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ZOMBIE WALK 6 TAKES AIM AT UNDEAD RECORD
Since the Downtown Phoenix Ambassadors started Zombie Walk in 2009 the event has grown from a 200-zombie get-together into a widespread epidemic with an estimated attendance of over 10,000.
Presented by Downtown Phoenix, Inc. and 98 KUPD, Zombie Walk 6 returns to Heritage & Science Park in Downtown Phoenix on Saturday, Oct. 25 and this year the horde craves more than braaaains: It wants to make history.
Zombie Walk 6 is a free, family friendly (and bloody) community festival featuring live music on the Psyko Steve Main Stage (including Zombie Walk mainstays Recipe for Disaster a tribute to Guns ‘N’ Roses), Lil Zombie Zone kid’s area, Four Peaks beer gardens, some of the best homegrown special effects makeup you’ll ever see, and of course the 1.3-mile limp through our urban core that will attempt to break Asbury Park, N.J.’s 2013 record walk of 9,592 zombies.
Zombie Walk 6 opens at 2 p.m. with a carnival-like atmosphere as zombies slowly make their way into Downtown Phoenix to enjoy the music, vendors, kid’s activities and refreshments all while preparing to march toward zombie immortality.
Need help with your zombie transformation? The first 400 attendees who bring a non-perishable food donation benefiting St. Mary’s Food Bank will receive a voucher good for one entry level zombification makeover, including face deadening, eye darkening and a generous splattering of blood.
The main event will commence at dusk (lineup beginning at 5:30) when Grand Marshal John Holmberg from KUPD’s Morning Sickness leads the record-breaking horde of zombies on a leisurely 1.3-mile shuffle and moan through the heart of Downtown Phoenix. There will be surprises along the route, including appearances by the Department of Zombie Defense, Arizona Ghostbusters and much more.
After terrorizing Downtown, Zombie Walk 6 will return to the park for a costume contest and more music and fun.
Non-zombies are welcome, but strongly encouraged to keep at a safe distance. And under no circumstances should attendees feed the zombies or they will in all likelihood feed on you!
Photos courtesy of Joseph M Abbruscato of Mr Anathema Photography.
