Davenport Halloween Parade Route

Halloween weekend is almost here! For those looking to get some extra candy and see some spooky floats, Davenport's annual Halloween parade is this Saturday and they have announced the parade route along with road closures before and after Saturday's parade.

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Saturday is Davenport's annual Halloween parade. The parade will be filled with ghosts, goblins, floats, candy, and fun. The parade starts Saturday, October 30, at 6:30 p.m. The City of Davenport has released the parade route for Saturday and road closures for staging and the actual route have been announced.

The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of East 3rd Street and Pershing Avenue. The parade will travel west on West 3rd Street and take a left turn onto North Ripley Street and go south for one block. The parade will take another left turn onto West 2nd Street for six blocks to Iowa Street where they will turn left one last time to head north on Iowa Street to East 3rd Street. Floats and parade participants will take a right onto East 3rd to disband.

The judge's table will be set up on the corner of West 3rd Street and North Ripley Street. Free parking and accessible viewing will be available throughout downtown Davenport.

Portions of Pershing Avenue, Iowa Street, and LeClaire Street, and East 3rd Street will be closed starting at 2:30 p.m. until the end of the parade. Portions of 2nd Street, 3rd Street, Ripley Street, Harrison Street, and Main Street will be closed beginning at 4:30 pm. until the end of the parade. And a portion from Brady Street from River Drive to 4th Street will be closed from 6:30 p.m. until the end of the parade.

After the parade, join us at The Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds on October 30th for our Annual Halloween Costume Ball! Get your tickets now to enjoy:

Live music from Hairbangers Ball and Cheese Pizza
Free food from Smokin Butt BBQ and Wise Guys Pizza
The Best Costumes in the Quad Cities Competing for big cash.
$2,000 in cash prizes including two $500 first-place prizes! (Group and Individual)
$25 Tickets are available online, or at The Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds.

You can purchase your tickets to our annual Halloween Costume Ball by clicking the button below:

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