Halloween invasion of Newquay by zombies will thrill and scare you – Cornwall Live

Preparations are underway for the return of the freakish, but ever-popular, family-friendly Newquay Zombie Crawl next month. Thrill-seekers can expect the streets of the coastal location to be transformed into an otherworldly spooktacular experience this Halloween as hundreds of participants flood into the town to witness what has been dubbed the most frightening but fun event of the year.

Newquay Business Improvement District (BID) will be organising this years edition of the Zombie Crawl and will be ensuring its one to remember seeing as it is the first time the event has happened since 2019.

The spooky experience on Saturday, October 29 will begin with multiple workshops for families to enjoy, from noon to 3pm. Blystra Arts will be running pumpkin carving sessions at the Royal British Legion, while there will be scary storytelling at Newquay Library and dance group Bounce will be running a Thriller dance lesson with group dances happening every hour on Newquay Piazza, next to the cinema.

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Then the Zombie Crawl itself begins, starting at 3pm at the Fore Street car park, working its way through the wicked wasteland of zombie-filled Newquay. As with the previous instalments of the Zombie Crawl, this years trail will end at The Griffin Inn for a Spooky Silent Disco after-party from 4pm until 6pm.

Manager of Newquay BID Mark Warren will be leading the horde through the streets of the town, dressed in only the most authentically abominable undead attire. He will be joined by multiple actors on stilts from the Hotch Potch group to provide an immersive zombie experience.

As well as all the Newquay BID organised activities on October 29, Visit Newquay will also be running its Halloween Town Trail from October 22 to 30. To participate, individuals and families should head for the Newquay Tourist Information Centre to collect a clue sheet. Then they can follow the clues to the shops, picking up letters as they go.

Newquay BID is urging all of the Newquay businesses to get involved by spookifying their shop fronts, teams, wares and products. The scarier the better is the only criteria in decorating windows, stores, and people, and the best-dressed storefront could win themselves a prize.

Mark said: There was great disappointment that the event didnt happen in recent years, so were bringing it back with a big, scary bang. The amount of effort Newquay goes through to transform its streets into a spooky experience for the Zombie Crawl is amazing. Families come from far and wide to savour what our town has to offer in the way of a frightful, but fun, event each year.

If your store wants to get involved in the Halloween Town Trail or the shopfront competition, please send an email to Newquay BID at info@newquaybid.co.uk

Halloween invasion of Newquay by zombies will thrill and scare you – Cornwall Live

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