Final preparations underway for Tarrytown Halloween Parade

TARRYTOWN, New York (WABC) -- Final preparations are underway for Saturday's annual Halloween parade in Tarrytown.

Ghosts, ghouls and headless horsemen will creep through the streets of downtown for the 23rd annual parade. It went from a small, local parade with just kids in the neighborhood walking in their costumes to 128 floats and 15,000 people.

People come from all over the world to see the parade -- some from Scotland and the UK. Businesses also go all out with the decorations.

Store owners like Connor Regan say they see a spike in customers each year.

"It's a huge boost. I feel like it's a little sleepy town. And around Halloween, the whole place just blows up," Regan said.

Organizers call the event a 'labor of love' -- they say they start as early as February to work on it.

The Parade kicks off at Patriots Park at 5 p.m. Saturday, heads down Broadway and ends on Main Street with a block party. Officials say roads will start shutting down at 1 p.m.

Paradegoers are advised to go into neighboring villages to park and take the train in.