For the 40th year, artist and activist Joey Skaggs purports to hold a march in honor of "hype, hypocrisy, deceit, bigotry, and downright foolishness." All are welcome to participate in "eviscerating the most absurd social, cultural, and political figures and events of the times with outrageous floats and unrelenting mockery."
The parade kicks off on Tuesday, April 1, at noon, beginning at 5th Avenue and 59th Street and marching down to Washington Square Park. The grand finale in the park will crown the much-anticipated "King (or Queen) of Fools," honoring the individual whose audacity, ignorance or hypocrisy reigned supreme over the past year.
Whether you want to get involved or watch from the sidelines, expect “larger-than-life floats lampooning the year's most shameless attention-seekers, power abusers, conspiracy peddlers, and tone-deaf billionaires,” as the event's press release puts it.