![]() ![]() Starting on Friday with a kickoff party at The Foundry featuring vampire rocker Unknown Hinson, the festivities last all day Saturday, with a 5K and fun run that morning beginning at Creature Comforts and a packed schedule of parties and concerts.Įvents you can expect to encounter over the weekend include the Royal Rumpus Ball and rooftop concert at the Georgia Theatre, the Rumpus Rally at Creature Comforts, a drag show and dance party at 40 Watt with The Kourtesans, and several other concerts at the Caledonia Lounge, Flicker Theatre and Bar and Nowhere Bar. “I’d say there were probably 10,000 people last year, and I think we may see a huge increase this year because of students being here,” Conley says. ![]() People just embraced it, and it’s gotten bigger every year.”Ĭonley expects turnout for the event to be higher this year due to UGA students sticking around. “In 2009, we decided to try to put on a Halloween parade, and it took off. “I’ve always done Halloween events since college, and when I moved to Athens in 1991, I immediately started booking Halloween events for my band, and I don’t think I’ve missed a year,” Conley says. Wild Rumpus director Timi Conley, whom you can find kicking off Saturday’s 11th annual parade dressed as Max from Where the Wild Things Are, has a love for Halloween that dates back to his own school days. Here’s what you can expect during what’s shaping up to be a busy non-football fall weekend. The morning after Athens’ Halloween parade, the AthHalf half marathon celebrates its own 10th anniversary with 13.1 miles of fun and fundraising. To add to the madness, the Wild Rumpus isn’t the only high-profile annual event happening in Athens this weekend. But while the event has historically taken place during UGA students’ fall break, rendering it a raucous townie gathering largely free of college kids, this year, students will be in town. Since 2009, the Wild Rumpus Parade and Spectacle has brought a burst of costumed energy to downtown Athens the weekend before Halloween. ![]()
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