After two years of cancellations, Coney Island is finally ready to shell-ebrate.
Parade attendees at The 37th Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 22nd, 2019.Parade attendees at The 37th Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on June 22nd, 2019.will be back on Coney Island this Saturday for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The seaside tradition, which started in 1983, will showcase over 3,000 participants, many dressed in colorful ocean-themed costumes, setting off at West 21st Street and Surf Avenue.
“All of the participants have had the last two years to build up their creative energies, to store it up and it's going to absolutely explode this Saturday,” Rinn said. “It’s a huge party and it's participant driven,” Rinn said. “So the participants who are coming dressed as sea creatures, as mermaids, as Neptunes, as sailors as monsters, it's all their creativity and the things that they have done to, you know, make it such a colorful event.”
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