Event Info
This year’s event has already passed and the RVA zombie horde’s appetite for brains has been satiated.. for now.
6th Annual Richmond Zombie Walk
benefiting the American Cancer Society
WHEN
The 6th Annual Richmond Zombie Walk will take place on Saturday, October 30th. Pre-walk meet up is at 1pm and the actual walk is at 2pm.
WHERE
This year, as always, we will walk Carytown. And that’s it. You will find that it is exhausting to lumber around just after a few blocks. In previous years some of the locations that we walked based popular suggestions have been “hit or miss”. We loose attendance with each new location, and there is some confusion with our out-of-town undead.
like last year, the pre-walk meeting spot will be at the parking lot of Benedictine High School at 1:00pm on Saturday, October 24th. it’s on the corner of N. Belmont Ave. and Hanover Ave. in the Museum District. (hanover and belmont richmond va 23221). –>CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS
Make sure to arrive at the meeting place in costume. We can’t leave the place all bloody when we leave.
MAKE UP & COSTUME WORKSHOPS
Stay tuned here for date/time/locations for our “How To” workshops
CONTESTS
Most disgusting, most creative, best group theme. We haven’t decided the categories. We’ll let you know soon. There will be PRIZES awarded the day of the event!
VICTIMS
Wanted: Willing victims (people to be turned into the undead in public)
SPONSORS
Our activities this year will benefit The American Cancer Society. Again,we won’t require anyone to make a donation, but if everyone can pitch in $5 each, it will be much appreciated. We were able to raise over $600 in ‘09. An impressive goal that begs to be smashed this year. Let’s do this!
Again, stay tuned for upcoming information and details. If you have any questions leave a comment or send us a message.
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EVENT RULES (ZOMBIES MUST OBEY THESE RULES TO PARTICIPATE)
1) do not touch anyone/anything (especially storefront windows). no exceptions.
-even though you and i may love this kind of thing there may be others who do not, respect their space and they will respect our celebration. yes, this means dripping.splattering blood too. keep it to yourself.
2) Do not attempt to scare anyone who is not a willing participant.
If anyone is freaking out, turn and shamble in the opposite direction.
3) no walking out into the street or traffic
-again a great way to get hurt or arrested, not to mention possibly causing an accident
-richmond zombies use crosswalks and obey the walk/don’t walk signs. it’s okay to break character to cross safely. just use your head people.
4) any weaponry should be easily discernible as fake
-keep bright obnoxious orange caps on the end of toys guns
-no replica weapons, the word replica implies “like the real thing”
5) as fun as it would be, no part of your costume should squirt or project any liquid or objects
6) no profanities
-we will most likely walk by many innocent children during the walk, no need to warp their minds any further than seeing the walking dead already will
-keep it in character, i’ve never heard a zombie drop the F bomb
7) ham it up!
-you’re wearing fake blood and ripped up clothes and walking around moaning in public, doing that louder will not be any more embarrassing
walk like a zombie
-this is not a speed-walking event, zombies lurch, crawl, limp, slither, etc.
-think more Romero zombie, not “run” zombie except for avoiding traffic. see #2.
9 ) stay in character
-i know everyone is excited about this, as am i and deadmason, but zombies do not truly have the motor or cognitive abilities to operate a camera or cell phone. we have plenty of people who will be documenting the event, so please try to refrain from taking pictures during the actual walk. there will be time before the walk to take photos and/or vids. also, zombies don’t have conversations or text their friends, they’re dead, they’re all messed up.
10) stay on public property
-do not go into stores or other private properties. stick to the sidewalk.
11) have fun
-come up with a theme and stay in character as much as possible. it’s a celebration of a great time of year, moan like you mean it!