Get ready to Rumpus!
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***For Immediate Release | 10/09/2025 | Athens, Georgia, USA***
WILD RUMPUS XVII 2025 Parade & Spectacle
“SUPERNOVA!”
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Downtown Athens, GA USA
ALL DETAILS:www.wildrumpus.org
Halloween Parade Creates Magic in Athens
The Wild Rumpus is Athens, GA's 'Halloween Mardi Gras', in its 17th year, and 2025 will be the biggest yet. All are invited to attend and BE IN THE PARADE- everyone is in costume- young and old, all lifestyles, and walks of life… Wear a costume, and YOU ARE the parade!
The Wild Rumpus Parade begins with a conch shell blown by the Master of Ceremonies, Timi Conley. The sound calls out to all people to join in, to come out from wherever they are and whoever they are, all are welcome, and they appear in hand-crafted, wildly imaginative costumes, to parade through downtown streets, to strut past local bands on the route, to stream into the festival zone with bands playing on stage, with fire spinners, aerialist performers, and laser lights. Thousands of people have come out to Rumpus in the streets to raise money for a nonprofit group each year, for 16 years to celebrate Halloween.
Master-minded by 30+ year Athens artist and musician,Timi Conley, the Wild Rumpus Parade has become one of Athens’s top events of the year. “Here in Athens, Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year…. The centerpiece of it all is the Wild Rumpus Parade & Spectacle downtown” -Flagpole Magazine. And the Athens Banner-Herald writes, “This parade is considered one of the best Halloween parades in the country.”
Everyone in costume is invited to march, for free. The event starts at 5 pm at the “Rumpus Rally” with bands on stage at Creature Comforts Brewery, for crowds of decked-out participants. People gather, streets are blocked off, there is a 4-block open container festival zone for the thirsty beasts, vampires, and jelly fish puppeteers. At 8 pm, with the sound from the conch shell, thousands of people begin the Wild Rumpus parade through the streets. Crowds flock to view the costumes, to dance to the music and entertainment along the route, and to hang out with all the costumed parade walkers, culminating in a massive DJ dance party in the street until 11 pm. Wild Rumpus attendees are then invited to the “Midnight Howl” Official After-Party at Paloma Park to continue the fun until the late night bells chime!
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EVENT COPY, SCHEDULE, SPONSORS, LINKS below
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Welcome all FREAKS, BEASTS, and CREATURES of the NIGHT!!
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WILD RUMPUS PARADE & SPECTACLE XVII
"SUPERNOVA!"
Downtown Athens, GA, USA
Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Brought to you by Timi Conley and Wild Rumpus Events Inc. (501c3),
supporting FARM Rx, a non-profit “Food as medicine” program of Athens Farmers Market
Presented by RUMPUS ROYALTY SPONSOR, ROCK NOBSTER Records
RUMPUS ROYALTY:
Downtown Athens GA, Creature Comforts Beer Co.
DIAMOND SPONSORS:
Long Drink, Paloma Park, Union Fare, Widespread Panic, Crescent 9, Espolon Tequila, T.P. O'Shea
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
Cheba Hut, The Hanmer Family, Climbing Kites, Cord Sibilsky Group, Ruby Sue Graphics
See more below and at this link:
What is the Wild Rumpus?
💥The Wild Rumpus is a COSTUME PARADE through downtown Athens, and Halloween celebrations with music, stages, sound and lights, and multiple parties (details below) that is open to everyone.💥
Who may attend the Wild Rumpus?
📣👻 ALL ARE INVITED to WEAR A COSTUME AND BE IN THE PARADE!! Join in!! :D 📣👻
Attendance is free and open to the public.
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FULL SCHEDULE
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5pm to 8pm THE RUMPUS RALLY Official Pre-Party
Location: Creature Comforts Brewery
Entertainment by Captains of Revelry, DJ Mahogany, YumboTron, and The Asymptomatics!
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8pm Sharp THE WILD RUMPUS PARADE
THE MAIN EVENT!
Starting location: W. Hancock Ave at Pulaski St. Downtown Athens
Parade Entertainment by
Los Cantares, La Suegra, Coma Therapy, Empress Mokah & Farin, Annie Leeth, Alien Funk Academy, Drí and the Violence, Wyld Staleyz, Writhe, DJ ChiefRocka, Sxvxnt, Cardynal + DK, and Molly Tu Hott!
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8pm to 11pm PARTY IN RUMPUSLAND (Festival Zone)
Entertainment:
Treatster 2nd Stage by Belli Dance Company, Danza Azteca, Georgia Saazish, Dance FX, and DJ Play!
MAIN STAGE
The Booty Boyz, with opener set by D:RC!
OPEN CONTAINER FESTIVAL ZONE
***From 5pm to midnight, attendees 21 and over may walk with open containers of beer or wine in the 4-block "Festival Zone" demarcated by street barricades. You must purchase a Festival Wristband to be able to carry open containers of been or wine. (Wristbands will be available for $5 at participating bars and restaurants on site) Please note: No alcohol is allowed in the PARADE- Only in the Festival Zone, within those barricaded areas. ***RECYCLE ALL CUPS AND CANS ♻️ Thank you!
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11pm to 2am THE MIDNIGHT HOWL Official After-Party
Location: Paloma Park Athens
Entertainment by BrOasis, and Luxury Vehicle
Happy Rumpus!
IMPORTANT LINKS:
Website with all details:
SOCIAL MEDIA
@wildrumpusathens
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