2021 Halloween Parade
We will be having our Halloween parade this year, led by the incomparable Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Marching Corps! Join in your costumes and march with us down Greenwich Street to the park!
Date: Sunday, October 31, 2021
Parade Start Time: 1pm
Where to Meet: N Moore & Greenwich Streets
Parade Destination: Washington Market Park
The parade will culminate in our BOOtifully decorated park.
We hope to see you there!
2019 Halloween Parade & Party
Join us for the best family Halloween parade and party in NYC!
In past years we’ve had appearances from
the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Band,
Halloween crafts with our neighbor The Craft Studio,
Parkour coaching from the Movement Creative,
juggling and hula-hooping from Playful Productions,
children’s stilt-walking and performances from Children’s Tumbling,
and carnival games from Aardvark Amusements.
Come enjoy the games, candy, prizes, giveaways and costume contest awards!
This free public event is open to all.
We hope to see you there!
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While it was VERY WET this year, we still had some true Halloween Spirits out there this year!
Special thanks to our band – Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Band (a fan favorite!) for bringing the heat!
- Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Band (a fan favorite!)
- Halloween crafts this year with our neighbor The Craft Studio…
- Parkour Coaching from the Movement Creative
- Juggling and Hula-Hooping Acts from Playful Productions
- Children’s Stiltwalking and Performing from Children’s Tumbling
- Carnival Games from Aardvark Amusements
- Games
- Candy
- Prizes
- Giveaways
- Costume Contest Awards!This is a free public event but all donations big and small are welcome and appreciated! We hope to see you there!
2018 Halloween Parade & Party
Poster design by Jaime Viñas, 2018
Check out some of 2018’s winning costumes!
Amelie!
Bruno and Bernard Shopa
Carmen and Lydiana
Dante!
Diamond Green and Family
Michael, Amy and Eva Mahoney… and the tornado SPUN!!!
Rex Kullman!
The Kirby Family. So cute!
The Mitchell-Batty Family
London Jackson
Our annual Halloween Party and Costume Parade is the park’s longest running event, and it is one of the highlights of our year and for children in the neighborhood! Inside the park, Friends volunteers run a dozen free events, from penny-in-a-haystack to a bone dig in the sandbox, and a hay circle on the lawn.
PLEASE NOTE: Strollers are not be permitted in the park during the event. For your convenience, a free stroller-check will be available at Duane and Greenwich streets, run by our Friends board volunteers.
PARADE: Our parade line-up begins at 12:50pm near CitiGroup Plaza (Beach Street at N. Moore Street). The parade travels south along Greenwich Street to the park.
in partnership with JCP Downtown
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2017 Halloween Parade and Party
THANK YOU to our 2017 sponsors Bright Horizons and KinderCare Learning Centers!
Neither rain nor soggy costumes could stop the @WashMarketPark Halloween parade, with the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band. pic.twitter.com/brOZ9UFAQd
— Tribeca Trib (@TribecaTrib) October 29, 2017
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2016 Halloween Parade and Party
Tribeca T-Rex
our first scavenger hunt winners!
our garden pumpkin patch, showcasing many carving contest entries
dalmation doing a little pumpkin carving
werewolves have beautiful smiles!
an adorable bee with two proud beekeepers
cinderella, her fairy godmother, stepmother and evil stepsisters
the force was with us
our heroes!
the haunted community garden… ready for visitors
the haunted community garden
volunteer Theo showing children the haunted community garden
on patrol!
squirrels in the pumpkin patch
which way do I go?
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2015 Halloween Parade and Party
Faces in the Crowd: Washington Market Park’s Halloween Extravaganza
By Carl Glassman
Tribeca Trib, October 26, 2015