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Washington Market Children’s Halloween Parade

Date: Sunday, October 25, 2026

Call Time: Noon

Call Location: Greenwich Street & North Moore Street, TriBeca (Manhattan)

Truck duty: Fliccolos

This is a paid gig

Call Time:

  • Noon

Call Location:

  • Greenwich Street & North Moore Street, TriBeCa

Schedule:

  • 11:30am: truck arrives
  • Noon: Unpack truck
  • 12:30pm: Repack the truck, warm up and tune
  • 1pm: Parade kicks off and marches three blocks to Washington Market Park, where we’ll stand and play until ~2pm

 

 

Subway

  • CLOSEST AND EASIEST: 1 train to Franklin St
  • ALSO NEAR: A/C/E trains to Canal St or 2/3 to Chambers St
  • This falls on SUNDAY, give yourself extra time for weekend subway schedule.
  • Be sure to check the MTA website for service changes and the MTA Live Map before you leave home!

Driving and Parking

  • GPS Address: 390 Greenwich St
  • There is some street parking, but you will need to arrive early to find it. 

Uniform/Costume (Everyone)

  • Family-friendly Halloween Costume (this is for the kids!)
  • Our winning 2026 theme: Dolly Parton and Tim Curry!
  • ALTERNATIVE to the winning theme: Come as whatever the heck you want, including in your street clothes. This is a costume-optional event, and “costume” can be as simple as a silly hat you borrow from Leslie…
  • BUT, PLEASE:
    • NO SCARY/GORY costumes. This is for the children and their families!
    • Please be culturally sensitive with your costume choice.

Music We’re Playing

Make sure you have all your music before the gig. If you are missing anything, print it from Chorus Connection or contact Marita. We will not have music at the call location. 

  • 34th Street Chorale
  • Technical Warmup
  • 2026 HALLOWEEN Marching Set and GOATS
    1. Golden
    2. APT
    3. Pink Pony Club
    4. NUEVAYoL
    5. We Found Love
    6. Gimme Gimme Gimme
    7. Time Warp
    8. Nine to Five
    9. Abracadabra
    10. Bad Romance
    11. Bohemian Rhapsody
    12. Cellblock Tango
    13. Dancing Queen
    14. Despacito
    15. Don’t Stop Me Now
    16. Fat Bottom Girls
    17. Fireball
    18. I Wanna Dance With Somebody
    19. Mamma Mia
    20. Mickey
    21. Poker Face
    22. Timber
    23. Touch Me
    24. Toxic
    25. Uptown Funk
    26. We Are Family

More About the Music:

  • Put your music into a flip-folder (and don’t forget to bring a lyre)
  • Suggestion: If you need to put the GOATs in a flipfolder, consider using a separate flip folder than the one with your Marching Set to avoid making that one too unwieldy.
  • Make sure you have a new QBAC logo placard in front of the pieces in the Marching Set, Bonus Tracks, GOATs
  • DO BRING: Rubber bands, binder clips, or anything to keep your music in place. This gig is a very windy one, from year’s past.
  • This is a small parade of 3 or so blocks down Greenwich Street and into Washington Market Park, where we will play our Bonus Tracks, GOATS, etc., and the kids and their parents will dance and immerse themselves in the fun! They are always SO EXCITED to welcome us back, let’s make some joy!
  • This gig is rain or shine! In the case of rain, we will not march and will instead find shelter and perform our stand-and-play portion for the kids and families under a giant overhang.

After the truck is reloaded, a group of us always go out for lunch nearby in our Halloween attire–feel free to join us!

  • Try to use a restroom before you get to step-off. Neighborhood businesses are usually okay about letting you in.
  • There are bathrooms in the park, where we will be doing the stand-and-play at the end of the gig.