This year is a special one for Memphis culture, as many of the city’s attractions will celebrate milestone anniversaries this year.
They’ve decided to team up and give something back to their visitors. Among the participants of the Memphis Culture Crawl are the Memphis Zoo, Opera Memphis and the Grizzlies.
The Culture Crawl will be an ongoing event throughout the year, where people can win prizes every time they visit one of the attractions.
Jonathan Lyons, director of public relations at the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, hopes this will attract a lot of people.
“The goal is to increase awareness that Memphis is home to many unique attractions and encourage local residents as well as visitors to explore them,” Lyons said.
You simply have to take a selfie at the venue you are visiting and post it to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #MEMCultureCrawl to take part in the competition.
This will enter you automatically into the raffle.
The more places you visit and the more selfies you post, the higher are your chances of winning.
The winners will be contacted directly by the attraction at different times this summer.
“The idea for the Culture Crawl came from several of the attractions who knew they had milestone anniversaries coming up in 2016,” Lyons said.
“Representatives from each attraction started meeting every few weeks to brainstorm ideas on how to cross-promote each other’s anniversary,” Lyons said.
The Culture Crawl is starting off with the Memphis in May festival, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
Everyone who posts a picture of a past festival experience has a chance of winning two three-day passes to the Beale Street Musical Festival or two two-day passes to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. The winners will be announced in April.
The Memphis Grizzlies are turning 15 this year and raffle various prizes to the coolest selfie- expert in the contest.
Winners will be announced in May. Apart from that people can get 25 percent off tickets for the game April 5 against the Chicago Bulls by using the code “CRAWL” online.
The Memphis Zoo opened its doors 110 years ago and gives away a very special prize: a personal animal encounter.
Selfies with the hashtag #MEMCultureCrawl have to be entered by June. The Zoo will celebrate its anniversary also with the opening of the Zambezi River Hippo Camp at the end of April.
Visitors will then be able to see hippos and Nile crocodiles under water, as well as okapis and flamingos in an Africa-inspired surrounding.
Opera Memphis is giving away maestro-level tickets in the contest, normally worth $168, in August.
Because of their 60th anniversary they will also grant a 25 percent discount off of tickets to all upcoming productions with the code “CRAWL”.
Whoever is interested in two free tickets to the “Art on Fire” event at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, should quickly snap a selfie in the art museum.
They are turning 40 this year and will announce the winner in September.
Simply mentioning the Memphis Culture Crawl at the entrance will give you a 2-for-1 admission any day. The Brooks Museum of Art celebrates its 100th anniversary, which makes it the oldest and largest art collection in Tennessee.
gallery as well as some outdoor contemporary art installations. They will reopen at the end of April.
For the culture crawl they will give away a family membership and two tickets to the Vin-A-Que event in October. Last but not least, Ballet Memphis celebrates its 30th season. Selfie-takers can win two free tickets for their “Nutcracker” production in December.
Entering the code “CRAWL” also gives you a 2-for-1 admission if you buy tickets on their website. The winners will be announced in November.
