In their Easter bonnets, with all the frills upon it, folks will be the grandest in the Easter parade
St. Patrick’s Cathedral and other locations
Fifth Ave. between 50th & 51st Sts.
Sunday, April 8, free, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Every Easter Sunday, thousands of visitors descend on St. Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate the holiday in a unique way. They show up in colorful outfits that feature all kinds of hats, from subdued and elegant to wild and crazy, meandering between 49th and 57th Sts. on Fifth Ave. And it’s not just men, women, and children; you can expect to see a whole lot of pets dressed up for the day as well. Although it is called the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival, it is not a parade in the usual sense, with people and floats marching in line up Fifth Ave.; instead they just mill about, showing themselves off while admiring others. St. Patrick’s will hold several masses on Easter, at 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 10:15 (ticketed), 12 noon, 1:00, 4:00 (in Spanish), and 5:30. You can also spend Easter Sunday uptown at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, where they’re hosting an Easter Paper Scavenger Hunt, a Pretty Pattern Easter Egg Collage class, and Ukrainian-inspired Patterned Easter Egg workshops, or downtown at Trinity Church, where the Easter Fun Fest takes place in the courtyard from 12:30 to 2:30, including scavenger and egg hunts, a puppet parade, the Easter Bunny, and more.