2024 Asbury Park Zombie Walk
Schedule
Sat Oct 05 2024 at 11:00 am
UTC-04:00Location
Asbury Park Boardwalk | Asbury Park, NJ
CELEBRATING OUR SIXTEENTH YEAR!!!The Asbury Park Zombie Walk will officially kick off the Halloween season in Asbury Park on Saturday, October 5th. This year our all-ages event celebrates it's 16th year of brains on the Boardwalk and in the City of Asbury Park.
Presented by Johnny Mac House of Spirits and sponsored by MINI of Edison.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:00am - ZOMBIES BEGIN GATHERING
The Zombie Walk Makeup Tent will open right along the Boardwalk on the 4th Avenue Green Space. 11 AM is the beginning of Zombie Makeover time, with Professional Makeup Artists working their spooky magic. Walk participants are welcome to attend in their own makeup or to patronize the makeup artists for a fee.
11:00am - 3:00pm - ZOMBIE MAKEOVERS ARE BACK!
Makeup artists will return to the event this year in a limited capacity to offer contact-free airbrush makeup at the Zombie Walk tent located at the 4th Avenue Green Space on the Boardwalk.
Additionally, every attendee is welcome, as is their costuming creativity, but we must ask that everyone leave ALL prop weapons at home. Our all-inclusive event is safe, lighthearted fun.
3:00pm - COSTUME CONTEST JUDGES IN THE CROWD
The day will also include competitive zombie-ing in the form of a Zombie Costume Contest. Costumed competitors must be on the Boardwalk at 3:00. Our judges will wandering the Boardwalk, choosing finalists for Best Young Zombie, Best Adult, Best Couple and Best Group costumes. At 6:00, Johnny Mac House of Spirits will host the final judging and present both cash prizes and the prestigious new golden zombie trophy to some of the day’s most impressive dead.
4:00pm - THE ZOMBIE WALK STARTS
The Walk will begin moving up the Boardwalk, heading from Convention Hall down the boards towards the Casino where it will turn onto Cookman Avenue and head into the Downtown!
6:00pm - THE ZOMBIE WALK ENDS AT JOHNNY MACS!
The Zombie Walk route ends outside of Johnny Macs House of Spirits on Main Street. Judging for the Costume Contest will take place on the stage outside of JMacs immediately after the Zombie Walk!
