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"Do you want to spend your holidays in Hobbitton? This years Holiday pop up bar is Lord of the Drinks - an Unexpected Pop Up! Come enter Bag End, drink with elves, dwarves and more, and perhaps even walk into Mordor! We have live music every Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 8 onward, and trivia on Wednesdays at 6:30!

We do not take weekend reservations but we are available for weekday or daytime private parties! You can rent out the entire room for just $250 🙂 DM for more information!

Happy Holidays from the Shire!

We are open Sunday-Thursday, 6-11 PM and Friday, Saturday 6 PM - 1 AM!

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Better Watch Out updated their address.

Make sure to check out last years Better Watch Out Bar Manager Scott Helling's pop up in Westport this year at FireFly Lounge - Steer Clear of the Cheer and have a drink with the dead at this punk rock take on Christmas!

"Hear that? ZERO!"

Jack's back! And our haunted pop up bar has one mission now - Kidnap Sandy Claws!
Join us at The Big Rip Brewing Company in Kansas City and at Headshots Bar & Grill in Wichita for Apparition Before Christmas - our craft cocktail love note to Tim Burton's HallowChristmas Classic!

With 12 naughty wintery cocktails featuring winter spirits designed by Apparition Apothacer, Marissa Corcoran and an immersive Gothic setting sprinkled with Christmas joy Apparition Before Christmas is set to provide delights yet unseen!

Additionally, in NKC, musical treats await you as well! Creepy Composer and Apparition alumni Maggie Boone has prepared multiple covers of popular songs from Nightmare Before Christmas as well as a few original twists on Danny Elfman's incredible score!
So, come forth and journey into the hybrid of Halloweentown and Christmastown! Bring your weirdest and spookiest sweater and an appetite for the strange!

Doors open on December 3rd at Headshots and Big Rip at 6 PM!
The pop up will be open from 6 PM to 10 PM and be open the following dates:
12/3, 12/4, 12/5(NKC will be closed for an event Saturday, but Wichita will be open)
12/10, 12/11, 12/12
12/17, 12/18, 12/19
12/21, 12/22, 12/23
CLOSED Christmas Eve
12/25, 12/26
12/30, 12/31 - Last Day!
We look forward to seeing you there! Event is 21+, first come first serve, and please do not take any flash photography!
Happy Creepy Christmas!
Photos by: Anna Perry Photography

It's been a lot of laughs guys - but it's that time of year again! See you all next year at Apparition - location To Be Announced!

Come on down and enjoy our New Years Eve Party! This is your last chance to see Better Watch Out and enjoy the menu of Misfit Cocktails - before we attempt to return it to Santa!

Critics are saying:
“Who are you and what are you doing in my fire place?”
“What the hell is a pop up bar?”
“Weirdest musical about Cats I’ve ever seen, what were they thinking with the CGI?”

Only a few days left to catch Better Watch Out. Bring the family or leave them as long as they’re 21+

We open at 6pm daily through Dec. 31st!

Christmas may be over but there’s still a few days to be naughty.

Better Watch Out is open daily through Dec. 31st af 6pm. 21+ No Reservations Required. 🎄🎅🏼

Merry Christmas Friends! We will be closed today and tomorrow so our staff can spend the holidays with their family and friends but reopen Boxing Day and be open every day till New Years! Remember - Santa doesn’t care what happens between 12/26 and 12/31 🎅

This is how we is! Come see us before we disappear on New Years Eve!

‘Twas a few days before Christmas and all through the city everyone needed a cocktail!

Better Watch Out is open daily through Dec. 31st (Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day).

Relax with our cocktail in our cocktail bar for misfits!

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Nightmare Before Christmas Party and Congrats to Our Contest Winners!

Guess whose on the cover of Northlandia magazine this month! Pick up this awesome issue next week all around North KC!

Jack welcomes you to Better Watch Out!

Open tonight at 6pm! No reservations required!

