{"id":212639,"date":"2026-04-28T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212639\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:23:08","slug":"coney-island-mermaid-parade-returns-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/212639\/","title":{"rendered":"Coney Island Mermaid Parade Returns in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mermaid Parade, the unofficial kick-off to summer in New York City, will commence on the Brooklyn waterfront on June 20.<\/p>\n

The annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade is set for Saturday, June 20, inviting thousands of sea creatures and spectators to the unofficial kick-off to summer.<\/p>\n

Coney Island USA<\/a>, the non-profit multi-arts organization headquartered in the heart of Coney Island\u2019s famed amusement district, said the parade will be staged despite the nonprofit’s endeavor\u00a0to raise funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanning for the 2026 parade has been a struggle,\u201d said Adam Rinn, Coney Island USA\u2019s Artistic Director. \u201cFinancially, we\u2019ve been hit hard this past year, with the economy the way it is, the harsh winter and the battle to save Coney Island from a dreaded casino, we found ourselves tapped out. It got to the point that we had to open up a crowdfunding campaign.”<\/p>\n

However, thanks to the public fundraising and a generous allocation<\/a> from Brooklyn Borough President\u00a0Antonio Reynoso,\u00a0everything fell into place, Rinn said.<\/p>\n

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\nParade participants marched along Surf Ave. during the 2023 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Photo: Dustin Lin for BK Reader. <\/p>\n

Each year notable celebrities are selected to lead the Mermaid Parade through the streets of Coney Island as the King and Queen. This year the honors go to musician and New York\u2019s native son, Jesse Malin, and two-time Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe royalty for this year\u2019s parade is a dream come true,\u201d Rinn said.<\/p>\n

Parade registration and details can be found at: https:\/\/www.coneyisland.com\/mermaidparade<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mermaid Parade, the unofficial kick-off to summer in New York City, will commence on the Brooklyn waterfront…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,83965,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-212639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-coney-islandmermaid-parade","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}