// HOLIDAY BOWLING //

Saturday, December 24

Family Bowl 12pm-8pm, Free Bowling & Shoes 12pm-2pm

Tuesday, December 27

Family Bowl 12pm-6pm, Free Bowling & Shoes 12pm-2pm

Wednesday, December 28

Family Bowl 12pm-6pm, Free Bowling & Shoes 12pm-2pm

Thursday, December 29

Family Bowl 12pm-6pm, Free Bowling & Shoes 12pm-2pm

Saturday, December 31

Family Bowl 12pm-6pm

Sunday, January 1

Family Bowl 12pm-6pm

This holiday season, we really just want to give BACK. Because what better way  is there to say THANK YOU than with FREE BOWLING?

(It’s been scientifically proven that there’s no better way.)

So on four very special days in December, we’re opening our doors to people of all ages and bowling styles, and throwing in FREE BOWLING and shoes from 12-2PM.

Just get there quick.

// FREE BOWLING ALL NIGHT LONG! //

We were closed for two days doing some renovations and improvements. And we missed you guys. A lot.

But starting Wednesday, we’re back in action, and we’re more beautiful than ever! So to celebrate, we’re giving away FREE BOWLING all night long on Wednesday, August 17. See below for details.

THE ALTERNATE ROUTES

Scattered Trees, Paul Dempsey

Doors at 6 // Show at 8

FREE bowling & shoes

2 hour limit on bowling

Free entry before 7PM (After 7, there is a $5 cover.)

Get it? Got it? Good.

// WIN FREE TIX + BOWLING FOR YOU AND 7 FRIENDS! //

Friday, July 1

BADFISH, A TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME

Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees

Yellow Dubmarine: Recreating the Music of the Beatles Reggae Style

Remember the 90s? Ever feel like you’d give anything to go back, just for one night?

Well you’re in luck, pal, ’cause here’s your chance. Next Friday, the one and only Badfish is in the house with their awesome tribute to Sublime, and we’re giving away 2 hours of free bowling and tickets to you and SEVEN of your friends.

Why, you ask? Because – Love. It’s what we got.

(I said remember that.)

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Don’t want to wait to WIN? Buy Tix NOW

Doors at 6PM // Show at 7:30PM

21+

$15

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ENTER 2 WIN ON TWITTER

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How many oz. to freedom? Best answer wins 2 hrs FREE BOWLING & TIX for 8 PPL on 7/1 w Badfish! http://bkbwl.com/Badfish

// SUMMER BOWL //

NYC summer means a lot of good things, free things, and fun things. Here’s one more reason to love summer in the city.

All summer long (until Friday, September 2), we’re offering FREE BOWLING + SHOES, every Monday through Friday from 6-7PM.* Just mention “Summer Bowl” when checking in at the bowling desk to receive the discount, and you’re on your way to free bowling heaven.

‘Cause nothin tastes quite like a free strike. (Well, maybe our Blue Ribbon fried chicken, but that’s another story…)

*Door charges for ticketed events still apply.

// SPEND NEW YEAR’S EVE

WITH THE ROOTS! //

Attention all Brooklyn Bowl and Roots crew fans! We are pleased to announce our New Year’s Eve Roots Package Extravaganza. Come enjoy 3 sets by The Roots in style!! To a select few we are offering tickets and the best leather couch to ring in 2011 complete with bowling, a special menu by Blue Ribbon, Premium Open Bar, and we’ll even throw in a bottle of Veuve Clicquot. (What’s NYE without bubbly!!)

Please respond to James@BrooklynBowl.com with “NYE Do you want more?” as the subject line. Please respond promptly as lanes are very limited and filling up fast. All reservations are Non-Transferable. Details below.

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Seating 1:       9:00PM-1:00AM

Price:              $350 per person

(Min 6 people per lane. Tax and gratuity not included)

Includes:

Ticket to see the show

1 Bowling lane and shoes

All you can eat special Blue Ribbon menu

All you can drink Premium Open Bar

1 Bottle of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label

The best seat in the house to see a sold out show featuring The Roots!!

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Seating 2:       2:00AM-6:00AM

(Guests can enter venue and enjoy show prior to 2am)

Price:              $250 per person

(Min 6 people per lane. Tax and gratuity not included)

Includes:

Ticket to see the show

1 Bowling lane and shoes

All you can eat special Blue Ribbon menu

All you can drink Premium Open Bar

1 Bottle of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label

The best seat in the house to see a sold out show featuring The Roots!!

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Note: If you have already purchased a ticket, lanes will also be available to walk-up bowlers, pending availability.

What happens when a music LEGEND hits Brooklyn Bowl? Sheer. Madness.

