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Tuesday – February 16, 2010 – Fat Tuesday

Joel Williams — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:58:02 +0000

If you haven’t already seen the Mardi Gras Party Roundup I’ve posted below, I’ll make deciding what to do tonight even easier for you. Here are the Fat Tuesday events that are happening throughout the Lehigh Valley tonight.

Mothers Bar & Grill – Easton – Fat Tuesday – No Cover, DJ Dangerous Dan, $1.99 Soco Lime Shots, $1.99 Domestic Drafts, lots of beads.

Roosevelt’s 21st – Bethlehem – 1st Annual Fat Tuesday Party – DJ JJ Sands, $1.99 SoCo Lime Shots, $1.99 Domestic Drafts, Trivia 7-10.

Pigpen Sports Bar – Allentown – Mardi Gras Party – Tons of stuff going on at the PigPen, check out theFacebook event page for all the info.

The Firehouse – Bethlehem – Fat Tuesday Party – DJ SYNYSTR in the mix 10-2. $1.50 Coors Light Drafts, $2 Coors Light Bottles, $2 Bourbon Shots, $100 for girls with the most beads and free Beads for everyone all night

Thursday – February 11, 2009 – Blue Bash @ Roosevelt’s 21st

Joel Williams — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:36:11 +0000

Let me tell you what I know about the Blue Bash tonight at Roosevelt’s in Bethlehem.

It exists
It is “blue” themed
It may or may not be associated with Blue Moon beer.

That’s it, and not for lack of trying either. The Blue Bash Facebook page could not have any less information and requests for more information have gone unanswered.

I’m struggling to find reasons to continue writing about this event. I keep coming back to the question, “If they’re not going to put out any information about this, why should I?”. Anyway, there you have it. Blue Bash. Tonight.

Mardi Gras Party Roundup

Joel Williams — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:57:59 +0000

I hope you all are sufficiently recovered from New Year’s Eve because it’s time to start thinking about the next big holiday in our party year. All you Catholics out there probably know the origin of Mardi Gras so allow me to enlighten those of you who don’t . Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, takes place the day before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Traditionally viewed as a final night of debauchery before setting aside such things for Lent, to most of us these days its become just another excuse to get out and party.

So far several bars in our area have already announced big party plans, but you can expect more to come as we get closer to Mardi Gras. Check back often for any updates I may add to this post.

Friday – February 12, 2010

UPDATE: Starter’s Riverport – Bethlehem – Big City Lights – $5 cover charge, free with college ID. $2.50 Miller Lite, $ 5 Rhino and vodka, $5 bomb shots. DJ Cyn from 10PM-11PM, DJ SL spinning Top 40, R&B, hip-hop, club, remixes, mashups, and house from 11PM-2AM.

Saturday – February 13, 2010

Drinky’s – Easton – Mardi Gras Masquerade – No cover, DJ JJ Sands, $4 Red Bull & vodkas, $2 any pints.

Pigpen Sports Bar – Allentown – Crush 2 – Technically a Valentine’s Day party, but I need to put it somewhere. Sponsored by B104, RCN, and Mayfair, you could win a trip to Orlando at this Audio Dynamikz party. First 100 Ladies thru the door receive a Sephora gift bag.

UPDATE: The Firehouse – Bethlehem – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre – DJ Cyn and DJ What, $1.50 Coors Light drafts, $2.00 Coors Light bottles.

Tuesday – February 16, 2010

Mothers Bar & Grill – Easton – Fat Tuesday – No Cover, DJ Dangerous Dan, $1.99 Soco Lime Shots, $1.99 Domestic Drafts, lots of beads.

Roosevelt’s 21st – Bethlehem – 1st Annual Fat Tuesday Party – DJ JJ Sands, $1.99 SoCo Lime Shots, $1.99 Domestic Drafts, Trivia 7-10.

UPDATE: Pigpen Sports Bar – Allentown – Mardi Gras Party – Tons of stuff going on at the PigPen, check out the Facebook event page for all the info.

