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Trivia Nights in NYC

257 trivia nights at 253 bars across the five boroughs, by day, start time and neighborhood. Every night shows who lists it and the date we read it. Schedules change: check with the venue before you go.

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Trivia by day

Trivia with a happy hour

At these bars the happy hour on the bar's own menu is still running when the game starts. The deal is on each bar's page; ask whether it applies at the trivia tables.

Happy hour first, then trivia

The happy hour ends within two hours before the game: come early for the deal.

Full listings with sources are on each day's page.

Trivia by borough

The Bronx

Staten Island

Saturday trivia

How these listings work

We read the trivia companies' own schedules (NYC Trivia League, TriviaNYC, Uptown Pub Quiz) and the trivia directories (NYC Trivia List, Brooklyn Trivia Finder, TriviaNearMe, BadSlava). The companies' schedules and the two hand-kept directories are read again every week, most recently on Oct 16, 2026: a night they put on hold or stop listing comes off this page, and each listing shows the date we last read each source. A night is listed here when the company running it lists it, or when two sources, at least one of them a hand-kept directory, agree on the day and the start time. Every address was matched to New York City's own address records, so a bar outside the five boroughs cannot slip in.

"Weekly" appears only when a source says weekly. Otherwise the listing reads "Listed on Tuesdays", because a directory filing a bar under a weekday does not tell us it happens every week. Nights a company has put on hold are left out until they come back.

Questions

What night has the most bar trivia in NYC?

Tuesday: 91 trivia nights listed, then Wednesday with 70 and Monday with 42. Weekends are quiet: 5 on Friday, 1 on Saturday and 13 on Sunday.

What time does trivia start?

7pm is the most common start (102 of 257 nights). 11 start before 7pm, which leaves time for a happy hour first.

Is pub trivia free to play in NYC?

Most listings do not say. 16 nights are described as free to play by the directory that lists them; prizes, when stated, are usually a bar tab or gift card. We only show a cost or a prize when a source states it, so ask the host if it matters.

Is it every week?

Only when a source says so: 167 nights are listed as weekly (most by NYC Trivia League, which lists its games as weekly). The rest read "Listed on Tuesdays" because a directory puts them under a weekday without a cadence, and some run monthly or every other week. Check with the venue before you go.

How do you check these listings?

A night is shown only when the trivia company itself lists it, or two different sources agree on the day and the start time, and the address matches a New York City address record. Paused nights, one-source listings and places we could not place stay off the page. 141 nights come from NYC Trivia League's own weekly schedule.

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