On Tuesday, November 16, DJ Shadow came to Brooklyn Bowl and set the place on fire. On his first tour in over three years, Shadow packed the club with an anxious, sold-out crowd that itched to hear the illustrious DJ scratch his first-ever solo show in Brooklyn. A pioneer of the instrumental hip hop movement, DJ Shadow has long been revered for both his groundbreaking use of samples and his mindblowing live show. This show was no exception. Stationing himself inside his infamous “Shadowsphere” (a giant 3-D sphere), Shadow laid out a huge two hour set filled with hits from all three of his chart-topping albums, in addition to long-awaited new music. As Shadow spun, his Shadowsphere played host to mind-bending visual projections of everything from the streets of San Francisco to a close-up of a bowling ball rolling down a lane (which we found especially appropriate). And every so often, he’d spin the orb around so that the packed room could get a glimpse at the man inside the sphere in action.

Were you there? Post your pictures of the night to our FLICKR group and your videos to our Vimeo group. Show the world what it’s like to get down at Brooklyn Bowl with the one and only DJ Shadow. If you missed it this time around, check out the links below for recaps, photos and videos.

BROOK BOBBINS – PHOTOS

URB – RECAP AND VIDEO

SELF-TITLED – REVIEW AND VIDEO

BOWERY PRESENTS’ THE HOUSE LIST – PHOTOS

BLAH BLAH BLOG – PHOTOS

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

// BLACK FRIDAY=FREE BOWLING! //

Once the tryptophan wears off and you’ve slept off all that pecan pie, skip the mall lines and head over to Brooklyn Bowl for some real deals! We’re holding our very own special BLACK FRIDAY event this Friday, with FREE BOWLING* from 2-3pm. Doors open at 2pm, so be sure to get down here quick and grab a lane! Plus, we’re all ages until 6pm, so bring the whole family and enjoy some Blue Ribbon eats.

Because nothing says Thanksgiving like bowling a Turkey.

*Does not include shoes. First come, first served. Limited availability.

// WIN A BOWLING SESSION/MEET & GREET WITH THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS! //

Do you like THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS, BOWLING, or FUN? Then you’ll LOVE this. We’re giving away an exclusive bowling session/meet and greet with The New Mastersounds to 4 lucky people before their show at Brooklyn Bowl this Sunday, November 21! They’ll be taping an interview for Relix, so who knows… you might even be in the video! All you have to do is buy tickets to the show and 4 winners will be chosen at random for the meet & greet/bowling session with NMS. Winners will be notified via email on Fri 11/19 after 6pm EST.

BUY TIX NOW!

// RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY AND/OR FEAR //

Are you pro-SANITY or pro-FEAR? No matter what side you’re on, come on down to Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday, October 30 for a LIVE broadcast of Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity and Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive. We’ll be broadcasting the event on our huge hi-def screens, to be enjoyed alongside some serious bowling and good eats/drinks. Those suckers in D.C. don’t know what they’re missing.

Saturday, October 30

Rally to Restore Sanity // March to Keep Fear Alive

Doors: 12:00pm // Broadcast 12:00pm – 3:00pm

All Ages

// ENTER THE SANE SIGN CONTEST TO WIN FREE BOWLING! //

We’re giving away FREE BOWLING for one hour during the rally, including shoes! To enter, RSVP on Facebook and post your best sane sign idea on the event wall. Contest ends Friday at 2pm.

ENTER NOW ON FACEBOOK

Jon Stewart’s Sane Sign Examples:

- “I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler”

- “9/11 was an outside job”

- “Got Competence?”

- “I’m not afraid of Muslims, Tea Partiers, Socialists, Immigrants, Gun Owners or Gays … but I am scared of spiders.”

- “Take it Down a Notch For America”

Friday, October 29

// NEON INDIAN GIVEAWAY //

What better way to gear up for Halloween than to dress up and get your swerve on with some spooky synthesizers? On Friday, October 29, head down to Brooklyn Bowl to join your favorite chillwaver, Neon Indian, who will be joined by Prince Rama & Apache Beat, in some serious monster mashing and costume contesting. AND, just because we know it’s going to be such an awesome night, we’re giving away 2 FREE TIX to a very lucky fan! See details below to enter now! Don’t miss out… it’ll be a graveyard smash.

Don’t want to wait to WIN? Buy tix NOW

Doors 6:00pm :: Show 9:00pm :: 21+

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ENTER 2 WIN ON TWITTER

Get terminally chill w/ @NeonIndian @BrooklynBowl Fri 10/29 :: RT to enter to WIN 2 FREE TIX! http://ticketf.ly/NIatBB#NIatBB

*** YOU MUST INCLUDE #NIatBB IN YOUR TWEET TO WIN! ***

ENTER 2 WIN ON FACEBOOK

Get terminally chill w/ NEON INDIAN at Brooklyn Bowl Fri 10/29 :: ‘Like’ this to enter to WIN 2 FREE TIX! http://ticketf.ly/NIatBB