MEDIA RELEASE: 14 September 2017 – R00165

The messiest event of the year returns to Brock University on Friday, Sept. 15.

The annual Grape Stomp takes place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Brock’s Jubilee Court, where teams of students will compete for prizes by dressing up in costumes and stomping away on a metric tonne of Concord grapes.

A group of children from the Rosalind Blauer Centre for Child Care on the Brock campus will get the party started by stomping their own piles of grapes at 12:30 p.m.

Around 750 Brock students will then get their chance to take part in the messy tradition, which has been ranked No. 2 out of the top Canadian university traditions by University Affairs Magazine.

The Grape Stomp event will also feature live music and a free barbecue.

Members of the media are invited to attend the spectacle, and can take part if they’re interested.

For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

* Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

Brock University Marketing and Communications has a full-service studio where we can provide high definition video and broadcast-quality audio.

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