The Hill is going to be busier than usual April 27, as OneBuzz, a social media company founded by University of Iowa students, is bringing an unofficial bar crawl to UNI.

Over 250 people have already registered according to Brady Stein, a University of Iowa student and one of the founders of OneBuzz.

“Our goal at the event is to put on something fun and enjoyable for students,” Stein said. “We saw that Northern Iowa didn’t really have something like this, and we thought Cedar Falls students would enjoy this type of event. We want to bring something new and historic to campus and make it affordable and fun.”

Registration for the crawl can be found at onebuzz.us, and the price for a ticket is $20. The fee includes an unofficial t-shirt, drink specials, and entry into bars. The crawl will hit bars and restaurants on the Hill, including Chad’s Pizza, Sharky’s, Suds, The Octopus, Social House, Zury’s Taco Bar, The Library and Cooper’s Taproom.

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Our goal at the event is to put on something fun and enjoyable for students. We saw that Northern Iowa didn’t really have something like this, and we thought Cedar Falls students would enjoy this type of event. We want to bring something new and historic to campus and make it affordable and fun.

— Brady Stein

A portion of their pre-sales will be donated to The Henry Schueler 41 & 9 Foundation, a non-profit which raises money for advancing research to cure pediatric leukemia. 

“I was inspired to do this by a personal connection,” Stein said. “We just feel that if people are gonna go out there should also be a good cause behind it, even though, typically alcohol and charity don’t typically really cross over.”

He continued, “We want to do something that’s going to a good cause so people feel good and we feel good as well.”

Stein said they scoped out the bar scene in Cedar Falls prior to creating the bar crawl, and they found people were receptive to the idea.

“I really saw how excited the students were,” Stein said. “Students and even business owners are pretty stoked about it.” 

Stein said they hope to bring additional bar crawls to Cedar Falls in the future, and expand to bars located on Main Street. 

Follow OneBuzz on Instagram @onebuzzuni for more information.