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For bars, restaurants, breweries, and neighborhood venues

Turn Slow Weeknights Into Event Nights People Actually Come Back For

Four Dogs helps restaurants, bars, taprooms, breweries, and neighborhood venues create dependable weeknight traffic through polished trivia and music bingo events that are easy for your staff, fun for your guests, and built to become part of their weekly routine.

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Business outcomeTraffic, guest retention, longer stays, smoother operations, and a reason for people to come back.
Easy next stepRun the calculator or use the booking form to talk through trivia, music bingo, or theme nights.
The Problem

Your Venue Does Not Need Another Gimmick

Most slow nights are not slow because people dislike your food or drinks. They are slow because people need a reason to leave the house, meet friends, and choose your place instead of staying home.

Trivia and music bingo work because they create a simple weekly ritual. Guests know what night to show up, who to invite, what to expect, and why staying one more round is worth it.

The Solution

Four Dogs Makes the Night Easy to Say Yes To

Venue owners are not buying trivia questions or bingo cards. They are buying a reliable event system that gives guests a reason to show up, stay longer, bring friends, and come back the next week.

Weekly Trivia Nights

Structured, hosted trivia that gives regulars and new guests a reason to build your venue into their weekly routine.

Music Bingo

Low-pressure, high-participation entertainment that works especially well for restaurants, brunches, breweries, and mixed-age crowds.

Theme Nights

Disney, Star Wars, 80s, The Office, Harry Potter, sports, holidays, and custom themes that are easy to promote online.

Brunch Events

Music bingo and themed games that help turn a slower daytime window into a more social, shareable event.

Fundraisers

Built for schools, churches, nonprofits, booster clubs, and local causes that need a fun event people will actually attend.

Custom Venue Promotions

Special nights designed around your audience, your menu, your slowest night, and the kind of crowd you want to build.

Low Maintenance for Owners

We Bring the Night. Your Team Handles the Service.

Four Dogs Entertainment is designed to be easy on your staff and clear for your guests. We bring the structure, hosting, event flow, content, music, graphics, and promotion support so your team can focus on food, drinks, and hospitality.

What We Handle

  • Trivia questions, music bingo rounds, and theme-night content
  • Hosting, pacing, sound, event flow, and room energy
  • Social graphics and promotion support before the event
  • Clear rules, prize flow, and a repeatable weekly experience
  • A practical venue calculator to estimate potential upside
Real Event Proof

Real Events. Real Guests. Real Weeknight Energy.

Use real crowd photos, winners photos, music bingo photos, trivia photos, and venue moments here. This page should feel local, proven, and believable.

Four Dogs Entertainment trivia night crowd in Columbia SC
Trivia ProofDisney Trivia packed the room.
Music bingo event hosted by Four Dogs Entertainment in Lexington SC
Music BingoGuests had a reason to stay longer.
Four Dogs Entertainment winners photo at a local Midlands SC event
Repeat GuestsWinners photos turn guests into regulars.
For Venue Owners

The Goal Is Not Just a Busy Night. The Goal Is a Repeatable Night.

Four Dogs helps create a reason for guests to choose your place on a slower weeknight, stay longer, bring friends, and build the habit of coming back.

Low Lift for Staff

We handle the game, music, questions, pacing, hosting, graphics, and event flow. Your team focuses on service.

Built for Repeat Traffic

Themes, giveaways, music bingo, and weekly formats give guests a reason to return instead of treating it like a one-time event.

Local Brand Energy

Four Dogs brings a polished, community-based feel that works for restaurants, bars, taprooms, clubhouses, HOAs, and family-friendly venues.

Want to Test a Night Without Overthinking It?

Use the booking form and ask what format fits your room best. We can talk through trivia, music bingo, theme nights, or a monthly event.

Plan a Weeknight Event
For Venues

Run the Numbers for Your Own Venue

Use the calculator below to estimate what one weekly trivia or music bingo night could mean for your venue. Adjust the guest count, average spend, food and drink costs, labor, and event frequency using your own numbers.

