Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Your New Tuesday Evening Go To Airlie Beach Hotel Hosts Musical Bingo

Are you looking for a new way to break up the work week? Airlie Beach Hotel are now hosting Musical Bingo.

Last Tuesday over 150 people joined in the fun for the first evening, and Musical Bingo Creator Danny is expecting more to show up in the future.

“Having such a big turnout on the first night was really great and it's great to see that everybody is engaging with it, and wanting to do something new,” said Danny.

“I call it the world's easiest pub game, because you don't need to know anything about the songs or answer any questions. It's just marking songs off the bingo card.

“People like it because it's very easy to get into. You don't really need to learn anything new. You just grab a bingo card and enjoy the music.”

This type of bingo works with every participant getting a unique bingo card and marking off the songs they hear. The first person to get two lines, either down, across or diagonal, shouts out 'BINGO!' and claims their prize.

Musical Bingo contains music from all different genres and eras, expect to hear tunes from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and now.

Danny enjoys coming up with different categories, including ‘Golden Hits’ which includes tracks from Frank Sinatra, and more recently he has created the ‘00’s Hits’ category. Hits from your favourite TV shows and Movies will also appear.

The history behind Musical Bingo goes back 15 years, to when Danny encountered a similar version in a bar in Vancouver. After coming back to Australia, Danny invented his own version of it. The original Musical Bingo debuted in Byron Bay, where Danny said it began to get immensely popular and shortly after, other bars across the country wanted Musical Bingo at their venue.

Now, it’s Airlie Beach Hotel’s turn for Musical Bingo, and with such a strong opening night, Musical Bingo is set to become a regular favourite in the local nightlife calendar.

Musical Bingo is free to play and over $350 worth of prizes can be won.

And the game comes with its own cheeky catchphrase, “Dropping beats, not balls.”

Also on Tuesday nights are Airlie Beach Hotel’s Pizza Special, grab a $20 pizza by using ‘The Pass’ App, and tuck into a delicious pizza whilst playing the worlds easiest pub game.

What: Musical Bingo
When: Every Tuesday at 7pm
Where: Airlie Beach Hotel, Sports Bar
Tickets: FREE TO PLAY but book your table today!

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