2023 National Kidney Foundation Bicycle Bar Tour of Hope
Saturday, May 20, 2023 11:00am to 6:30pm
6th Annual NKF Bicycle Bar Tour of Hope Port Canaveral to Cocoa Beach and back. A leisurely ride from Port Canaveral to Cocoa Beach and back on improved bike paths and lanes. Eight (8) Drinks – one at each stop! Tickets are $25 each in advance, or $35 day of. 50/50 Drawing. Other items awarded too. Benefitting National Kidney Foundation!
8th Annual Toga Pub Crawl Downtown Melbourne 2023
Saturday, June 17, 5:00 pm to 10pm
HAIL CAESAR! Come for the decadence but stay for the Debauchery. Look for ME, the Mad Hatter, dressed in the Roman tunic! Come dressed in your favorite toga, as a Roman soldier, Egyptian queen, slave, barbarian, whatever. Just show up. No costume required BUT core group WILL be costumed! Modest prizes and the adoration of your friends for costume contest winners. Live music at some locations! Food available at MOST locations. Six (6) drinks $18 in advance or $25 day of.
2nd Annual Pub Crawl for Homeless Veterans Downtown Cocoa Beach
Saturday, July 22, 5:00 pm to 10pm
Five (5) Drinks! $15 in advance or $20 day of. 50/50 Drawing to benefit area Homeless Veterans. Door prizes include gift certificates to other area bars and restaurants and vouchers for FREE tickets to future pub crawls! Co-hosted by Jennifer Taylor of National Veterans Homeless Support. This is a similar event to the Annual Bicycle Bar Tour done each November in Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach and supports the same charity.
7th Annual Woodstock Pub Crawl Downtown Melbourne
Saturday, August 26, 5:00 pm to 10pm
Six (6) drinks $20 in advance or $30 day of. Celebrating the famous ‘Aquarian Exposition’ Woodstock Music Festival from August 15-18, 1969, on Max Yasgur’s farm near Bethel, New York. Among the performers were Jimi Hendrix, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Joan Baez, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Sly & the Family Stone, Canned Heat, The Who, Arlo Guthrie, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Johnny Winter, Ten Years After, Country Joe & the Fish, Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker, Santana, and others. Event open to all who celebrate music that identified a generation of the late 60’s through 70’s and changed the history of Rock & Roll. Rockers, Hippies, Flower Children, & everything associated with this era are all fair game. Wear flowers, beads, tie dye, era T-shirts, etc. Costumes encouraged but not required, though we typically have a very high participation rate.
8th Annual Pirate Plunder Pub Crawl Cocoa Village
Saturday, Septemeber 23, 6pm to Midnight!
Six (6) drinks $20 in advance on-line only, or $30 day of. Swash yer buckles & join us as we ‘plunder’ Cocoa Village! Brevard has a vibrant pirate community including Brethren Of The Space Coast. 50/50 Drawing for The Children’s Hunger Project! Multiple other prizes awarded too!.
2023 6th Annual Mardi Gras Pub Crawl photos by Scott Murray
2022 1st Annual Halloween Pub Crawl in Cocoa Beach photos by Tami Hatten
2022 1st Annual Pub Crawl for Homeless Veterans in Downtown Cocoa Beach photos by Scott Murray
2022 3rd Annual Bad Bunny Easter Pub Crawl in Cocoa Village photos by Tami Hatten
19th Annual 2022 Pirate Costume Bash & Festival pictures by Scott Murray
2021 7th Annual Santa Stumble Pub Crawl in Cocoa Village photos by Tami Hattten
2021 10th Annual NKF Bicycle Bar Tour for Homeless Veterans photos by Dave Winkoff | 2021 10th Annual NKF Bicycle Bar Tour for Homeless Veterans photos by Tami Hattten
2021 Woodstock Pub Crawl pictures by Tami Hatten
2021 6th Annual Toga Pub Crawl Downtown Melbourne pictures by Scott Murray
2021 18th Annual Pirate Costume Bash & Festival pictures by Scott Murray
2020 Santa Stumble Pub Crawl in Cocoa Village
2020 Social Distancing Pub Crawl in Cocoa Village
2020 17th Annual Pirate Costume Bash & Festival pictures by Scott Murray
Cocoa Village Mardi Gras Parade 2020 - Photos by Jack Malone!
