The second Stockton Pub Crawl!

Maybe you start with a sake bomb at Misaki or a glass of wine at the Hippo Bar. Then there’s some deep-fried bar snacks at Bradley’s. Before you know it, you’ve got a cold beer and you’re enjoying baseball under the stars at Stockton Ballpark.

And at the end of the night, as you’re shaking it on the dance floor at Chitiva’s or The Boiler Room, you're thinking Stockton can be a pretty cool place for nightlife.

Of course, that might just be the sake bombs talking. But the Stockton pub crawl can make you optimistic about the city’s future as a nightlife destination.

The second Stockton pub crawl will cover at least eleven establishments, including four in the Miracle Mile: Valley Brew, Alder Bistro, Matinee and Moulin Rouge. It starts at 5 p.m. Aug. 30 and will be bigger than the debut crawl, which was held in May 2008 and limited to downtown Stockton bars.

Still, the inaugural crawl was a sell-out, drawing 250 revelers. A total of 350 tickets will be available to the second crawl, and they’re expected to go fast.

You can enter to win tickets from 209Vibe by filling out the form at right.

Ticket-buyers get free admission to the bars and a Stockton Ports game, as well as drink and appetizer specials and rides on the crawl trolley. The trolley will run between University of the Pacific, the Miracle Mile and downtown.

Tickets are $25-$35 and on sale at StocktonTickets.com.

The pub crawl is sponsored by the Downtown Stockton Alliance, the Miracle Mile Improvement Association, 209Vibe and San Joaquin RTD.

Enter as often as you'd like; contest ends at noon Aug. 27; winner will be notified Aug. 28; must be 21 years old to win; employees of ONI-Stockton, their families and promoters who do business with 209Vibe are not eligible to win.