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REGISTER NOW! Our annual summertime pub crawl, the 2009 Ghent Summer Bar Tour, will storm the streets of midtown Norfolk once again on Saturday, July 25th, journeying as usual down Colley Avenue, 21st Street, and the surrounding locale from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM. ALL proceeds from this event directly benefit the Hope House Foundation - a fantastic local charity that supports local adults with developmental disabilities! We're excited to soon be soaking in the sun and sitting outside at our favorite Ghent bars and restaurants and we hope you are too as this big charity pub crawl promises to be another great night on the town for residents and visitors of Hampton Roads alike. So gather all of your friends and get registered now for this big event before the price goes up! For all of the details on who's participating, how to register, and what to do at the event, click on over to the is available at the official 2009 Ghent Summer Bar Tour event website.
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.
RECORD SUCCESS! Over 1,000 participants braved the cold, damp weather on Saturday, February 28th and along with 13 bars, 7 sponsors, and 90 volunteers helped the 2009 Ghent Winter Bar Tour break last year's record fundraising total and raise $20,750 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Greater Virginia! For all of the details on what took place at our largest annual charity pub crawl, visit the Winter Bar Tour 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.
