Pup-O-Ween puts dogs in costume on a runway at Hi-Wire Sunday, five dollars a dog for a rescue
The brewery's annual dog costume contest is back on the Barber Street deck, and every entry fee goes to Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee. The runway starts at three; come to watch for nothing.
- When
- Sun Oct 18 · 2 – 5 PM · check-in 2 – 2:45 · runway at 3
- Where
- Hi-Wire Brewing · 2020 Barber St
- Entry
- $5 per dog, all of it to Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee · free to watch
- Categories
- Spookiest Pooch · Most Creative Canine · Dynamic Duo (dog and owner)
- Also
- A Halloween photo booth by Cassie Krause Photography
- Rules
- All breeds welcome · leashed and well-behaved · ask before approaching a dog you don't know
- Taproom hours
- Sunday noon – 9 PM
- Weather
- Sunny and 68
The Old Sevier District's Halloween lineup, posted on the first of the month, lists Pup-O-Ween at Hi-Wire for October 18, and the brewery's own ticket page fills in the rest: a dog costume contest on the taproom deck from two to five on Sunday, with check-in from two to a quarter of three and the runway at three. Entry is five dollars a dog, and all of it goes to Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, the all-volunteer group that places displaced and abandoned small dogs.
Three categories, one runway
Dogs compete in three categories: Spookiest Pooch for the Halloween-spirited, Most Creative Canine for the original, and Dynamic Duo for a dog and owner in coordinated costumes. Cassie Krause Photography, which shoots pets for a living, runs a Halloween photo booth. The brewery's rules are the usual ones: every breed is welcome, every dog stays on a leash and on its best behavior, and you ask before you pet someone else's.
The practical part
Watching costs nothing, and the taproom is open noon to nine on Sunday with twenty taps, two decks and food ordered from Redbud Kitchen downstairs. It is sunny and 68, so the covered deck and the rooftop one both work. If you are coming from the Fall Festival at Kern's, the runway at three lands in the middle of the line-dancing hour; pick one and walk to the other.
