From trivia nights to open mics to club nights, there's something to do every night of the week in Orlando. Looking for more? Check our website at orlandoweekly.com for tons more drinking, nightlife, parties and events.
MONDAY
All You Can Bowl Night
Boardwalk Bowl Entertainment Center, 10749 E. Colonial Drive,
For $10 per person, bowl as many games as you want from 8 p.m. to close.
Curtis Earth Trivia
Graffiti Junktion, 900 E. Washington St., graffitijunktion.com
Starting at 7 p.m., Curtis Earth hosts a trivia night that Orlando Weekly readers named the Best of Orlando for 2014.
Drink Around the Hood
Third Wednesday of every month, various venues, Ivanhoe Village, drinkaroundthehood.com
Every month Orlando Weekly hosts this neighborhood pub crawl/meet-up. Buy a ticket for $10 and sample cocktails at different businesses, bars and restaurants.
Ladies Night
Knights Pub, 3910 Alafaya Trail, knightspuborlando.com
Free cover for ladies until 10:30 p.m. Free drinks until midnight.
Rock Band Jam Night</b>
The Haven, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, thehavenrocks.com
Bring your own guitar, drum kit or keys and jam out with your fellow Rock Band aficionados.
TUESDAY
$2 Tuesday
Knights Pub, 3910 N. Alafaya Trail, knightspuborlando.com
Pay your $2 cover and get $2 pitchers of beer, shots and more.
Diverse Word
Dandelion Communitea Café, 618 N. Thornton Ave., dandelioncommunitea.com
Spoken-word open mic in a charming vegetarian teahouse.
Geek Trivia
The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park, mygeekeasy.com
Win bar tabs and comic books by flexing your knowledge muscle.
Grits and Gravy
Independent Bar (I-Bar), 70 N. Orange Ave., facebook/independentbarorlando
Old-school rock and Motown soul set the backdrop for a dance night that features $2.50 PBRs and well whiskey all night long.
Tasty Tuesdays
The Milk District, East Robinson Street and North Bumby Avenue, facebook.com/tastytuesdaysorlando
A rotating lineup of local food trucks brings a crowd every Tuesday for this pop-up street party.
WEDNESDAY
Liquor Pitcher Wednesdays
Knight Library, 11448 University Blvd., knightlibrary.com
Free liquor pitchers and free drafts until midnight. Make sure you don't have class the next morning. You won't make it.
Mac and Cheese
Independent Bar, 70 N. Orange Ave., facebook/independentbarorlando
A dance night full of guilty pleasures, sometimes with special performances from one-hit wonders.
$1 Drink Night
Chillers, Big Belly and Latitudes, 33 W. Church St., churchstbars.com
Starting at 7:30 p.m., frozen drinks, mixed drinks and domestic bottles are just a buck.
Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word
Austin's Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, austinscoffee.com
Just like the name suggests, this is an open mic for both poetry and spoken word, held in a hip Winter Park coffeehouse not far from the Rollins College campus.
Spacebar Comedy Showcase
Spacebar, 2428 E. Robinson St., facebook.com/spacebarcomedy
Free entry with two-drink minimum purchase at this indie comedy night, which starts at 10 p.m.
Wednesday Night Pitcher Show
Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, enzian.org
Get a pitcher of beer from the bar and watch a free movie on the lawn of the Orlando area's only indie art-house theater. Movies begin at 8 p.m., but if you get there early, you might be able to catch a round of Jell-O shot trivia.
THURSDAY
Burger and Beer Night
Friendly Confines, 3088 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, myfriendlyconfines.com
$4.99 gets you a half-pound burger and a domestic draft until 9 p.m.
Korndogg's Karaoke
Wall Street Cantina, Wall Street Plaza, 25 Wall St., wallstplaza.com
With more than 11,000 songs to choose from, music videos and more, this is one of downtown's best karaoke nights.
