Weekly /r/DesMoines Events Thread for the week of December 08, 2019

This thread is for any events going on in Des Moines this week! What events will you be attending? What events do you want to attend? What events do you want to promote? Whats new around Des Moines this week? Add a comment below.

Please provide the following when posting new events: - Time, Date, Location, Cost and some sort of description of the event.

New threads start every Sunday, and will be stickied at the top of the subreddit.

Here are some places to find things to do: Cityview's Calendar - Juice's Calendar - Des Moines Register Event Page - Catch Des Moines Calendar

If you have any recurring events, specials, or other suggestions for this weekly thread, please send us a modmail

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Trivia Nights:

• First Monday of the month is Mona's Pub Quiz at The Lift

• Benchwarmers in Ankeny on Mondays

• Tuesdays at Blue Moon in WDM - starts at 8

• Wednesdays at Fireside Grille in Altoona -starts at 8

• Trivia Thursdays at The Ingersoll Tap.

• Tuesdays at Quinton's

• Gas Lamp has triva on Tuesday

• Tuesdays at Basement Bar at Des Moines Social Club

• There's trivia at The Beer House in Urbandale on Wednesdays, 7pm. Also at F&O's on Fridays, 9pm

• Tuesdays at Wellman's Ingersoll

• Geeks Who Drink at Red Monk is actually trivia. They do have specials, but the main event is trivia.

• Wellmans Pub on Ingersoll has trivia Tuesday night at 8

• Trivia at Thunder Head in Ankeny every Tuesday

• Trivia at the Keg Stand, Thursday nights (I think it starts at 8:30?)

• Hi, I'm the owner of Mad Meatball Pizzeria & Pub, located at 401 SE 5th St in Des Moines. We have Trivia every Wednesday at 7:30pm. The Special for the Trivia AYCE Wings for $10 from 7-10pm and $1 off all craft and import beer.

  Drink Specials:

• 2 for Tuesdays @ the Flying Moose every Tuesday all night (Also, 2 fers every day until 8pm)

• Beechwood has 2 for 1 on tuesdays.

• Tuesday night is dollar domestic bottles at Streetcar 209

• Quintons: Thursday Half off all drinks

• Quarter beers at both Flying Moose and Mickey's Clive on Weds

• Wednesday is geeks who drink at the red monk

• Lift has $3 draws on Thursday

• First Wednesday of every month there is a bottle share at 515 Brewing @ 6

• Wacky Wednesdays at Hero's on Court Ave are 2 for 1's all night each week

• Sunday nights at Lime at Lime Lounge in the East Village has live Hip Hop acts and DJs, no cover, 2 for $5 wells, 2 for $10 martinis and mojitos, 3 for $7 lime drop shots, and a $1 well drink power hour

  • Tuesdays they have trivia at The Hall in Valley Junction too. Starts at 7.
  • Smashpark in WDM has trivia at 7 and 8 on monday nights

  Weekly Open Mic night:

• Gas Lamp now does karaoke on Tuesdays (with a live band for you to sing with!).

• Tuesday night comedy open mic at Lefty's Live Music at 8pm.

• open mic every Tuesday at Luckys at 8.

• Friday night at the Beechwood is free stand-up comedy.

• Acoustic music open mic at AJ's on East Court, Sundays at 4pm

• Free Killer Queen at Up-Down every Thursday!

• There is trivia at The Ducktail Lounge on Sunday’s.

• Open Mic Thursday at Java Joe's Downtown at 7:30

  Other Ongoing Events:

• Blues Jam Band every Tuesday at Carl's Place, $3 tallboys

• Des Moines Bitcoin and Blockchain MeetUp at Gravitate in West Des Moines - 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month (eg Oct 25th) at 7:00pm

  If any of these are no longer current or you would like to add something, please ping /u/annarchist to update this thread otherwise I may miss it.