🎩🌸 The Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival started in the 1800s as a post church fashion stroll outside St. Patrick's C

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Fifth Ave shuts down for hats 🎩🌸

The Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival started in the 1800s as a post church fashion stroll outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral…

Now it’s pure NYC chaos. No rules. Just creativity. 🗽

No place like NYC!

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1. Participants stroll in extravagant, handmade, and often whimsical bonnets and costumes, with the busiest,

Today, the 2026 Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival took place on Fifth Avenue. Participants stroll in extravagant, handmade, and often whimsical bonnets and costumes, with the busiest, most theatrical gathering occurring around St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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2. This still from the 1948 film "Easter Parade" shows Judy Garland and Fred Astaire strolling along the famed route, a nod

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Happy Easter! For more than a century, New Yorkers have celebrated with a parade of spring style.

This still from the 1948 film "Easter Parade" shows Judy Garland and Fred Astaire strolling along the famed route, a nod to a tradition that dates back to the 1870s.

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3. NYC, Easter 1929

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4. Fifth Avenue turned into a full balloon show this Easter 🎈🐰💐 This was the first year I saw so many balloon artists ta

Fifth Avenue turned into a full balloon show this Easter 🎈🐰💐
This was the first year I saw so many balloon artists take over the parade. From full hats to entire looks made of balloons… they completely stole the show
Featuring Tommy & Dave from Balloons Ink 🎈❤️

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5. That's great!

Thanks for sharing!

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6. Spotted at the Easter Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue 🍜🎩 Ramen hat, matching dog, and a full face swap moment 😂🐶

Spotted at the Easter Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue 🍜🎩 Ramen hat, matching dog, and a full face swap moment 😂🐶

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7. @CBSNews: New Yorkers showed off their creative side at the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival

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New Yorkers showed off their creative side at the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival, an over-century-old tradition that dates all the way back to the 1870s, according to the city.

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8. This is so wonderful! What fun! nt

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9. More........

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