The City of Takoma Park Recreation Department will host its traditional Monster Bash on Saturday, October 26th.
The event will feature:
- The Kickoff for Monster Bash will be in the parking lot of Takoma Park Middle School from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. There will be a DJ and roving entertainment, Trunk-or-Treat and a magic show. (See below for information on our new Trunk-or-Treat component.)
- The Costume Contest and Parade will begin lining up at 2:00 PM and wind down Piney Branch Road to Philadelphia Ave., traveling all the way to Maple Ave in front of the Community Center.
- A local band will perform from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM along with announcing the Costume Contest winners, a selfie station, games and more roving entertainment.
In order to hold the event and ensure patron safety, the following roads will be closed or blocked:
- Piney Branch Road, from Takoma Park Middle School to Philadelphia Avenue from about 12pm-3pm there will be a rolling street closure. The roadway will be reopened once all parade participants have cleared the roadway.
- The intersections of Chestnut Avenue/Grant Avenue, Philadelphia Avenue/Piney Branch Road, Philadelphia Avenue/Chestnut Avenue, Philadelphia Avenue/Holly Avenue, Philadelphia Avenue/Birch Avenue, Philadelphia Avenue/Cedar Avenue, Philadelphia Avenue/Old Philadelphia Avenue and will have rolling closures between 12pm – 4pm.
- Some residents will not be able to exit their neighborhood while streets are closed for the parade (Hodges Lane, Chestnut Avenue, Holly Avenue, Darwin Avenue and Grant Avenue).
- Once the parade concludes all street closures on Philadelphia will be lifted.
- Philadelphia Avenue/Maple Avenue, Maple Avenue/Grant Avenue, will be closed 1pm-6pm, through the event. Maple Avenue/ Lee Avenue will still be open.
- Residents along Maple Avenue (Philadelphia-Lee) will not be able to exit along Maple Avenue through the event.
- Ahead of the event, detour signs will be placed on Maple Avenue and Piney Branch Road with expected closures and times.
- There will also be no parking signs in the Community Center back parking lot and along Maple Avenue between Philadelphia Avenue and Lee Avenue.
- Ride-On and Metro bus service (including Metro Access) will be interrupted on the aforementioned streets from 11am – 7pm.
- In the event of inclement weather, the Monster Bash will be moved inside Takoma Park Middle School and there will not be any road closures.
Detour signs will be posted and Police will be directing traffic at the main intersections. Ride On and Metrobus service will be interrupted on the aforementioned streets from 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Maple Ave. will be closed from Philadelphia Ave. to Lee Ave for the duration of the event (inc. set up and clean up). Streets are expected to open by 6:00 PM. Photo courtesy City of Takoma Park