Carmel-By-The-Sea Halloween and Birthday Parade
Don your best cloak, brush your fangs, and hop on your broom to join us in celebrating Halloween and the City’s birthday. This event is free and open to the public.
The parade will stage on Mission Street and Sixth Avenue (Farmers’ Market footprint), head south on Junipero Street before making a right onto Ocean Avenue and heading down to Monte Verde Street, where it will loop back up Ocean Avenue.
Participating in the Parade
Are you a local community group interested in participating in the parade? Fill out the Parade Participation Form with all of the frightening details about the ghouls and goblins and Munster Coach you want to participate.
Watching the Parade and Street Closures
Best places to watch the parade and cheer on all of the participants are anywhere along Ocean Avenue, especially Devendorf Park.
Ocean Avenue will be closed for the duration of the parade from 4:30 p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. There will be no cross traffic across Ocean Avenue from Junipero to Monte Verde Streets starting at 4:15 p.m.
If you are parked on Ocean Avenue or the side streets between Ocean Avenue and Sixth or Seventh Avenues, you will be a captive audience for a very fun parade until we get the streets open again, so get ready to cheer on the home team. As soon as the parade concludes, which should be fairly quickly, we will be opening streets back up as soon as possible!
After the parade, join us in Devendorf Park for Trick-or-Treating.
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