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Rutland Halloween Parade 2026
Since we had such a great time this year, let's book it and do it again next year! The Rutland Halloween parade for 2026 is on Saturday night October 31st!
How to watch
IN PERSON!!! - we'd love to have a ton of supporters there to cheer us on and take plenty of pictures!!!
If you are unable to make it to the parade:
PEGTV is livestreaming the parade HERE in its entirety
It is also being broadcast of Comcast 1075 and Vtel 163 (if you live in an area where you have those channels)
Parade Details
Saturday, October 25, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Parade Route: Madison St. & Strongs Ave. to Wales St., left to West St., left onto Merchants Row ending at the plaza.
Map of Parade Route is shown below.
The Reviewing stand/TV booth is going to be on the corner of Strongs Ave. & Wales St.
If you are planning to come watch the parade in person, please be aware of the following:
THERE ARE STREET CLOSURES FOR THIS EVENT. Expect street closures around the downtown area beginning at 4:45 PM and re-opening at approximately 8:30 PM. Limited parking along the parade route on Wales Street, West Street, Strong Ave, and Merchants Row on the day of the parade.
There are 94 entries and over 1,700 participants in the parade.
Please get to Rutland early and expect delays potentially with both entering and leaving the area.
Practice Details
2:00 - 3:15 Practice at WRVHS**
We will be taking a group photo at the end of rehearsal
***Please bring a lunch/dinner and drink, we will have time to eat and put on costumes before we leave***
4:00 - Load and go
5:30-6:00 Section 4 staging on Madison St. in Rutland
6:30 Parade Start
8:30-9:00 Parade End
10:00ish Return to WRVHS
***Traffic will be heavy leaving Rutland, students will be in contact with parents should anything change***
**For those that are not familiar with the High School, there is a side door on the creek side of the building that we will have someone at to let you in, or you can come around the back of the building to the music room. Again, we will have Sr. High students that will be there to help!**
Click the permission slip link above if you need to fill one out.
Permission slips are due Thursday Oct. 23 by the end of the day.
Mr. Hilkert needs to submit a list to the middle and high school of all students that will be attending the event.
If parents/guardians want to pick their student(s) up from the parade in Rutland to go home, Mr. Hilkert will need a note from them. They will also need to "sign" you out at the parade in person as well.
Costumes
Everyone participating in/with the band at the parade (chaperones included) is to be in a Halloween costume.
Please make sure that your costumes are school AND weather appropriate! It's going to be in the mid 40's at the time of the parade.
General Information
This performance is an optional performance for band students in grades 7-12 and is a great opportunity for us to showcase all the great things going on musically at WRV!!!
We have 39 students performing in the parade.
Our theme for this year is "We ain't afraid of no ghosts!"
This is the 1st time since White River Valley High School was formed that the marching band is attending the parade.
We will be in Section 4 of the parade and we are being judged in the marching band category. Wish us luck!
Mr. Hilkert will bring all participating 7th/8th grade band members instruments to the high school on Friday. This will ensure that no one's instruments are left behind at the middle school as we will NOT be stopping there on Saturday.
The band would like to thank Felicia Allard and her Art students for making the banner for the parade!
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