Everything to know about the NYC Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival 2025

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Fifth Avenue will jump more than usual this weekend.

New Yorkers will put their bigger and bold hats to paint the road as a Easter egg on Sunday for the annual Easter and Bonnet parade festival.

The colorful parade generally attracts all kinds of ourselves disguised, including those who take the opportunity to stain my stains as they were in an elegant English breakfast, and others that prefer to dress like a crazy cotton tail.

The annual Easter and Bonnet parade festival encourages participants to dress with their craziest spring costumes. Matthew McDermott

Following a much more solemn form of the cross process process of the Brooklyn bridge for Good Friday, the annual parade will surely be a good moment of its work.

Here is everything you need to know before this year’s festivities.

What is the Passover parade and the Bonnet festival?

The annual parade began for the first time in the 1870s, when the ages of Etend Etend Mass of Etend Easter of Guild Fashion of Guild, in the Cathedral of San Patricio, and then walk along the fifth avenue to show their best Sunday, according to Times Square.

The event reached a peak of popularity after the successful 1948 film “Easter Parade”, which saw the character of Judy Garland accept the door of the marriage proposal of Fred Astaire, the Fifra Avenida Fiesta.

Today, it is less religious aspect, but it is still very fashion, especially hats.

Participants are encouraged to use their own version of a hood, even if that means making one with the metrocards that will soon go out.

The successful 1948 film “Easter Parade” starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire concluded at the Fifth Avenue event. Everett collection
Anyone and everyone can participate in the annual parade. Matthew McDermott
A trio made his own subway bonds with Metrocards at last year’s festivities. Flickr/Joseph Pkknik III

When is the Passover parade and the Bonnet festival?

The Passover parade always falls on Christian holidays, this year lands on Sunday, April 20.

The parade begins at 10 am, while the Easter Mass takes place within the Cathedral of San Patricio.

Once the service of approximately one hour concludes, the procession begins and generally continues until 4 pm

The parade marches through Fifth Avenue to 57th Street. Getty images

Where is the Passover parade and the Bonnet festival?

The parade begins outside the Cathedral of San Patricio on 50th Street and continues north on Fifth Avenue to 57th Street.

Can anyone participate in the Easter and Bonnet parade festival?

Unlike other parades during the year, anyone and everyone can leave for Fifth Avenue on their best Sunday.

Even pets are encouraged to participate, especially if they carry their own costumes and caps.

The annual parade began in the 1870s. Matthew McDermott

What are the best places to see the Easter parade and the Bonnet festival?

The ideal place to take a look at the Passover parade and the Bonnet festival is right at the beginning: the San Patricio Cathedral.

Otherwise, there is no better view than in the middle of the march.

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