Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/26/2025
4:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost: Free
Location
Downtown Lexington
Categories
- Age Range
- Babies
- Dance
- Elementary
- Free
- Halloween
- Holidays
- Outdoor Activity
- Parents
- Preschoolers
- Teens
- Toddlers
- Vendor Fair
Lexington Halloween Variety Show, Halloween Parade and Thriller Dance
October 26, 2025
Variety Show 4:45 pm – 6 pm
Halloween Parade 6:30 – 7 pm
Thriller 7 – 9 pm
Variety Show: Curated by Mecca Live Studio, this stage show features a DJ spinning spooky tunes and Halloween-inspired performances by Lexington area arts groups such as Mecca, Dance Attack, Traci Stone Dance Studio, the March Madness Marching Band and many more.
Parade: What are you going to be for Halloween? Before the Thriller reenactment, we hold a parade that celebrates all things Halloween! Join us in the parade to show off your creativity and Halloween spirit! Members of the community are invited to submit parade entries (costumed characters, performances, floats, etc.), displaying their creativity and festive family fun. Costumed characters and entertainers are free to walk in the parade.
Thriller: The festivities culminate with the annual Thriller re-enactment where several hundred zombies will dance, dawdle and drag themselves down Main St. to the classic Michael Jackson tune. Pedestrians can watch all along the parade route.
Event Website
Event Website:https://www.lexingtonky.gov/playing/arts-events/fall-events-programs/halloween-festival-thriller-paradeDownload the event (.ics format) to your event calendar at this link: iCal
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