HALLOWEEK 2016 returns with plenty of chances to party & celebrate throughout RVA!

by | Oct 12, 2016 | HALLOWEEK

It’s that time of years ghouls and boys HARDYWOOD PARK CRAFT BREWERY X RVA MAG present HALLOWEEK 2016 is upon us and we’ve got the details to get your spine tingling.

It’s that time of years ghouls and boys HARDYWOOD PARK CRAFT BREWERY X RVA MAG present HALLOWEEK 2016 is upon us and we’ve got the details to get your spine tingling.

Every year we do our best to get folks in the spirit of the season and we’re not talking pumpkin latte; we’re talking brews, booze and boos! Costume contests, the 12th Annual Richmond Zombie Walk, block parties, lip sync battles and a mess of other events are sure to help give you chills and thrills this Halloween season. Check out the full list of events below:

FRIDAY KICKOFF! OCTOBER 21ST

6PM !!HALLOWEEK KICK OFF!! at STRANGEWAYS with special brew release, live music and burlesque at 9pm FREE

4PM Pre-Order Book Release with Music at 6pm League of Space Pirates presents: Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire (feat. Manzara, League of Space Pirates + Get In The Car) at HARDYWOOD

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND
12PM Hardywood Fifth Anniversary Party, feat. Hardywood Cassowary (Music by Super Yamba Band + Black Masala), FREE

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23RD
7PM Satan, Bat, Cauldren, and Humungus at BROADBERRY

NOON Richmond Record Fair with VG Minus 3 at HARDYWOOD, FREE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH

9PM >The ANSWER’s HALLOBEER PART ONE !! Featuring The Mekong Express tribute to Ray Charles with special HALLOWEEK 2016 Brews & Andals, FREE

EVERYDAY 10/24-10/3 at NOON Spooky Screenings | Watch a different spooky classic every day in The Beet Cafe at ELLWOOD THOMPSON’S

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH
7PM Monster Burger, Bourbon and Brews at SAVORY GRAIN

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH
6PM Deadly Debutant Dinner Weird & Wild Culinary Curiosities at KINFOLK

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH
9PM THE ANSWER & RVA MAG Present LIP SYNC BATTLE ROYALE HALLOWEEK 2016 Edition with $200 CASH TOP PRIZE!! FREE

5PM HARDYWOOD’s Haunted Food Truck Court with Bride of Frankenbier Release HALLOWEEK 2016 Official Beer, FREE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH
8PM Movie Club Richmond presents: Pet Cemetery at HARDYWOOD, FREE

7PM The Village of the Dammed at THE VILLAGE CAFE drink specials, brew specials and horror movies..

5PM to 7PM CAPITAL ALE HOUSE Downtown presents “The TAPPENING”, A Happy Hour tapping of special HALLOWEEK 2016 beers for the weekend!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH
10PM 19TH ANNUAL DEAD MAN’s BALL at Bandito’s with DJ Ryan Andrews & DJ Dom $500 cash prize at 9m and $500 cash prize at midnight!

9PM Monster Mashquerade WRIR Benefit at The Camel featuring Mikrowaves, special guest, costume contest and other specials!

4PM to 7PM ZOMBIE TOWN DON’T LOOK BACK & CITIZEN BURGER in Carytown for UN-Happy Hour with Zombie Specials and HALLOWEEK 2016 Beer Tapping (4-8pm)

1:30 12TH ANNUAL RICHMOND ZOMBIE WALK in Carytown: More info at RichmondZombieWalk.com

1PM Trickery Release + Sleep When You’re Dead: An 80’s Spook Review feat. Full Moon Fever, Los Ramones, Imaginary Boys + Geek RVA) at HARDYWOOD, FREE

11AM to 5PM Ellwood Thompson’s Halloween Fest with beer, cider, music, crafts, games, pet costume contest, kids face painting & more!

9AM “WAKE UP THE DEAD” Breakfast & Coffee at BLACK HAND COFFEE Come get your coffee and grub pre-zombie walk!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
7PM All HALLOW’S EVA RAGER featuring Skeletonwitch, Iron Reagan, Oathbreaker, Homewrecker + Genocide Pact at HARDYWOOD $13 in Advance & $15 at Door

HALLOWEEN!MONDAY, OCTOBER 31STt
9PM THE ANSWER’s HALLOBEER PART TWO!! Featuring THE BIG PAYBACK’s James Brown Tribute!! Also, special HALLOWEEK 2016 Brews & Andals, FREE

7PM SHARP! Monroe Park (near VCU Campus) Richmond’s 11th Annual Halloween Parade presented by ALL THE SAINTS THEATER COMPANY

ALL DAY! ELLWOOD THOMPSON’S Costume Contest! $100 Prize for Best Stewards & Customer Costumes!

Thank you to our following sponsors:
Carytown Burgers and Fries, Strangeways Brewing Company, Village Cafe, The Answer Brew Pub, Don’t Look Back, Ellwood Thompson’s, Capital Ale House, Black Hand Coffee, The Camel, Mekong, Citizen Burger, The Broadberry, The Richmond Zombie Walk, Bandito’s Burrito Lounge, The Savory Grain & Kinsfolk

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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