Collinsville Halloween Parade Event Details

14th Annual Collinsville Halloween Parade

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Event Details

Children's Events start at 6pm

Parade starts at 7pm

Collinsville CT - The 14th annual Historic Collinsville Halloween Parade is scheduled to
commence at 7pm on Saturday, October 27th, 2007.

Ghouls, monsters, ghosts, and zombies of all ages will congregate at the Canton Hysterical (Historical) museum at precisely 7pm (Children's activities begin at 6 pm), where Boosilini, (AKA Jon Art) the Monster of Ceremonies, will address the crowd.

The ghastly gathering, gaurded by Goons, will proceed down main street, led by a chariot drawing the Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom (Mark Mercier, keyboardist with the Max Creek Band) will perform haunting music from an opera organ.

A highlight of the annual parade is the costume contest, which includes prizes for "funniest", "scariest", "most original", and the coveted, "best in show".

This year's new Main Street Midway highlights include:

The Gates of Terror
Voodoo Island and the Drumming Circle
An Electric Chair
The Spooky Booth/The Visualizer
The Can-Can Cantina
The Zombie Cage
Rubber People and Breakdancing Ghouls
Stilt Walkers and Fire Dancing presented by Matica Arts
The Hideous Heads: A series of ghoulish eight-foot-tall murals
And, as always, the Collinsville artists will endeavor to replace every “normal” white light
bulb in the quaint town, with spooky orange light bulbs.

NEW THIS YEAR! - CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES BEGIN at 6pm

Unique to this years event is a pre-event for families with young children. From 6-7pm in the parking lot in front of Downright Music & Art, an outdoor mask making arts & crafts event will take place. Children & teens are invited to bring their PRE-CARVED pumpkins for exhibition in THE PUMPKIN GALLERY, an ourdoor tabletop exhibit of carved pumpkins. Prizes will be awarded in many categories. From 6pm - 7pm children will also be invited to decorate festive masks with paints, glitter, feathers, etc.

The historic Collinsville Halloween Parade was lovingly founded twelve years ago by a dedicated group of Collinsville artists. Since its founding, the free, fun, family-oriented event continues to draw thousands of residents from across New England. The event is merely one example of the fact that Collinsville treasures its traditions, and celebrates the dedicated volunteers who strive to keep those traditions alive.

In honor of the 13th anniversary of this parade, the Canton Library will showcase an exhibit featuring 13 years of Halloween Parade posters, designed by Jon Squire (Boosillini.) This unique art exhibit will run through the month of November.