"There will be no better place to spend Halloween than on Halsted."Įven though the Northalsted Halloween Parade is considered the most family-friendly Halsted event, there is a separate kid and family oriented event taking place on Sunday October 28 from 1 to 3 p.m at 815 W Roscoe. "Together with Triangle Neighbors, we've put together an event that is sure to do justice to our apocalyptic theme," Sachdev said. With the impending end of the world predicted by the running out of the Mayans' ancient calendar, this year's parade theme is Apocalypse 2012.
The event culminates in a stage show at the Main Stage on Halsted and Belmont with performances by Miss Foozie, the Chicago Spirit Brigade, Environmental Encroachment and the Chicago Fire Tribe. The audience will help determine the winners along with guest judges MaCray Huff and Katrell Mendenhall from the Style Network's hit show Chicagolicious. The incomparable Miss Foozie returns for yet another year to emcee as the costume contest participants strut their stuff down Halsted, competing for the thousands of dollars that will be awarded to the top costumes in categories like Best Group Costume, Best Drag Costume and Best Pet Costume. For the first time since it's inception, the Parade route is lengthening and also flipping directions, traveling from Waveland in the north to Belmont in the south instead of the usual south to north route. at Circuit Nightclub, located at 3641 N Halsted, just south of Waveland where the new parade route kicks off.
on Wednesday October 31, later than in years past, with a pre-party and costume registration from 4 to 6 p.m. It is certainly a night not to be missed." "A pre-party during the costume registration at Circuit gets things going early, the new route going south from Waveland on Halsted and ending at Belmont means more space and our legendary costume contest has some star power this year.
"Several new debuts happen this year, which are sure to elevate the event profile," Nirmalpal Sachdev, the owner of Steamworks and chairperson for the Halloween Parade, told.
Chicago, IL - Halloween 2012 is just around the corner and queer Chicagoans can look forward to a weekend full of fun local events as well as some major changes taking place to the 16th Annual Halloween on Halsted Parade, presented by the Northalsted Business Alliance and Triangle Neighbors.