Cocoa Village Mardi Gras Parade 2020 - Photos by Tami Hatten
Santa Stumble Pub Crawl in Cocoa Village 2019
October 19 Annual Halloween Pub Crawl. 137 Attendees!
November 9th, Annual Bicycle Bar Tour for Homeless veterans. 64 Attendees!
2019 Zombie Pub Crawl Melbourne photos
2019 Pirate Invasion Cocoa Village Pub Crawl photos
2019 Woodstock Pub Crawl in Downtown Melbourne Professional photos by 'Behind Daytona'
2019 Toga Pub Crawl in Downtown Melbourne
2019 Red Dress Charity Stroll Pub Crawl in Cocoa Village
2019 Pirate Fest & Costume Bash at Squid Lips
Panama Band photos from 2019 Pirate Fest & Costume Bash at Squid Lips
2018 Cocoa Beach Bicycle Bar Tour
2018 Zombie Pub Crawl photos by Benjamin Thacker
September 2018 Pirate Pub Crawl, Professional photos provided by Scott Murray
Aug 2018 Woodstock Pub Crawl Melbourne - Professional photos provided by Benjamin Thacker
April 2018 Poker Pub Crawl Cocoa Beach
March 2018 St. Practice Day Pub Crawl Downtown Melbourne
2018 15th Annual Pirate Costume Bash 2018
Panana Band Photos from 15th Annual Pirate Costume Bash 2018
KRAMPUS Holiday Pub Crawl Downtown Melbourne 2017
Bicycle Bar Tour for Homeless Veterans 2017
Halloween Pub Crawl Cocoa Village 2017
Zombie and Halloween Pub Crawl Downtown Melbourne 2017
Pirate Pub Crawl in Cocoa Village 2017
2017 Woodstock Pub Crawl in Melbourne
2017 Super Hero Pub Crawl in Melbourne
2017 St Practice Day Pub Crawl in Melbourne
2017 Mardi Gras in Cocoa Village
2016 Santa Stumble in Cocoa Village
2016 Veteran's Day Pub Crawl in Cocoa Beach
2016 Zombie Pub Crawl in Melbourne
The Mad Hatter Promotions has been the oldest pub crawl business and is the most respected pub crawl host on the Space Coast! Join Gary for cutting-edge parties, networking activities & unadulterated FUN! A society of adults, single or otherwise, community connected and involved.
DTMB (Downtown Melbourne), also known as Melbourne Main Street.
I made up a new word in honor of my awesome friend and sometimes partner in assorted adventures and general shenanigans, Funtrepreneur – a person who organizes and manages any lively and convivial enterprise, especially a gathering of likeminded revelers, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
Lorisa Hilburn
If you are new in town or looking to be entertained within a bigger group, check out www.MadHatterPromotions.com. Our friend Gary Haas offers pirate parties, pub crawls, even bicycle bar toursand other special events in a safe and controlled environment. As Brevard Live writer (and host of the Annual Brevard Live Music Awards – Brevard’s Grammy’s) John Leach mentioned: “What Willie Wonka is to chocolate, The Mad Hatter is to Pub crawls.” Now go find out for yourself what that means.
From Brevard Live Magazine, December 2104 issue
Cutting Edge Parties, Social Events, Networking Activities & Unadulterated FUN! A Society of Adults, Single or Otherwise, Community Connected & Involved. Not satisfied with just independent activities we bring people into the very heart of our community, to the very best cultural programs & innovative travel trips, and involve them in exciting charitable events! We often partner with other groups & organizations for events believing that the result is greater than the sum.
Special thanks to Ron Chabot of Carroll Distributing and Heike Clarke of Brevard Live for all they do.
Alzheimer’s Association, Brevard Music Aid, Candlelighters of Brevard, Children’s Hunger Project, E.A.R.T.H. Awareness, School Music Program, Friends of Children of Brevard. Inc., Historic Cocoa Village Association, Home At Last Adoption Agency, Joe Realino Fund, March of Dimes, National Kidney Foundation of Florida, National Veterans Homeless Association and the Titusville Sunrise Rotary Club and the Butterfly Project.
