NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The Village Halloween Parade will return next month with a historic first in its nearly 50-year history.
For the first time, the iconic, beloved parade, which began in 1973 and has since grown in popularity and become a New York City Halloween tradition, will be led solely by women.
The Brass Queens, an all-female 8-piece brass band from Brooklyn, will lead the parade, while the Brooklyn United Marching Band has been tapped as this year's grand marshals.
The parade's theme this year will be freedom, "inspired not by the people of New York but by their need to experience a place where fun is the main objective; to feel joy and the freedom of being who you are," organizers also announced on Tuesday.
"Throughout history, when our country faced times of hardship, people flocked to the parade because [it] extended the freedom to forget about whatever was going wrong and enjoy what was right in front of them, each other," Artistic and Producing Parade Director Jeanne Fleming added.
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Thus, this year's parade will pay tribute to The Raging Grannies, an international movement started in Canada that promotes global peace, justice and social and economic equality by raising consciousness through song parodies and satire.
The event is free for all to attend, but there are VIP tickets available, which give access to exclusive perks.
The only request is that attendees arrive before 7:00 p.m. in costume and masked to take part in the Halloween celebrations on Canal and 6th Avenue. The parade will then kickoff and head north to 15th Street.
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