QR Codes are a big part of the Grove Bed Race

We're getting quite techie with the Great Grove Bed Race. Markham Unlimited, the Coconut Grove creative branding company, part of our team, designed a QR Code where you can get all sorts of info by just holding your smartphone up to the posters you see around town.

This one poster for instance will be a game you can play during the Pajama Pub Crawl, which is September 3, the night before the Bed Race. It's a bingo game where you can win free drinks at the participating bars.

Try it here, this image to the left will work, just hold any barcode reader or QR Code reader you have on your phone to the image. The game will come up. You'll also see other links there. You can actually sign up a bed using one of the links.

More QR Codes will be put on various posters and things promoting September's Great Grove Bed Race. As the posters and flyer cards change, so will the info on the codes.

As for the Pajama Pub Crawl, it will be limited to 500 people this year. Pre-sales go on sale starting at the first Get Rolling Gathering, which is Thursday, August 4 at Jaguar (3067 Grand Avenue), starting at 7 pm. You can purchase tickets at The Bookstore (3399 Virginia Street) or at Barracuda (3035 Fuller Street) after that.

Pre-sale tickets are $20, tickets at the door (if there are any left) are $25. There are 10 bars involved in the Pajama Pub Crawl.