Asbury Park Zombie Walk 2026

The Asbury Park Zombie Walk is an October tradition that has grown into one of the Shore's most beloved community events — a queer-friendly, inclusive spectacle that draws elaborately costumed participants from across New Jersey and New York for a march along the boardwalk. The event's campy aesthetic and its embrace of the theatrical and the outrageous make it a natural fit for Asbury Park's LGBTQ+ community, which participates in large numbers and often produces some of the most inventive costumes. The Zombie Walk is not an explicitly gay event, but its character is inseparable from the queer creative community that has made Asbury Park what it is — an event that could only happen in a city with this particular combination of Shore culture, artistic energy, and community playfulness.