UPDATE: The Firehouse – Bethlehem – Fat Tuesday Party – DJ SYNYSTR in the mix 10-2. $1.50 Coors Light Drafts, $2 Coors Light Bottles, $2 Bourbon Shots, $100 for girls with the most beads and free Beads for everyone all night

Saturday – February 20, 2010

Starter’s Riverport – Bethlehem – Masque 2 – Audio Dynamikz is “bringing Bourbon St to Bethlehem”, no cover, bead contest with a cash prize, complimentary beads and mask will be provided.

Thursday – December 31, 2009 – New Year’s Eve 2009

Joel Williams — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:17:12 +0000

It wouldn’t be a holiday in the Valley if our locals bars and clubs weren’t trying to cash in on it by throwing a huge themed party. The next holiday to get this treatment is New Year’s Eve. It helps that New Year’s Eve isn’t really that much of a holiday to begin with…More of a lazy excuse to get drunk, kiss random people at midnight, and start the new year off with a hangover.

According to the Facebook event invitations I’ve received already, there are three big parties being thrown this NYE…Starter’s Riverport, Roosevelt’s 21st, and Drinky’s. Clicking on each of the links will take you to the Facebook event page for each event. I’m sure there are going to be more parties announced in the coming weeks, so consider this page a work in progress. Check back as we get closer to NYE for the latest information.

UPDATE 1: Both the Allentown and Bethlehem BrewWorks are throwing parties to ring in the new year. Check out the details at the Bethlehem BrewWorks HERE and the Allentown BrewWorks HERE.

UPDATE 2: Commenter Jenny tipped me off to a couple of cool events. Over at the Sands in Bethlehem, Emeril’s Chophouse is throwing an all inclusive party for $125 per person. And several local hotels are also throwing New Year’s Eve gatherings…the best part about that is there’s no need to drive at the end of the night! Thanks, Jenny!

UPDATE 3: PigPen Sports bar has finally announced the details of their NYE party. Take a look at them here.

UPDATE 4: Details about The Firehouse’s New Year’s Eve party have been announced on Facebook. $30 cover, 9-11PM open bar, free food, champagne toast at midnight, and a “cash drop”.

UPDATE 5: Ok, scratch that last update. According to a new post from The Firehouse on Facebook, their NYE party no longer has a cover charge. There’s still going to be a free champagne toast at midnight but you can forget about the open bar. $2 well drinks, $5 Vegas bombs from 9-10 and DJ $weetlife from9-2.

Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday – November 24-26, 2009 – Thanksgiving Party Roundup

Joel Williams — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:05:04 +0000

Thanksgiving Eve is easily one of the biggest bar nights of the year, an influx of college students returning home for the holiday leads to packed out local bars. In previous years it was all about hitting up the bars and pubs closest to wherever you went to HS. Not so anymore, or at least that is the hope from some of the larger bars in the area. Although there will be a large chunk of people going to neighborhood bars and pubs, places like The Firehouse, The PigPen and Drinky’s are hoping you’ll skip your local tavern and head downtown for Thanksgiving Eve revelry.

What I’ve got for you here is a roundup of all the bigger celebrations being thrown by some of the larger bars in the area. Chances are if you’re gonna go a local haunt you already know where your friends from high school are gonna be, so I’m not gonna get into that. But if you didn’t go to high school in the area and don’t know where to party this Wednesday night, maybe you’ll be able to find something to help make the most of your time off of work.

Tuesday – November 24 – Thanksgiving-Eve Eve

Looper’s – Bethlehem – Natalie and the crew at Looper’s are getting the Thanksgiving celebrations off to an early start. Enjoy $6.50 Apple Bourbon Betty Pints, $5 Dragonball ZZZZ pints, $5 Cran Apple Pints, $8 Pumpkin Pie Martinis, $5 Shock Top’s & Winter Bourbon Cask Ale’s, and Special App’s & Dinner’s all night!

