halloween Pet Costume Party
Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
12:00 – 2:30 pm
Exhibition – Death, Mourning, and the Hereafter in Mid-19th Century New York
Merchant’s House Museum, Manhattan
12:00 – 5:00 pm
Nightmare on 173rd Street: A Halloween Fall Story
J Hood Wright Park (in J. Hood Wright Park), Manhattan
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Beetlejuice
50 Kent Pop-Up Park (in Bushwick Inlet Park), Brooklyn
6:00 – 8:00 pm
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Sunday, October 27
Halloween Garden Ghoul Spook Fest
Aquehung Skywalk Garden, Bronx
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Halloween Fall Festival
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Halloween at the Garden
Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
12:00 – 4:00 pm
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Wednesday, October 30
Toddler Halloween Parade
Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center, Manhattan
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Halloween Pumpkin Flotilla 2019
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (in Central Park), Manhattan
4:00 – 7:00 pm
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Thursday, October 31
Halloween Fright
Hunts Point Recreation Center, Bronx
5:00 – 8:30 pm
Glow in the Dark Paint Night: Halloween Special
Asser Levy Recreation Center (in Asser Levy Playground), Manhattan
5:45 – 8:45 pm
Other Offerings:
Third Annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
October 11 – 18, 2018
“”…premier east coast genre festival that embodies the spirit of Brooklyn. Taking place in venues throughout the borough…””
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Crypt Crawl & Halloween Extravaganza
at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Friday, October 25, 2019
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Coney Island Halloween Festival & Parade
Saturday, October 26, 2019
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
MCU Park, Brooklyn
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Spooky City: Fifth Annual Halloween Party
At the Museum of the City of New York
Thursday, October 31
2:00pm – 5:30pm
“”Wear your costume or make a mask with us, “trick or treat” on our spooky New York scavenger hunt, and show off your moves at our deejayed monster mash dance party!””
Free with Museum admission. Registration suggested, but not required
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Beyond X Industry City: Kids’ Halloween Parade
Saturday, October 26
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
51 35th Street, Brooklyn
“”Join Beyond and Industry City for the second annual Kids’ Halloween Parade + Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt! Including fun activities like mural painting and a pumpkin patch, come in costume for an evening to remember.””
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Halloween Parade & Extravaganza
on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan
Saturday, October 26, 2019
“”Costume party extravaganza including: carnival games, rides, giveaways, food, contests, music, and more””
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Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders Presents
Day of the Dead – New York City – 2019
October 26 – 27, 2019
11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Free event and open to the public
Art • Live Music • Mexican Folk Art Market • Mexican Food
St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery
East Yard of St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery
10th Street and 2nd Ave in Manhattan
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Blood Manor:
NYC’s Premier Haunted Attraction
Taking place through the first days of November 2019
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East Flatbush Village Inc. In Celebration with Senator Kevin S. Parker and Assemblyman N. Nick Perry
Presents
7th Annual Fun For Kids Halloween
Saturday, October 26, 2019
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Featuring Haunted House Tours and Pumpkin Decorating
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
5816 Clarendon Road & Ralph Avenue
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Decker Farm Pumpkin Picking
Featuring Pumpkins, Hayride, Firepit & S’mores, Hay Maze, Kid’s Activities and Apple Cider
$6 per person
Decker Farm
435 Richmond Hill Road
Staten Island, NY
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Halloween Ball with Susanne at MoMA PS1
Bartsch: Valley of the Dolls
Friday, October 25, 8:00 pm
MoMA PS1 and New York legend Susanne Bartsch are teaming up once again for the eighth annual Halloween Ball. Be transported to the infamous Valley of the Dolls, with outrageous live performances, tableaux vivants, DJs, and the most elaborate costumes in the city.
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Halloween in Richmond Town 2019
Saturday, October 26, 2019
3:00 – 7:00 pm
$8 for Adults
$5 for Children
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Theater For The New City Holds Its
43rd Annual Village Halloween Costume Ball
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Outdoor entertainment
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm; doors open 7:30 pm
Underground stars perform each year in TNC’s Halloween Cabarets.
Guests will see and be seen and celebrate the Night of Nights.
Celebrants will sink fangs into Halloween delicacies in The Witches’ Cauldron
October 31, 2019 at Theater for the New City (TNC) ,
155 First Avenue (at E. 10th St.)
and the block of E. 10th St. between 1st and 2nd Avenues
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Spooky Pumpkin Garden
Through the end of October
New York Botanical Garden – Bronx, NY
Some smile, some wink, some snarl, and some look downright surprised to see you — who knew pumpkins could show more emotions than some Hollywood actors? After spending some time around these gourd-headed ghouls, you might find yourself second-guessing that next plate of pumpkin pie.
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Here’s a calendar featuring some items which may or may not be appearing in the listings above:
