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riversedge

(80,909 posts) Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:55 AM Monday

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

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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🎩🌸 The Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival started in the 1800s as a post church fashion stroll outside St. Patrick's C (Original Post) riversedge Monday OP

Participants stroll in extravagant, handmade, and often whimsical bonnets and costumes, with the busiest, riversedge Monday #1

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

NYC, Easter 1929 riversedge Monday #3

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

That's great! PittBlue Monday #5

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

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

This is so wonderful! What fun! nt Ilsa Monday #8

More........ riversedge Monday #9

riversedge

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

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 08:58 AM

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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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riversedge

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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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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:06 AM

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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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riversedge

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3. NYC, Easter 1929

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:23 AM

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riversedge

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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

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:25 AM

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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!

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:27 AM

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Thanks for sharing!

riversedge

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

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:27 AM

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

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riversedge

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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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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:30 AM

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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.