News Release: Road Closures to Occur for Annual Leesburg Kiwanis Halloween Parade on Wednesday, October 28

Leesburg, VA (October 23, 2026) – The 70^th annual Leesburg Halloween Parade, hosted and organized by the Leesburg Kiwanis Club, will be held on Wednesday, October 28. 

The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m., starting at Ida Lee Drive and proceeding down King Street to Fairfax Street.

King Street will be closed to traffic from Battlefield Parkway to Catoctin Circle beginning at 5:45 p.m. No cross traffic will be allowed across King Street during the parade. The street will be reopened once clean-up operations by the Public Works Department are completed. Motorists should plan on alternate travel routes during this time and follow the designated detours.

Parking at the Ida Lee Park field will be for parade participants only. Those participating in the parade are encouraged to bring food donations for Loudoun Hunger Relief, who will collect items when participants are signing in to Ida Lee Park field. Please visit www.loudounhunger.org for a list of most needed items.

Leesburg’s Halloween parade is one of the oldest in the eastern United States, first held in 1957. For more information about the event, including participation guidelines and registration forms, please visit https://k04757.site.kiwanis.org/.

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