Jack's Open Mic Comedy Night
Jack's Pub & Grub, 5494 Central Florida Parkway
Open mic comedy in a charmingly divey I-Drive pub, hosted by Myke Herlihy.
Talk Yo Shit Presents the Shit House
The Patio, 14 W. Washington St., thepatioorlando.com
Dance night steered and swerved by DJ Fiona Trapple with 2-4-1 drinks for ladies.
FRIDAY
3-4-1 Happy Hour
Big Belly, Chillers and Latitudes, 33 W. Church St., churchstbars.com
Yes, you read that right: three drinks for the price of one from 4-9 p.m. Get your weekend started.
Footloose '80s
Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St., backbooth.com
Party like it's 1989 with this throwback night featuring videos from the '80s.
$5 Fridays
Knight Library, 11448 University Blvd., knightlibrary.com
You pay a $5 cover and get free drafts and $1 shots until midnight.
Friday Night Block Party
Wall Street Plaza, 25 Wall St., wallstplaza.com
Wall Street Plaza is known for its weekend block parties. Wander the plaza, drink in hand, and take advantage of $4 Fireball shots and all six plaza bars. No cover.
Nerdy Karaoke</p>
The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd.,Winter Park, mygeekeasy.com
Karaoke in the Geek Easy, a lounge/bar connected to one of Orlando's most popular comic shops, A Comic Shop.
SATURDAY
Midnight Mass
Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St., backbooth.com
From midnight until 2 a.m., DJs spin pop, rock and Motown while you confess your sins to the patient bartenders.
Saturday Night Block Party
Wall Street Plaza, 25 Wall St., wallstplaza.com
Wall Street Plaza is known for its weekend block parties. Wander the plaza, drink in hand, and take advantage of $4 Fireball shots and all six plaza bars. No cover.
Shit Sandwich Comedy Showcase
First and third Saturdays at Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St., bullandbushorlando.com
Popular and free stand-up comedy showcase, which features legit local comedians.
Single Saturdays
Knight Library, 11448 University Blvd., knightlibrary.com
$1 shots, $1 bottled beer and free drafts until midnight. No matter how broke you are, you can surely afford this night.
SUNDAY
Barrio Sundays and Tropical Sundays
The Beacham and the Social, 46 N. Orange Ave., thebeacham.com
All you can drink for one cover fee ($13-$15; 21 and up). Top 40 and Latin hip-hop music spun by DJs in the Social and salsa, bachata and merengue in the Beacham.
Copper Rocket Comedy Jam
The Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland, copperrocketpub.com
Comedy open mic hosted by Heather Shaw.
Orlando Farmers Market
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays at Lake Eola Park, corner of East Central Boulevard and North Eola Drive
Part farmers market, part reason to day-drink. The beer and wine garden opens at noon, and it usually features live acoustic music.
Shake 'n' Bass
Sundays at Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St., facebook.com/shakenbass
DJs spin tropical bass and drive the crowd crazy. Resident DJ Big Makk experiments with new music to see how his more inventive mixes shake out in the club.
DON'T MISS THESE RECURRING NIGHTS, EITHER!
Body//Talk
Various locations, once per month, bodytalkparty.org
This monthly dance party tries to re-create the house party feel in a nontraditional venue.
Orlando Pub Crawls
Meet at various bars in downtown Orlando, orlandopubcrawls.com
The Orlando Pub Crawl organization sponsors a tour of downtown bars with a twist – think Crazy '80s Pub Crawls, the Good vs. Evil Pub Crawl, the Get Lai'd Luau Pub Crawl and more. Check the website for upcoming crawls.
There Will Be Words
Second Tuesday of every month, Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia St., therewillbewords.com
A showcase of some of the best writers in the state.
Third Thursday Gallery Hop
Third Thursday of every month, downtown Orlando, 3rdthu.com
Part art-gallery hop, part tech meet-up, part foodie tour of downtown, this monthly celebration is the perfect (free!) reason to get out of your dorm or apartment and explore the city.
