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The Best Themed Trivia Nights This Week (August 3–9, 2026)

2 Aug 2026 6 min read No comments Theme Nights
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Welcome back, trivia people.

This week belongs to the very specific. Best Trivia Ever is opening Monday night in Milford with an Emo Music Night, which is exactly the kind of hyper-targeted theme that either means nothing to you or means everything. Slattery’s Midtown Pub in New York is back with another multi-night fandom run — five themed nights across one week this time. Austin’s Get it Games is doing a three-night pop-culture streak that goes from hockey romance novels to Bob’s Burgers to horror movies. And North Charleston, Columbus, Carmel and Madison Heights are quietly turning the middle of the week into a nationwide music trivia circuit.

Here’s everything worth putting on your calendar between August 3rd and 9th.

This Week’s Themed Trivia

This week’s events include:

  • Emo Music
  • Taylor Swift
  • Friends
  • Ted Lasso
  • Anime
  • Bob’s Burgers
  • The Simpsons
  • Seinfeld
  • Parks and Rec
  • Sitcoms
  • Star Trek
  • Harry Potter
  • Marvel vs. DC
  • Bravo / Reality TV
  • Literary & Romance Novels
  • Music
  • Hip Hop
  • 80s Movies
  • Disney Movies
  • Horror Movies
  • K-Pop Demon Hunters
  • Classic Movies
  • NFL / Sports
  • American Revolution
  • Theatre
  • Pride
  • Game Shows
  • Summertime

Featured Themed Trivia Nights This Week

Emo Music Night Kicks Off the Week — Milford, CT

Connecticut’s Best Trivia Ever is starting the week with a theme that’s going to hit a very particular demographic squarely in the chest: Emo Music Night at Stonebridge in Milford.

This is the era of black eyeliner, side-swept bangs, and lyrics you absolutely wrote in a notebook margin in 2005. Expect My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Brand New, Fall Out Boy before they were a pop band, and the kind of deep cuts that separate the people who actually went to Warped Tour from the people who just listened to the radio.

Emo Music Night — Monday, August 3 — 7:00 PM

  • Venue: Stonebridge
  • Location: Milford, Connecticut
  • Date: Monday, August 3
  • Time: 7:00 PM
  • Hosted by: Best Trivia Ever

Possible team names:

  • I’m Not Okay (I Promise)
  • Welcome to the Black Parade Float
  • Sugar, We’re Going Down Swinging
  • Side Bangs & Bad Decisions

Slattery’s Midtown Pub Runs a Five-Night Week — New York, NY

At this point we should probably just give Slattery’s its own section every week. The Midtown pub is running four themed nights plus a general trivia night between Monday and Saturday, spanning pop, sitcoms, soccer comedy and anime.

Taylor Swift Trivia — Monday, August 3 — 7:00 PM

Eras, re-recordings, and the lyric knowledge that only comes from genuine devotion.

Friends Trivia — Tuesday, August 4 — 7:00 PM

Central Perk, Ross’s many jobs, and the apartment nobody could actually afford.

Ted Lasso Trivia — Wednesday, August 5 — 7:00 PM

Believe. A general trivia night also runs the same evening at 7:00 PM if biscuits and AFC Richmond aren’t your thing.

NYC Anime Trivia Night — Saturday, August 8 — 7:00 PM

Hosted by Anime Social Nexus rather than the usual Trivia AD crew, and the one ticketed night of the bunch at $17.85.

Possible team names:

  • We Are Never Getting Back Together (To This Bar)
  • How You Doin’
  • Biscuits With the Boss
  • Filler Arc Enthusiasts

Austin Gets a Three-Night Pop-Culture Streak

Get it Games is running three completely unrelated themes across three Austin bars in four days, and the range is genuinely funny: a hockey romance novel, an animated burger sitcom, and horror movies. All three are free to play.

Heated Rivalry Trivia — Monday, August 3 — 7:00 PM

Rachel Reid’s hockey romance series gets its own night. If your book club has opinions, bring them.

Bob’s Burgers Trivia — Wednesday, August 5 — 7:00 PM

Burger of the day, Louise’s ears, and the entire Belcher family’s questionable business decisions.

