The Mermaids Of Coney Island

According to CNN.com, "Around the first day of summer... mermaids descends upon Coney Island, New York. Creatures of the sea old and young, clothed or otherwise, take over the Brooklyn neighborhood for one day every year to celebrate art, culture and pride for their hometown in what might just be the nation's largest art parade." The event is a statement of pride that celebrates artists and provides a mythology lesson.
Coney Island resident and arts advocate Dick Zigun dreamt it up in 1983.