Zombie Pub Crawl 2015 to raise Aaron Carter, Sum 41 and an Ace of Base singer from career dead

The 11th annual walking gore fest will take place Oct. 17 around Minneapolis' Warehouse District.

August 12, 2015 at 5:02PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Attendees still found new tricks to pull out at last year's Zombie Pub Crawl. / Tony Nelson for Star Tribune
Attendees still found new tricks to pull out at last year's Zombie Pub Crawl. / Tony Nelson for Star Tribune (© Tony Nelson/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

If you've had a hard time making heads or tails or entrails of the Zombie Pub Crawl heretofore, this year's installment probably won't clear anything up.

The music lineup for the Oct. 17 ghouls night out was announced Tuesday with what is easily the weirdest mish-mash of acts yet in the event's 11 years: Late-'90s pop-punk band Sum 41, former teen-throb idol Aaron Carter, one of the two singing sisters from Swedish one-hit wonder Ace of Base (Jenny Berggren), dubstep DJ Seven Lions, collegiate hip-hop acts Outasight and Mickey Avalon and Chicago-bred "Crank That" rapper Soulja Boy will all perform along with headliner that at least makes perfect sense, party-sparking mash-up dance king Girl Talk.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Aaron Carter

Local acts on the lineup will include Tickle Torture, the 4onthefloor, Dumpster Juice and must-have shock-rock vets Impaler.

Tickets for #ZPB2015 are on sale now via the event's website and range from the $16.66 early-bird general-admission price to the $76.66 "VIZ" tickets. A crosstown affair in past years, this year's will be centered around the Minneapolis Warehouse District with an outdoor stage at 1st Av. N. and 5th St. and shows inside the Fine Line, Mill City Nights and other nearby watering holes.

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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