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Rag Shag parade returns for Halloween season

by Trent Levakis | Nov 5, 2025 | Easthampton, Hampshire County, Local News

A view up Cottage Street as hundreds of costumed children and families march to Easthampton High School for another year of the Rag Shag Parade.
Reminder Publishing photos by Trent Levakis

EASTHAMPTON — The annual Rag Shag Parade returned to Easthampton on Oct. 28, filling the streets with monsters, ghouls, goblins and plenty of other characters.

Hundreds of costumed children and their families marched from the former Maple Street School, down Cottage Street, and then eventually to Easthampton High School, where they received some early Halloween candy.

The city has been running the parade since 1981.

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