Ghosts, Ghouls & Good Pours
Downtown Lawrenceville is getting a little rowdier after dark! Brews & Boos: Haunted Pub Crawl is running now through November 1, bringing ghost stories, drinks, and grown-up humor to the square.
A Spirited Walk Around the Square
Presented by Aurora Theatre as part of its Haunted Happenings lineup, the 21+ crawl starts at the Lawrenceville Arts Center at 7:30 p.m on select dates. Tours run about 90 minutes to two hours, and each group is capped at 20 people, keeping the evening closer to a roving night out than a parade of strangers.
Guides lead guests through Downtown Lawrenceville, stopping at nearby watering holes including Truck & Tap, Universal Joint, and McCray’s Tavern. A drink is served at each stop, while the entertainment gets progressively more mischievous with scary stories, songs, games, prizes, adult language, and some deliberately grisly details. Tickets are $40, and IDs are checked before departure, so this is one Halloween outing where forgetting your wallet could be scarier than the stories.
The square makes a fitting backdrop. Aurora notes that the tour involves only about 10 minutes of walking before ending at one of the participating pubs. That leaves plenty of room to linger for food, swap favorite stories, or argue over who absolutely heard something strange behind them.
More Ways to Meet the Local Spirits
Those who prefer their hauntings without the pub crawl can take the Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours, also running through November 1. The roughly 90-minute route covers about a mile through Gwinnett County’s oldest city, mixing local legends with stories of reported paranormal encounters.
For a darker detour, try one of Lawrenceville’s Haunted Cemetery Tours. The 90-minute experience starts at the Lawrenceville Arts Center and heads to Lawrenceville Historic Cemetery, covering about a mile and a half, including uneven ground. Guests must be at least 13 and are told to bring a flashlight and wear closed-toe shoes.
Together, the tours give Lawrenceville’s familiar streets a seasonal second life. By October, dinner, a night out, and a ghost story can all fit comfortably on the same square, which may be the most Gwinnett way possible to spend a fall evening.
Explore more local arts, theater, and cultural stops worth checking out at https://www.guidetogwinnett.com/theater-venues-events-galleries-museums.
