19th annual Zombie Walk gets Lawrence community in full-throttled Halloween spirit
Ryan Grossman | KUJH News
With Halloween fast approaching and the spooky spirit in full effect, The Granada and 1919 Mockingbird Lane hosted the 19th annual Zombie Walk. Massachusetts street turns into a zombie apocalypse, and brings out all kinds of costumes to South Park in Lawrence. All donations and proceeds from the Zombie Walk go toward the Lawrence Humane Society.
The event took place on Oct. 16, and ran from 3 p.m. to sundown, when everyone would begin the trek down Massachusetts street. Prior to the walk itself, hundreds gathered on the east side of South Park, where there were festivities galore, including facepaint, temporary tattoos, food, and a fake blood bath station.
When sundown finally came, walkers lined up on the east side of Massachusetts street and walked either all the way down to 7th street or exited at their own leisure, returning on the west side. Some kids love the event because of all the different costumes that they’d see.
“My favorite thing about the Zombie Walk is probably getting to dress up, and to see what costume everyone wears,” Auri, a Zombie Walk participant, said.
Auri said that her favorite part of walking on Massachusetts street was seeing if people or their costumes were scary.
Zombie walkers make their way down the west side of Massachusetts street in their costumes on Oct. 16, 2025
Hundreds of people also came for photo opportunities with Dave Roberts, a freelance actor who dressed up as “Lefty the one armed zombie.”
“I’ve been doing this since the very, very first one they’ve had, but luckily the last two years I’ve had the photo booth set up, and hundreds of people have taken photos,” he said.
Dave Edwards, dressed as “Lefty the one armed zombie” takes a photo with a Zombie Walk participant on Oct. 16, 2025
1313 Mockingbird Lane has been affiliated with the event since the store’s opening in 2019, according to owner Terry Taylor.
The event has significantly grown over the 19 years of its existence.
“Evert year, more and more people come to the event and more vendors want to be involved,” Taylor said. “It’s been amazing seeing attendance grow to 1,400 considering it started under 100 people.”
