MOOSE JAW — In October, Tourism Moose Jaw hosted its first Halloween pub crawl and organizers are calling the inaugural experience a success.
The first-ever spooky pub crawl took place across five participating businesses including Bugsy’s, Cask 82, Little Chicago Entertainment, Hopkins Dining Parlour, and the Canadian Brewhouse on Oct. 25.
“We’ve been doing the Prohibition Days Pub Crawl for a few years now but, unfortunately, we weren’t able to have one at the end of September like we normally do,” Everley Reid, the sales and creativity co-ordinator for Tourism Moose Jaw, explained recently.
“So, we thought, since Halloween was coming up and people seemed excited — but there wasn’t a ton (of things) to do in town for Halloween — we decided we would try a Halloween pub crawl for the first time.”
Each pub crawl hosted by Tourism Moose Jaw helps raise funds to maintain its two trolleys. It’s also a great way to promote local business and gives residents an additional outlet for a little fun.
The night began with the purchase of an event pass — either a drinking or a non-drinking pass — and guests then visited each participating drinking establishment.
“The drinking passes got you on the trolley, and they also got you two free drinks at a surprise location,” Reid explained. Alternatively, non-drinking passes were ideal for designated drivers.
Previous Prohibition Days pub crawls were routinely held over two days and at least one of those days would be sold out. By comparison, the Halloween edition included only one night and its 100 drinking and 50 non-drinking passes were quickly sold out.
“(The whole event) was sold out completely,” she confirmed. “Because we sold out of the drinking passes, people started buying the non-drinking passes as well.” Non-drinking passes held the same features — excluding the two free drinks, of course.
Reid said many participants dressed up and Tourism Moose Jaw held a costume contest throughout the evening. “There was some hot competition for the top spot. Lots of people wore really great group costumes and the restaurants all seemed to enjoy it. It was busy. Everywhere I went people seemed happy.”
Contest winners and earned themselves a gift card to one of the participating bars. This, Reid said, was a way to give back to everyone who participated.
Owing to its success this year, Tourism Moose Jaw is now considering two annual pub crawl events starting in 2025. “We’ve been talking about maybe doing… Prohibition Days in the spring and the Halloween one in the fall. No definite decisions have been made yet or anything, but I would love to be able to keep doing it.
“As long as there’s interest, I would be happy to do it again next year,” she reiterated.
Now that Halloween has concluded, Tourism Moose Jaw is delaying its next big announcement — pertaining to its yearly Twinkle Tour — out of respect for those who served and continue to serve Canada and will release more details shortly after Remembrance Day.
To confirm your interest in an additional pub crawl tour or for more information, Tourism Moose Jaw can be reached at 306-693-8097 or at 450 Diefenbaker Drive. To learn more visit or ‘’ on Facebook.
