Join us on Saturday, Oct. 8 for a family friendly day of Halloween merriment in the Highlands!
Recently included as Number Seven on the list of the Top Ten Halloween Parades in the U.S. by the Travel Channel, the Highlands Louisville Halloween Parade marches through the heart of the Highlands from the corner of Baxter Ave and Broadway down to Bardstown Rd and Rosewood on Saturday, Oct 8 at 4 PM.
The new date and time are the results of an extensive survey and logistics research with goals of providing a better experience with regards to traffic, safety and attendee satisfaction. In addition to the centerpiece parade, there will also be a daylong Halloween Street Festival that starts at 12PM on Baxter Ave from Bardstown Rd to Hepburn. The festival will run until 8PM that evening featuring a variety of vendors, live bands, makeup and jack-o-lantern carving demos and a couple of spooky surprises.
What can I do at the Festival?
Highlands Ghost Tours: Spooky haunted tours depart from the festival at 1PM, 3PM, 5PM and 7PM. For $10 per person, get a personalized tour of some of most haunted spots in the area.
The Haunted Bus: The 7th Street Haunt and Asylum Haunted Scream Park co-present this mini haunted attraction that takes kids and big kids through a creepy haunted house built inside an actual school bus.
Jack-O-Lantern Carving Demos: Dreams with Wings, who present the annual Jack-O-Lantern Stroll at Slugger Field, will be on hand carving unique pumpkins all day.
Red Head Convention: Molly Malone’s will celebrate the Celtic origins of Halloween with games, food and drink specials and trophies for “Reddest Hair,” “Best Ginger Beard,” “Most Freckles,” “Best Red Haired Dog” and “Curliest Eyebrows.” The King and Queen will be crowned at 8PM.
More games and fun awaits you!
Who will be in the parade?
Grand Marshals: Ben Davis and Kelly K from the WDJX Morning Show.
You can expect to see car clubs, dance and performance groups and the most hearses ever to participate in the parade. Due to the earlier parade time, almost every haunted attraction in the area will have a unit and characters in the parade including the Haunted Hotel, the 7th Street Haunt, Danger Run, Grim Trails, Asylum Haunted Scream Park, Waverly Hills Haunted House, Field of Screams, Nightmare Forest, the Devil’s Attic, Literally a Haunted House at Culbertson Mansion and Fear Fair!
I, the Phantom of the Ville, will also be haunting the streets of the Highlands this Saturday. Don’t be afraid to say hello or to take a Phantom Photo to prove to your friends that like the Great Pumpkin, I really do exist!
