The 6t'9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club's 12th/18th Annual Pumpkin Parade

[NEW ORLEANS, LA - October 21, 2022] — On October 29, 2022, from 6pm t’9pm, the 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club will once again take to the streets for their 12th/18th Annual Pumpkin Parade— This year The 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club puts our City’s apparent priorities in alarming order with its parade theme: “SAFETY SIXTH!”

The 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club was founded in 2005 and organized the first costumed parade after Hurricane Katrina. It is a family-friendly community parade to the core, seeking to bring together the city’s funky collection of cross-generational makers and its unique second-line culture to inspire a new generation of New Orleans children and adults to participate in the fine arts of parading that is the lifeblood of our city.

Once a three-hour, three-mile, three-block-long behemoth of a parade that went from the 6th Ward t’ the 9th Ward from 6pm t’9pm—it is now limited to twelve blocks and two hours—time off the streets and changes in the city’s permitting policies have resulted in what the club hopes is only a temporary shortening of its route and duration.

6t’9 NEEDS YOU! — This year rolling without their King & Queen for life, the 6t’9 Steppers will be joined by Chief Victor Harris of Fi Yi Yi, The Treme Kids and the Mystic Krewe of Conus. immersed in the innovative Brass Band stylings “Squeek and the Boyz” — In a time when parents are hesitant to let their children go trick-or-treating, get the word out to get the kids on the route and we’ll bring the tricks and treats to them!

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