Halloween Parade

Band registration is now OPEN

Coming Together to Celebrate

OCTOBER 22, 2026 | 7:00PM

This year's theme is:
"Celebrating our Roots: Columbia 300th and America 250th Year Anniversaries"

Columbia’s Mardi Gras “Halloween” Parade is always the fourth Thursday in October. The parade is sponsored by the Columbia Lions Club and the Sunsnappers.

We offer up to $2,000 in cash prizes fort the best floats, walking groups, and individual participants. The parade route is well-lit and secured with ample police police protection to ensure everyone’s safety. Please note that candy cannot be thrown from floats and vehicles but can be handed out by individuals walking along the curb line.

The parade features high school and community bands, floats, baton groups, fire departments and local businesses. The last unit in the parade is always a steam calliope.

The parade steps off at 7:00 p.m. at the Columbia Borough Fire Department, 10th and Manor streets. The parade route is as follows. Manor Street to 4th Street; 4th Street to Union Street, Union Street to Second Street, Second Street to Locust Street, Locust Street to Sixth Street, Sixth Street to Cherry Street. It consists of five divisions, with each division sponsored by local businesses and organizations.

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Floats, Bands & Groups

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Thanks to our 2026 Sponsors

Division Sponsors

Bender Dental Group
Best Price Propane of Columbia
ClassOne Restoration

Clyde W. Kraft Funeral Home
Coffee & Cream
Columbia American Legion Post 372
Columbia Family Restaurant
Columbia Fraternal Association
Columbia Tire Outlet
Columbia-Middletown Elks #1074
Doug’s Stump & Tree Service

Eastern Driller Manufacturing Co.
Foresters of America
Imperial Eagle Products
Kleen-Rite Corp
Kyper Insurance Group
Lancaster Area Sewer Authority
Lancaster County Career & Technology Center
Loyal Order of Moose #307
McCarty Seal Coating
MiselBerger

Mohnton Professional Car Club

Mountz, Kreiser & Fleckenstein
Nikolaus & Hohenadel
Penn Waste
Red Rose VFW Post 2435 & Auxiliary
Redline Detailing
Rhoads Sheet Metal
Sahd Metal Recycling
Smith’s Laundromats
St. John’s Herr Estate

Sunsnappers
Susquehanna Beneficial Association
The Mann Weaver Associates: Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices
The Medicine Shoppe
The Seibert Real Estate Group – KW Elite
Wrightsville Social Club

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

To ensure this year’s parade is as successful as those in the past, we are asking businesses, organizations and individuals to consider making a donation to cover the cost of bands, special performers and prizes awarded to the best floats and walking groups.

The most visible way to support this year’s parade is to sponsor a division of your choice. Division 1 can be sponsored for $350, while Divisions 2 and above can be sponsored for $250. Division sponsors will be recognized with a prominent banner at the front of each division. Donations of any amount are welcome, and all sponsors will be recognized on our website and Facebook page.