BeadQuest
Festa’s Mardi Gras-Themed, Bead-Collecting Pub Crawl
Thanks Everyone for Making BEADQUEST 4 on Saturday, February 18, 2012 the BIGGEST and BEST BEADQUEST Yet!! On this beautiful, sunny, and not-too-cold afternoon and evening, over 2,600 Mardi Gras Revelers turned Clark Street and Sheffield Avenue into Bourbon Street! We were thrilled to double the 2011 attendance of 1,300 crawlers, and it was an incredibly festive day of Miller Lite, Over 30,000 beads distributed along the crawl route, and some incredibly crazy and colorful Mardi Gras Costumes worn by our hard-rocking participants.
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The BeadQuest 4 Crowd at Moe's Cantina, 2/18/2012
As with previous years, BeadQuest has started and ended with our good friends at Chicago institution MURPHY’S BLEACHERS, located across from the Bleacher Entrance to Wrigley Field. On the 2012 Crawl route, we visited 9 Stops — several split up into multiple bars — where we handed out the precious 9 numbered disc beads that were the object to collect. Along with the Numbered Beads, we handed out thousands of throw beads and novelty beads to the frenzied crowd at each stop. Participating bars included Trace, Full Shilling, Yak-Zies, Casey Moran’s, Bernie’s, Sports Corner, Club 162, Moe’s Cantina, John Barleycorn, Mullen’s, Red Ivy, Sluggers, and back to Murphy’s for the finale Karaoke party into the late night. We also had a raffle drawing for all registered attendees, and gave away over 35 valuable prizes including 4 ROOFTOP TICKETS for Cubs Opening Day, courtesy of Murphy’s Rooftop Company.
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Awaiting the Toss of Bead #1 at Trace -
The Fun Bunch with the BeadQuest Frame, Early Afternoon -
Some of the BeadB**TCHEZZ and B**stardZZZ at Murphy’s Bleachers to Start off
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Festive Group at BeadQuest 4 -
Festive Group at BeadQuest 4 -
Mardi Rock is in the HOUSE tonight!!!!
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Colorful Costumes were EVERYWHERE at BeadQuest 4! -
Beautiful Weather to Kick Off BQ4 -
Smiling Faces at BeadQuest 4
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A Colorful Group of Mardi Gras Partiers, 2/18/2012 -
BeadQuest Chicago Mardi Gras Pub Crawl, Wrigleyville, Produced by Festa Parties, Creators of TBOX and Other Great Bar Crawls -
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BeadQuest Founder Mr. Festa (R) along with TBOX2011 #1 Jason Landman (L) -
Fun Times at BeadQuest 4! -
Great Costumes at BQ2012!
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Who Needs New Orleans??? -
These Guys do it Right! -
Awaiting the Beads at Yak-Zie’s
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BeadQuest participants love posing with the BQIII Frame! -
2 of our Bead Bitchezzz showing off the numbered beads. -
Participants collect numbered beads from each BeadQuest bar -
The BQ Bitchezzz and Bastardzzz are in charge of distributing the beads at every bar!
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BQ participants also collect Fun beads in addition to the numbered ones. -
Collect Beads from each bar for a chance to win awesome raffle prizes! -
These guys were the winners of our BeadQuest III Costume Contest – Congrats!
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The crowd anxiously waits for the Bead Bitchezzz and Bastardzzz to pass out the numbered beads at John Barleycorn. -
At the end of BeadQuest, crawlers return to Murphy’s Bleachers for the Raffle Drawing and Karaoke Party! -
Participants know to keep their hands up in order to get the numbered beads! -
The lovely Bead Bitchezzz pose with the frame at BQIII.
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Bead Bitchezzz and Bastardzzz are easy to identify. -
Masks are a great costume to wear for BeadQuest. -
Singing Karaoke is an acquired skill.
The Madness and Mayhem that is BeadQuest
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