NoDa Arts District: 12th Annual NoDa Ghosts & Legends Tour Is Back On Oct. 16

Press release from the NoDa Arts District:

Matt Lemere

October 2, 2021

Could you have sworn you have seen a ghostly silhouette of a mill worker walking the grounds of Highland Park Mill #3? Perhaps you’ve even smelled smoke shortly after he disappears? Count yourself one of many.

Maybe none of these questions or occurrences has ever happened to you. But they have happened to your neighbors.

That’s right, it’s time for our 12th Annual NoDa Ghosts & Legends Walking Tour. We’re back for a full night in person and outdoors after a tropical storm we affectionately call “Hurricane Evan” in 2019 cut our tours short, and after the pandemic moved us to a mostly virtual tour in 2020.

Who: Back in the Day History Committee, along with the hundreds of ghosts, spirits, and legends that still hang out in NoDa. And YOU, of course.

When: One night only on Saturday, Oct. 16. Tours will begin at 6:30 p.m. and run nonstop until the last tour leaves around 10:45 p.m. No joke. We’ll have tours leaving around every 15 minutes so you won’t have to wait around too long for the next one to start.

Why: Because it’s one of the most singularly cool things you’ll ever experience in your life. Ever. Plus everyone else is doing it, so hop on board. It’s also a great way to hear about NoDa’s rich and colorful history from our beginnings as mill villages to now. Lastly, you may find out that your house is on our tour and is in fact sitting over an ancient burial ground. Knowing that is worth its weight in gold.

How much (most important question): FREE!!! But donations to the nonprofit Back in the Day Committee, a local group of volunteers with NoDa’s best interest in mind, are gratefully accepted so we can keep doing things like this in the neighborhood.

This press release was produced by the NoDa Arts District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.