East Side Mags in association with Indie Arts Montclair and now Out Montclair are proud to bring back our annual ZOMBIE WALK 2024!

Due to overwhelming attendance last year, we’re bringing in some heavy hitter make up artists so we can make sure everyone is taken care of as efficiently as possible. Make-up will be $5 per person (all ages) and we’ve included some examples of the zombie make-up being provided by our professional make-up artists*:

*Please keep in mind final make-up may not look EXACTLY like the images. The images here are examples of what the final make-up could look like.

Below is where you can purchase your make-up session:

• Please schedule your make-up time based on the available time slots.

• Each reservation is for ONE appointment. If you are a “party of 3” you will have to make 3 separate appointments and purchase each appointment separately.

• Please keep in mind that we are starting the walk at 5:20pm so all appointments are timed accordingly.

• Please do your best to keep your appointment. We know things “pop up” and will do our best to accommodate everyone but we can’t guarantee make-up if you miss your appointment time.

• EVERYONE needs an appointment to get make-up - kids, adults, grandma, your auntie - everyone. If all spots fill up, we will do our best to see about expanding the offering, adding make-up artists, etc.

• Please be patient with us. While we’ve run this event since 2017, this is the first time using a scheduling system and we’re still trying to get the hang of it.

• Any questions, please contact jeff@eastsidemags.com as soon as possible

We’re stoked to welcome our make-up artists: Leo Valle, Aaliyah and more artists to be announced soon!

The actual walk will start at 5:20pm and we’ll creep, meander and claw our way around Montclair Center - horrifying businesses and patrons alike - in a zombie-like but non-aggressive manner.

We’re zombies but we’re also respectful of others so please don’t be a dick.

Our amazing friends at Indie Arts Montclair will have some super-scary merch available! All proceeds from merch sales go to support IAM. Details coming soon.

We’ve also got the return of MR HAUNT who will be judging a costume contest so if you’ve got your Halloween costume ready, come dressed to scare and we’ll “zombify” your costume and you could win some fabulous prizes!

More information and fun will be added as we get closer. Follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram for updates!

Stay tuned…

Come get spooky with East Side Mags and Indie Arts Montclair!

Join us for our annual Zombie Walk (well - our first since 2019)!

We’re kicking things off at 1:30pm where we’ll have make-up artists on hand to help give you a good gash, slash or some general damage to “zombify” you and get you ready for the walk around Montclair! We also encourage you to dress up in any costume you want or “zombify” yourself if you so choose!

At 3pm, we’re taking it to the streets! As a giant Zombie horde, we’ll walk around Montclair and spread the spooky spirit to patrons, businesses, looky-loos and casual walkers. We’re thinking Night of the Living Dead zombies - NOT 28 Days Later zombies so we’ll be WALKING not running through the streets! We will also be the mindful undead and follow all traffic signals and respect the wishes of others not participating if they’re not “into it”. Just don’t be THAT ZOMBIE. Be undead but also respectful of others.

Then, after we walk the streets, we’ll come back to the shop where we’ll be joined by Serendipity Cafe Kids who will rock out with a rendition of Monster Mash followed by a Zombie/Costume contest with prizes for:

• Best Baby Costume

• Best Kids/Youth Costume

• Best Adult Costume

Our Zombie/Costume contest will be judged by none other than the spookiest ghoul this side of the Netherworld - Mr. Haunt!

The festivities will conclude around 6pm.

We hope you’ll be able to dig yourself out of your grave to join us!

It’s going to be an absolute scary (and super fun) time!