Annual Halloween event returns to downtown Youngstown

IF YOU GO

What: Zombie Crawl

Where: B&O Station, 530 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown

When: Registration starts at noon and runs through 8 p.m.

Cost: Pub crawl is $5, and makeup artist can apply zombie-like touches ($10 & up)

Participating establishments: B&O Station, Suzie’s Dogs and Drafts, O’Donold’s, The Federal, V2, Imbibe, Draught House, Ryes, Roberto’s, Maennerchor, MVR, Royal Oaks, Liquid Blu, Circle Hookah Lounge, Downtown Circle, Avalon and Friends Specialty coffee shop.

Oak Hill Cemetery Tour: 1, 2 and 3 p.m. tours will be given by Mahoning Valley Historical Society.

Cost: A donation of $5 per adult is asked.

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The annual Zombie Crawl will return Saturday.

The daylong event begins with a festive atmosphere at the B&O Station, 530 Mahoning Ave. Participants can register for the pub crawl ($5) and also can take advantage of a professional makeup artist, who will add zombie-like touches ($10 and up) Registration is from noon to 8 p.m. The first 150 to register will get a free T-shirt.

Participants over 21 must bring ID for proof of age.

A group of zombies will do the “Thriller” dance at 6 p.m., and immediately after, all participants will shamble across the Spring Commons Bridge to the bars and nightspots downtown.

Each location participating in the Zombie Crawl will offer food and drink specials and entertainment. A trolley will run in a loop to all locations from 6 p.m. to midnight so that participants can come and go as they like.

The bars and other establishments in the Zombie Crawl are B&O Station, Suzie’s Dogs and Drafts, O’Donold’s, The Federal, V2, Imbibe, Draught House, Ryes, Roberto’s, Maennerchor, MVR, Royal Oaks, Liquid Blu, Circle Hookah Lounge, Downtown Circle, Avalon and Friends Specialty coffee shop.

Also on Saturday, the Mahoning Valley Historical Society will give guided tours of Oak Hill Cemetery, just a few blocks from the B&O Station.

The tours will begin on the hour at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. A donation of $5 per adult is asked. Parking is available within the cemetery.

Tours will begin at the entry gates with a brief orientation. Visitors will discover a surprisingly broad cross-section of the community represented in memorial architecture, landscape design and historic photographs.

For more information, go to mahoninghistory.org or call 330-743-2589.