Richland has solid options for a night out, and Dax's Bar and Grill is one of the busiest stops on the Heat weekly schedule. Music bingo in Richland, pub trivia, and Thursday karaoke all run here, making it one of the few spots in the city where you can find Heat entertainment more than once a week.
What Heat Runs at Dax's
Wednesday nights at Dax's Bar and Grill are home to two different Heat formats: pub trivia and music bingo. Which one runs on a given Wednesday varies, so the best move is to check the calendar before you go. Thursday nights are karaoke, every week.
All three are free to play. The venue takes care of food and drinks; Heat handles the game and the host.
Pub Trivia at Dax's
Heat's pub trivia nights use a browser-based scoreboard displayed on the venue's TV. Teams sign up on their phones and write answers on paper sheets between rounds. There are no apps to download and the format is easy to pick up, even for first-timers.
Teams run from two to seven players. Having four or five people tends to work well because trivia at Heat covers a lot of ground. Categories shift week to week, but a typical night at Dax's will move through general knowledge, music, pop culture, history, sports, and something that catches you sideways. The variety is part of what makes it interesting: you're not just racing one kind of expert, you're pulling knowledge from across your whole team.
Most Heat trivia nights include a wager round toward the end, where teams bet points on a question they feel confident about. It's usually where the leaderboard shifts, so if you're behind going in, the wager round can still turn things around.
Some weeks Dax's runs a themed night instead of standard pub trivia. Coming up on Wednesday, November 18, it's Survivor Trivia at Dax's. Check the Heat events calendar to see what's on each week; themed nights follow the same format but frame every round around a specific topic.
Music Bingo in Richland at Dax's
Music bingo replaces trivia questions with song clips. Heat plays 20 to 30 seconds of a track, and players mark the song on their card if they recognize it. Complete a pattern before anyone else and you win that round.
It's a game built on music recognition, not factual recall. You don't need to know dates or names, just the songs. Heat's playlists for music bingo in Richland pull from multiple decades and genres, so the selection doesn't favor one narrow era. Classic rock, pop, country, R&B, hip hop: it tends to draw from all of it.
Music bingo is a good format for groups that include people who don't love trivia-style competition. Almost everyone has opinions about music. It also scales well: a team of two and a table of six can play the same game without one side having a structural advantage.
The recognition element has a way of making rounds faster and more spontaneous than trivia rounds. When a song clip drops that everyone at your table knows immediately, there's not much deliberating. When no one can quite name it, that's where the conversation starts.
Thursday Karaoke at Dax's
Thursday is karaoke at Dax's, and it runs as an open night. No teams, no score, no bracket. You pick a song, sign up, and sing. Heat's karaoke library covers a wide range of decades and genres, so there's usually something for everyone regardless of what era you gravitate toward.
Karaoke nights are looser in structure than trivia or music bingo. There's no round system, no scoreboard between performances. If you've been curious about karaoke but haven't done it yet, Thursday at Dax's is a low-key way to try it. No one expects perfection. People are there for the experience, not to critique.
Planning Your Night at Dax's
A few practical things before you go:
- Wednesday nights rotate between trivia and music bingo. Check the calendar first so you know what you're walking into.
- For trivia, teams cap at seven people. If your group is bigger, plan to split into separate teams.
- Music bingo works well for mixed groups where not everyone is into trivia-style competition.
- Thursday karaoke is open sign-up: just show up and add your name to the list when you arrive.
Dax's is a good anchor for a Richland weeknight because the variety across Wednesday and Thursday means you can return regularly without doing the exact same thing twice in a row. Check a few weeks of the schedule and find a night that fits what your group is in the mood for.
Find a Night or Get in Touch
The full schedule for Dax's and every other Heat venue around the Tri-Cities lives on the events calendar. If you're interested in booking Heat for a private event, a corporate team night, or a wedding, the contact page is the place to start.
