What's going on downtown right now?

Submitted by pecansforall t3_xz07rx in rva

No not the folk festival. Seeing hundreds of people in costume. Alice in Wonderland/Mad Hatter seems to be the theme. All over the place. Grace Street, Franklin Street, Broad Street. 5th through 9th Streets. Clumps of people. Unclear as to where they are going to or coming from. What is this?

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Charlesinrichmond t1_irjjo9k wrote

Treasure hunt per my wife. No idea who organized it. I just assumed it was folk festival related.

this I think

https://www.cluedupp.com/products/alice-richmond

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GudtVibez t1_irnlcas wrote

Not related to the festival but they been doing these sometimes. Did one with the fam awhile back. Pretty neat

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CBassTian t1_irk7kk7 wrote

This perplexed me last year too. I'm pretty sure it's some kind of Scavenger Hunt, people huddled in groups, dressed flamboyantly, walking and mumbling while staring at screens.

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RammmITTT t1_irkaag6 wrote

This description isn't at all an odd campus scene for any day of the year.

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Miss_Marna t1_irkh05y wrote

They started early too. I was on grace at 9;15 am and saw all the nutsy outfits. They were congregating behind the fed court and carpenter center.

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Lewii3vR t1_irnc6jt wrote

I participated in this!

Alice in wonderland themed game. Clued-up used an app to host a geo-based game where we wandered around to activate characters on the digital map.

Overall story was to free Alice from the Red Queen and save her from being beheaded. All-in-all great couple hours, great for families, great exercise, too!

Parking was meh, but in theory you could do this while driving.

Edit; there were prizes for fastest times, I think. I got 2 hrs, 3 min.

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troytlb2 t1_irklvum wrote

Why not ask them??

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