  • Venue: The Brewtorium Brewery & Kitchen
  • Location: Austin, Texas
  • Date: Wednesday, August 5
  • Time: 7:00 PM

Horror Movies Trivia — Thursday, August 6 — 7:00 PM

Slashers, final girls, and the sequels everyone pretends not to have seen.

  • Venue: 1972 Pub
  • Location: Austin, Texas
  • Date: Thursday, August 6
  • Time: 7:00 PM

Possible team names:

  • Two Minutes for Tropes
  • Burgers of the Day
  • The Final Girls
  • Equipment Managers

Other Themed Trivia Nights This Week

Music

Theatre

  • The Understudy Coffee and Books — Chicago, IL — Monday, August 3 — 7:30 PM (“I Can’t … I Have Trivia”)

Pride

  • Dr. Funk — San Jose, CA — Monday, August 3 — 7:30 PM (The Birdcage Trivia Night & Pride Celebration)

The Simpsons

  • The Gutter — Brooklyn, NY — Tuesday, August 4 — 7:00 PM

Star Trek

  • MOTHERSHIP — San Francisco, CA — Tuesday, August 4 — 7:00 PM (hosted by Trek Triv)

Bravo & Reality TV

  • Grotto Pizza — Middletown, DE — Tuesday, August 4 — 6:30 PM (ticketed)
  • Lady Justice Brewing Company — Englewood, CO — Thursday, August 6 — 6:00 PM (Real Housewives of Salt Lake City & Ultimate Girls Trip)

Ted Lasso

Movies

Literary & Romance Novels

  • Book Club Bar — Brooklyn, NY — Wednesday, August 5 — 8:00 PM (General Literary Trivia)
  • Bad Ass Coffee, 2850 Baseline Rd — Boulder, CO — Thursday, August 6 — 6:00 PM (Heated Rivalry, hosted by The Romance Section)
  • Passages Wine and Books — Chicago, IL — Friday, August 7 — 8:00 PM (Bookish Trivia: 3 Date Series)

Seinfeld

American Revolution

  • Fattey Beer Co. Amherst — Buffalo, NY — Thursday, August 6 — 6:00 PM (hosted by Buffalo Toronto Public Media)

Harry Potter

  • Pig Beach — Queens, NY — Thursday, August 6 — 7:00 PM (hosted by Nexus Trivia)

Summertime

Parks and Rec

Sitcoms

Marvel vs. DC

NFL / Sports

  • Pourworks — Raleigh, NC — Saturday, August 8 — 7:00 PM (NFL Trivia Night)

Game Shows

  • Nepenthe Brewing Co. — Baltimore, MD — Sunday, August 9 — 1:00 PM (Showtime Trivia: THE GAME SHOW!)

Tips Before You Go

  • Wednesday, August 5 is the busiest themed night of the week — Ted Lasso in two states, 80s movies in Connecticut, K-Pop Demon Hunters in Seattle, Seinfeld in Pennsylvania, and hip hop in Indiana all land the same evening.
  • Monday’s Emo Music Night at Stonebridge starts at 7:00 PM. Best Trivia Ever nights fill up, so get there early if you want a table.
  • North Charleston, SC gets two Name That Tune nights at two different Neighborhood Tap House locations — Dorchester on Tuesday, Greenridge on Thursday. Same format, different rooms.
  • Slattery’s Anime night on Saturday is the only ticketed event of their five-night run, and it’s hosted by Anime Social Nexus rather than their usual crew.
  • Philadelphia’s Classic Movie & Trivia at Deal Street starts at 3:00 PM Monday — an unusually early start for a trivia event. There’s a free early-bird tier and a paid group rate that admits four.
  • Sacramento’s Sitcom Trivia Plant & Sip is the priciest ticket of the week at roughly $54, but you leave with a plant.

See You at Trivia!

That’s the lineup for August 3–9. A Milford emo night to open the week, a five-night fandom run in Midtown Manhattan, an Austin streak that swings from hockey romance to horror, and music trivia spread across four states midweek.

We’ll be back next week with a fresh batch of themes. Until then, gather your team, pick a fandom, and get out there.

See you at trivia.

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