48
20150
$25
$10$60
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30%
20%45%
$200
$50$600

πŸ’‘ Suggested ranges: 1 bartender ~$100-150 Β· 1 server ~$80-120 Β· Busy night (2 staff) ~$200-350

$80
$0$300

πŸ’‘ Tips go to your staff, not the house - but trivia crowds tip well. Typical range: $50-$150/night. Factor this into your labor satisfaction, not your bottom line.

$50
$0$200

πŸ’‘ Prizes are covered by your venue - typically a bar tab credit or gift card. Most venues budget $25-75. This is your call and your brand moment with the winner.

Gross / Night

$1,200

Four Dogs Fee / Night

$125

Food & drink cost βˆ’$360
Labor βˆ’$200
Est. staff tips ~$80 (staff keep)
Prize budget βˆ’$50
Four Dogs fee βˆ’$125

Est. Net Profit Per Trivia Night

$465

Monthly net Β· $1,860 Β Β·Β  Annual Β· $22,320

πŸ“ˆ Heads up: First 2-3 trivia nights at a new venue typically run lighter as word spreads. Most venues hit their stride by week 4. These numbers reflect a steady weekly night.

Like the numbers? Let’s talk about what would work best for your space.

πŸŽ‰ New venues: $125 introductory rate for your first month

Send me your calculator results or tell me your slowest night of the week. I’ll help you think through whether trivia, music bingo, or a theme night makes the most sense for your venue.

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What $150/night gets you:

βœ“ Fully hosted trivia night

βœ“ All equipment provided

βœ“ Custom themed questions

βœ“ PA system & microphone

βœ“ Answer sheets & scoring

βœ“ Professional MC on-site

βœ“ Setup & breakdown included

Like the numbers? Let’s talk about what would work best for your space.

Send me your calculator results or tell me your slowest night of the week. I’ll help you think through whether trivia, music bingo, or a theme night makes the most sense for your venue.

Plan a Weeknight Event
Event Menu

Choose the Format That Fits Your Crowd

Trivia Nights

Best for competitive groups, regulars, sports fans, theme nights, and weekly bar crowds.

Music Bingo

Best for casual crowds, brunches, mixed ages, neighborhood restaurants, and people who want fun without pressure.

Theme Nights

Best for big promotional pushes like Disney, Star Wars, 80s Night, The Office, Harry Potter, sports, holidays, and custom themes.

Fundraisers

Best for schools, churches, nonprofits, PTAs, booster clubs, and community causes.

Private Venue Events

Best for company parties, HOA events, birthdays, receptions, and community gatherings hosted at local venues.

Pricing

Simple Weekly Event Pricing

Four Dogs keeps pricing simple so venues can test the concept without overcomplicating the decision.

Intro Rate

$125

Per night for the first month for new venue partners.

Standard Weekly Rate

$150

Per night for weekly trivia, music bingo, and recurring venue entertainment.

Custom Events

Quoted

Based on event type, location, length, promotion needs, and setup requirements.

Reviews and Proof

People Come for the Game. They Come Back for the Experience.

Use the existing homepage reviews here. Keep them honest, specific, and tied to real events.

Pull in your current real reviews from the homepage or Facebook. Do not invent reviews. A believable section with two or three real quotes is stronger than a long wall of generic praise.

Four Dogs Entertainment provides bar trivia hosting, restaurant trivia nights, music bingo, and weekly entertainment for bars throughout Columbia, Lexington, and the Midlands of South Carolina. If your local spot needs a better Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday night, the right recurring event can give guests a reason to choose your venue again next week.

Final Step

Want to See What This Could Look Like at Your Venue?

Run the calculator, send me your numbers, or text me about your slowest night of the week. I’ll help you think through whether trivia, music bingo, or a theme night makes the most sense.

Bring Four Dogs to Your Event