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Info for Spectators
The Parade runs down Maple Avenue (Route 123) from Branch Road to Center Street. The route is approximately ½ mile long and lasts 1 ½-2 hours. Please note that the Vienna Halloween Parade is rain or shine!
If you haven't been to the Vienna Halloween Parade before, you're in for a treat! Begun in the 1940s by the Vienna Businessman's Association (now the Vienna-Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce), the Parade was originally a gathering of local kids so they could show off their costumes to the Town of Vienna. Even now that the Parade draws big name entertainment and a crowd of ten of thousands, the costumed children are still a key element-- they gather at 6:30pm at Virginia Commerce Bank and lead the Parade down Maple Ave. (Click here for more information on participating with the "Costumed Kids")
This year’s parade theme is “It’s An Old Fashioned Halloween”. The parade’s 2008 Grand Marshal will be Count Gore De Vol, the First Vampire of Vienna and host of "Creature Feature" both on Channel 20 (1973-1987) and the web (www.countgore.com). The Count's participation is a flashback in itself-- Count Gore De Vol was the Parade's Grand Marshal in 1978.
