Village Halloween Parade
Just in case you don’t yet have any plans for Halloween, get yourself down to the Village tomorrow for some festivities! Be prepared for some giant puppets in the procession. It all started in 1973 with a Greenwich Village mask maker and puppeteer organizing a parade beginning as a walk from house to house in his neighborhood for children and friends. Now the parade is the largest celebration of its kind in the world and has been selected by Festivals International as "The Best Event in the World" for October 31 drawing more than 50,000 costumed participants and an estimated 2 million spectators.
This year’s parade theme is Ghost, celebrating the parade’s 35th anniversary. A simple white cotton sheet with two holes for eyes will float before spectators defining an invisible presence, a shrouded figure serving as a reminder of our transience yet assuring us that the human spirit lives forever. Official Parade puppeteers Superior Concept Monsters will lead the parade, drawing inspiration from the spiritualist séances of the Gilded Age. So join the retinue of diaphanous puppets and ephemeral phantoms as they float along the haunted streets. For parade route, check out their website.
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