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REGISTER NOW! Get registered today for the most charitable pub crawl in America, the Ghent Winter Bar Tour, hitting the streets of midtown Norfolk on February 27th from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM. ALL proceeds from this event will benefit a fantastic organization making a big difference in our local community - Edmarc Hospice for Children! More than 1000 participants helped make last winter's tour a raging success with a record-breaking $20,750 raised for charity and we expect even more good times at this year's big event. To get the latest details on what takes place at this grand event, how to sign up, what local bars are participating, and everything else you need to know to be in the know, visit the event's main page at GhentBarTour.com/winter.
SELLOUT! Our super-hyped third annual Norfolk Santa Crawl rolled up and down Granby Street in downtown Norfolk on December 5th this holiday season and raised a fantastic $2500 for the ALS Association! This particular event is very different from our other annual events in size, format, and most especially attire, but has quickly become a "fan favorite" for everyone involved. For all of the details on this one-of-a-kind annual event, please visit the event's website at NorfolkSantaCrawl.com.
THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM! Big thanks are in order for Mid-Atlantic Recycling, the 9 bars and restaurants, the 50 gracious volunteers, and of course the more than 250 participants that made the third annual Olde Towne Fall Crawl through the streets of historic Olde Towne Portsmouth a fantastic success once again on Saturday, October 10th. In the end we were able to donate all of the more than $8,000 in proceeds from this event directly to Children's Performance Workshops who works in the local Hampton Roads area to teach children to recognize, prevent, and disclose child abuse and bullying. For all of the details and photos from this big event, click on over to OldeTowneFallCrawl.com.
SUMMER SUCCESS! The Ghent Summer Bar Tour sizzled in the heat on Saturday, July 25th and raised nearly $12,000 for the Hope House Foundation! We had twelve bars, a record number of sponsors, 75 volunteers, and 550 participants show their support at our event for this fantastic local charity. Our annual summertime pub crawl journeyed yet again down Colley Avenue, 21st Street, and the surrounding locale in the historic midtown Norfolk neighborhood of Ghent. And when it was all done, we threw another awesome tent party at The Boot! For all of the details on what took place at our annual summertime charity pub crawl, visit the Summer Bar Tour event site. Thanks again to everyone that came out - we hope to see you at another event very soon!
SUN, SAND, & PUBS! The Oceanfront Spring Crawl, our first-ever pub crawl in Virginia Beach, soaked up some sunny success on Saturday, April 18th with nearly 350 participants visiting 10 local bars and all of the $8,400 in proceeds benefitting the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Over the past three years, we've found great success in Norfolk and Portsmouth and figured it was high time we brought an event to our friendly neighbors in Virginia Beach. This event featured some of the best weather we've ever seen as it journeyed to ten different establishments in the resort area of Virginia Beach with ALL proceeds going directly to charity. All of the details on who's participated and what took place at the event are available at the Spring Crawl event site.
For those a bit less familiar with the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, Ghent is a historic neighborhood located on the west side of midtown Norfolk, just north of downtown and just south of Old Dominion University. Its name comes from the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium, which ended the War of 1812. The first suburb of Norfolk, Ghent was created around the turn of the 20th century and most of its buildings date back to the era between 1890 and 1920. More on the history of Ghent, as well as a cartoon map and other useful information, is available through the links on this site.