Molten Lounge @ Sands Bethlehem – Bethlehem – Cap Cee spinning the hits and the classics. Drink specials from 10PM-Midnight. $1 Lemon Drops, $1.75 Coor Light & Bud Drafts, $3 Absolut Martini Special.

Wednesday – November 25 – Thanksgiving Eve

Starter’s Riverport – Bethlehem – Dress to impress for $2 shots, $2.50 Bud Light bottles, $5 42 Below vodka cocktails. Ski trip giveaway. DJ Cap Cee and Audio Dynamikz bringing the hits.

Looper’s – Bethlehem – Same as above, or if you’re too lazy to scroll up…enjoy $6.50 Apple Bourbon Betty Pints, $5 Dragonball ZZZZ pints, $5 Cran Apple Pints, $8 Pumpkin Pie Martinis, $5 Shock Top’s & Winter Bourbon Cask Ale’s, and Special App’s & Dinner’s all night!

The PigPen – Allentown – Lou Franco project & The Large Flowerheads playing 7-11pm, special celebrity guest appearance and performance by Bad Boy Entertainment star Donnie Klang from Making The Band 4, appearance from 20 Pack from I Love New York, DJ dance party all night (11- close) w/ NYC’s DJ Holic, Las Vegas MC Michael Mage, Thanksgiving themed shot specials, $3 Soco & lime shots, no cover for ladies, $6 for guys.

The Firehouse – Bethlehem – No cover. Audio Dynamikz’s DJ CYN upstairs and DJ $WEETLIFE downstairs from 10PM-2AM. Coors Light girls, Vegas Fuel girls, Marani vodka specials, and a pole dancing competition with a cash prize for the winner.

Roosevelt’s 21st – Bethlehem – Not much information about this on Facebook other than that DJ Dangerous Dan will be in the house.

Drinky’s – Easton – Again not much info about this other than that DJ JJ Sands & 107 The Bone’s Scotty Brilliant will be running the show.

Thursday – Thanksgiving Day – (This is for when you get tired of hanging with your relatives)

Roosevelt’s 21st – Bethlehem – Little bit more information about Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving Day party. Enjoy $4 Rhino & vodkas and 99¢ Well Drinks (10-12) as you watch the Giants and the Bronco’s. DJ Cyn takes over at 10PM.

So there you have it, there’s a lot of big parties going on this week. Which one will you be going too? Have a great Holiday everyone!

Roosevelt's 21st – First Impressions

Joel Williams — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:02:50 +0000

Last night, as I drove to Roosevelt’s 21st, I had no idea what to expect. If you’d ever been to Our Beerbelly’s before it shut down, you probably understand my confusion. When I heard that the owner’s of Drinky’s in Easton had purchased the dive bar with plans to remodel, my first thought was that the Northside of Bethlehem didn’t need a swanky night club like Drinky’s. Beerbelly’s was popular among Moravian students and locals for it’s cheep beer, wings, and popular trivia night. In it’s heyday, you had to come at least an hour early to get a table.

But, as I turned onto Elizabeth Ave I saw large crowds of people walking towards the newly opened bar and knew that I was probably wrong. Wrong both in the local reception and with what I saw as I walked in. Roosevelt’s isn’t a nightclub, though it has nightclub elements, it’s almost a hybrid of sorts. Imagine if your local neighborhood bar got an ultralounge pregnant (bad analogy, I know)…Roosevelt’s would be their bastard offspring. The tastefully decorated interior is in stark contrast to their reasonable drink prices and nightly specials. A chalk board hung on the wall lists everyday drink specials, happy hour specials from 10-12 (finally! a real happy hour!), and food specials every day.

Mostly Moravian students, the crowd could be heard from outside the building singing along with the music. Word of mouth alone drew a crowd of at least 200 people. Tables had to be cleared away to make room for dancing and both bars had sizeable crowds waiting for drinks. I left Roosevelt’s last night impressed and very excited to see how this new bar would affect the Lehigh Valley’s nightlife. Like I said last night on the LV Scene twitter lastnight…lookout PigPen.