October
Columbus Day Parade
On the second Monday in October, New York hosts one of the oldest and biggest Columbus Day celebrations in the country with more than 35,000 marchers traveling north along Fifth Avenue from Forty-fourth and Seventy-ninth streets. Call 212-484-1222 for more information.
Halloween Parade
This very popular and crowded costume parade, with more than fifty bands, puppets, dancers, and artists, takes place in Greenwich Village, on Sixth Avenue from Twenty-third Street to Spring Street. Find more information on the Web at