It’s that time again... Joy, Drinks and A Celebration of Mischief.

Better Watch Out is open Friday and Saturday from 6-12am

No Reservations.

Plenty of holiday joy to go around this year. Thanks FOX4 News Kansas City

We firmly believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

We reopen Thursday Dec. 5th at 6pm for our Krampus party!

These 4 Kansas City area pop-up bars will get you in the holiday spirit Whether you like traditional Christmas cheer or want some off-the-beaten-path fun, there's something for everyone at these festive watering holes.

Earn your place on the Naughty List! Join us for some crazy Christmas Cocktails at Better Watch Out in North KC! Located above Screenland Armour Movie Theater - Doors Open at 6 PM!

Krampus and Company Stopped by!

What’s this? What’s this?
It’s a Nightmare Before Christmas all Month at Better Watch Out!

Come on down and try a delicious cocktail after your Thanksgiving feast! Doors open at 6 PM!

Check it out - Jordin Silver and Friends are talking about us this morning!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mornings-with-jordin-silver-friends-podcasts/id1436998729 =ad9b69e1-90b0-417d-9162-ab1200ff7b2a

‎Mornings with Jordin Silver & Friends Podcasts on Apple Podcasts ‎Music · 2019

Super thankful for everyone who came to our Soft Opening, including our friends Stacy Moody and from ! See you all tonight for our grand opening!

We open tonight at 6pm!

When the elf on your shelf is a Krueger.

We open on Nov. 27th!!!

We are proud to introduce Scott Helling, our Bar Manager, who was kicked out of the North Pole for (alleged) Eggnog Related Hijinks and our far more upstanding charity drive to support .warmth, a local KC Charity who helps families combat the cold winter nights.

You can purchase a black santa hat for $5 of which all of the profit will be donated directly to this outstanding organization!

Join us for our opening November 27!

Bah Humbones. 🎄💀

Us in a Nutshell. Or maybe we’re just nutty. Can’t wait to see all of your festive and/or frightening faces on 11/27 when we open our doors and start our one of a kind Wicked Winter Wonderland Pop Up Bar!

Haven’t figured out where to host your Holiday Party for your Office? Oh, the Who-manity! Fortunately we’ve got a deal for you! Any day not included in our scheduled run time other than Christmas Better Watch Out can be booked! Email [email protected] more information!

Bad news. You didn't make it on the Nice List. The good news is that the party is a hell of a lot more fun on the Naughty List!

The madmen who brought you Apparition - a SpookEasy Pop Up Bar - are proud to present Better Watch Out - a Wicked Winter Wonderland!

Prepare to enjoy a menu of Misfit Cocktails, raise a glass to Jack Skellington, toast with the Grinch, and shout out "Yippee-ki-yay, mother f'er!" Get ready to enjoy concoctions designed by the local craftsmen and North Pole runaways who inhabit some of the incredible local watering holes in North Kansas City including Mitch e Amaro, Colony KC, Repeal 18, Tapcade and Pawn and Pint!

Be careful, the jollity of this experience may cause your heart and cocktail glass to grow three times as large, so bah your last humbugs, and prepare to enter Christmastown!

This pop up experience will be open from 6 - 12:30 AM the following days:

Wednesday, 11/27
Thursday, 11/28
Friday, 11/29
Saturday, 11/30

Thursday, 12/5
Friday, 12/6
Saturday, 12/7

Friday, 12/13
Saturday, 12/14

Friday, 12/20
Saturday,12/21
Sunday, 12/22
Monday,12/23

Thursday 12/26
Friday 12/27
Saturday 12/28
Sunday 12/29
Monday 12/30
Tuesday 12/31

The venue will be available for rental any day other than the ones listed here, and Christmas Eve and Christmas. In order to rent, please email [email protected].

P.S. Don't mention Krampus. We're all hoping that he'll just leave us alone if we don't mention him...

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