about the philly zombie crawl
 What began as a vision from Philly bartender extraordinaire Melissa Torre to celebrate the world's most ultimate zombie (Jesus H-Friggin’ Christ) on Easter Sunday, has developed into a larger crawl event once we stumbled upon the Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl.
Initially the creators of Philly Zombie Crawl (Torre, Dave Ghoul and Robert Drake) were going to have a simple celebration at Tattooed Mom, a neighborhood watering hole located on South Street in Philadelphia. But upon learning about the Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl, visions of zombies danced in their heads!
Seems the love of the undead thrived in Minneapolis and some time ago they held one of the first Zombie Bar Crawl events in America! As exciting as that is ... the reality is that Philly is known as The City of Firsts! We have zombies that go back to the Revolutionary period!
So, it seemed fitting to produce a Philly Zombie Crawl, but in the spirit of the city, we became the first in the world to host it and honor the world's most awesome zombie on His big day ... Easter Sunday!!
In 2006, over one hundred and twenty zombies gathered at Tattooed Mom to start off the official Crawl. Prior to the crawl, make-up artists from Eastern State Penitentiary were on hand to help people get their zombie face on! The night was a perfect celebration the love of zombies and liquid libation!
Since the 2006 Philly Zombie Crawl, Zombie gatherings have exploded across America and on Easter Sunday 2007 we had close to 300 zombies roam South Street in celebration of the undead! Easter 2008 brought another amazing mass of undead flesh and all eyes are on our 2nd annual Zombie Prom, Sunday September 28 - once again at the historic Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia. Details on that event are coming soon! For now, check out our photos page for evidence of zombie love!
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