Oct

31

Hillsborough St. Halloween - A Trick or a Treat?

Written by S. Beaumont and filed under Event 

If you’re looking for something to do tonight, you should consider heading down to Hillsborough Street. I’d really love to see this take off and put Raleigh on the Halloween map. There is no reason that we can’t offer people a reason to stay in town for this annual event. See the story on New Raleigh.

We have no idea which of “businesses” mentioned are actually condoning this Hallow’s Eve event but we have all seen the end-of-semester Hillsborough Hike render the street in a teaming chaos. I can also attest to the saturation of police officers that the city will provide, both marked and undercover, ready to arrest those violating open container and property laws. This fact alone will make it tough for the event to rival the Chapel Hill bohemian energy or the ECU anarchy.

Updated: Check out these 2 links from The Technician for a background on the event and more details: First haunted hike gears up for fun, costumes | Haunted Hillsborough Hike a must

Thirteen businesses on Hillsborough Street are coming together for the first ever Haunted Hillsborough Hike, starting at Sadlack’s Heroes at 8 p.m. and ending at East Village Bar & Grill around 2 a.m.

The Halloween Hike was created by Alan Lovette, owner of Melvin’s Hamburgers, and Matthew Potter, a senior in political science.

“We were basically trying to conceive a way to rejuvenate Hillsborough Street and thought it would be fun to do something to celebrate Halloween,” Potter said.

According to Lovette, the event will be similar to the Hillsborough Hike held at the end of each semester — but with a Halloween twist.

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