Outer Banks Halloween Parade of Costumes

The 12th Annual Outer Banks Halloween Parade of Costumes returned to Aviation Park in Kill Devil Hills on Sunday, October 26, 2025.

Founded in 2014, the Outer Banks Halloween Parade of Costumes continued to draw hundreds of participants and onlookers, including registered entries from multiple different states.

Halloween Daily News once again documented the entire event, with exclusive Parade highlights featured on the HDN YouTube channel and watched by over 80,000 subscribers around the world. The three Best In Show winners were also each interviewed and photographed by Halloween Daily News for a special feature on the channel.

In the Age 12 and Under category, 11-year-old Bryce Trembly of Poplar Branch, NC won for his customized camouflage soldier costume; in the Age 13 and Over category, Laureta Linett of Currituck, NC won for her homemade Darla from Finding Nemo costume; and in the Group category, the DeGroff Family of Kill Devil Hills, NC won for their Jurassic Park costumes.

The free, family friendly event also showcased many of the area’s nonprofit organizations, who hosted the trick or treat stations during the preparty, including Special Olympics Dare County, Beach Food Pantry, and Kill Devil Derby Brigade, with additional support provided by the Kill Devil Hills Police and Fire Departments.

The 2025 Outer Banks Halloween Parade was sponsored by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau , Traveler’s Moon Enchanted gift shop in Nags Head, Ripple Fiber of the Outer Banks, and Halloween Daily News.

You can watch exclusive footage of the full 2025 Outer Banks Halloween Parade of Costumes and the preparty festivities, as well as the Awards Ceremony and winners interviews, and see more than 100 of our exclusive photos below.