Hot Glue + Cold Cases
Crafty crime junkies unite for a night of cozy crafts, cold beer, and true crime docs, every Thursday at Ground Control
Pickle Palooza
Get ready for a full day of sour-powered fun at Ground Control’s first ever Pickle Palooza!
We’re talking fermented food battles, spicy pickle dares, briney beverages, and ridiculous games—all with that perfect salty twist.
Fermented Food Showdown – 6PM
Bring your best fermented fare and compete for the crown in this culinary contest!
From kimchi to kraut, miso to dill—if it’s fermented, it’s fair game.
People’s Choice voting + weird bragging rights.
Sign up to compete in the fermented food showdown using the link provided.
Spicy Pickle Eating Challenge – 8PM
Can you handle the heat and the vinegar? Test your limits with pickled fire in your belly. Sign-up to compete on-site.
Briney Beverages all day
Specialty pickle drinks, mocktails, and picklebacks (the booze-free kind too)!
Themed games, silly prizes, and salty vibes from open to close.
Free to attend | 21+
Costumes, pickle flair, and general absurdity encouraged
Don’t be salty—be sour.
Art as Activism, Print as Protest
Linocut your own resistance postcard with Ari, of Rings and Rituals and Crowded Table.
Build community, carve, ink, and print your own postcards as acts of resistance. Send them to reps, hang them on your wall, or trade with friends. No experience needed— all materials provided.
Suggested donation of $15-20.
Gilmore Girls Trivia
☕️✨ Gilmore Girls Trivia Night! ✨☕️
Calling all Stars Hollow stans!
Think you know your Kirk careers, Chilton drama, and coffee orders by heart?
📅 Thursday, Sept 19
🕖 7pm
💵 $5 per person
👯♀️ Teams up to 6
🎁 Prizes, bragging rights, and endless cozy vibes.
‼️ Spots are limited!
We highly recommend reserving for your whole team at once to make sure everyone gets in.
🧠 Fast talkers, deep cutters, and trivia nerds—this one's for you.
The Life of a Showgirl Release Party
ATTENTION ALL SWIFTIES!
Join us on October 2nd from 7-10pm for the ultimate release party celebrating Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl. Enjoy TSwift trivia, specialty drinks, and a listening party as the album drops at 9pm.
Show your Swiftie spirit and compete for exclusive prizes throughout the night. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening for fans!
Petty Party
Petty Party: Hot Takes/Low Stakes. Got big feelings about little things? Grab the mic and rant it out at at Petty Party on Friday, August 22nd at 7pm.
Friends Trivia
🎉 The One With All the Trivia 🎉
📺 Friends Trivia Night – Friday, July 11 at 7PM
Think you know everything from Smelly Cat to Miss Chanandler Bong? Grab your lobster, pivot your way to Ground Control, and prove you’re the ultimate Friends fan!
💡 All 10 seasons. All the laughs. All the trivia.
👯 Teams of up to 6
💵 $5 per person buy-in
🍹 Specialty themed drinks
🏆 Fun, quirky prizes straight outta Central Perk
📝 Team sign-ups open now — register your whole crew at once!
It’s gonna be unagi-level good.
Lip Sync for Your Life
🎤✨ LIP SYNC FOR YOUR LIFE ✨🎤
Friday, June 27 | 8PM | Ground Control
Pride Month is going out with a glittery BANG and you're invited to strut, slay, and sync your heart out. 🌈
Hosted by the one and only Taylor Switch, this is your chance to serve FACE, drama, and perfectly timed lip flutters in front of a live crowd and our shady-but-loving panel of judges.
💅 Sass encouraged.
👠 Death drops optional (but highly respected).
🪩 Glitter mandatory (in spirit, if not literally).
Wanna compete?
🎤 Open sign-ups are LIVE now—or roll in early day-of to snag a spot before 7:30PM!
Whether you're performing or just screaming along from the crowd, it’s the final, fabulous blowout to close out Pride.
✨ Mic drops. High kicks. Zero inhibitions.✨
Let’s end Pride with a SLAY.
Let's Get Crafty: Pride Edition
🌈 Get Festival Ready at Craft Night! 👑
Join us for a special Let's Get Crafty: Pride Edition where we're making crowns, accessories, and over-the-top queer magic to get you glammed up for Pride season!
Queeraoke
🎤 QUEERAOKE is BACK, baby! 🌈
Friday, June 6th @ 8pm | Ground Control
Step into the spotlight and belt your heart out at our Pride Month kickoff edition of QUEERAOKE — the most fabulous, no-judgment, all-genders-welcome karaoke night in the galaxy! 🚀✨
Whether you're serving power ballad realness, boy band nostalgia, or drag show dreams, this is your moment to SHINE.
💅 Queer anthems encouraged (but all songs welcome)
🌈 Pride vibes on max
🍻 Cold beer, hot mics, and chosen fam energy
Come loud, come proud, come ready to sing like nobody's watching (but everyone’s cheering).
June Trivia: Every Wednesday
Join us every Wednesday at 6pm for Geeks Who Drink Trivia at Ground Control!
$2 per person buy-in going to the Chelan Douglas Community Action Council all month
21+
With fun Pack the House bonus opportunities every week
Pedals + Pints
Pedals + Pints is a bicycle maintenance event with Eastside Cycleworks at Ground Control. Get your bikes ready for riding season, while you enjoy craft beer from your favorite taproom!
Tails&Ales Festival
A Day for Dogs (& their humans) presented by Ground Control & The East Wenatchee Dog Pack.
Join us on May 10th from 3-8pm for a day of dog-themed activities, crafts, play area, food (for dogs + their humans), pet-focused vendors, and a beer tent for all!
Honky Tonk HoDown Karaoke
Dust off your cowboy boots and shine up your buckles, we’re kicking it country. 90’s and early 00’s country to be specific.
Get ready for a Honky Tonk HoDown Karaoke Dance Party on April 18th, starting at 8pm.
Costumes highly encouraged. As is: Shaniah, The Chicks, and any and all Dolly Parton (we’ll disregard the time constraints for our Queen).
Artist Invasion
The walls at Ground Control are being taken over…
Local artists are invited to submit their work to take up space at Ground Control for a full month-long showcase.
Painters, illustrators, photographers, collage artists and more are welcome to submit up to 6 16x24 pieces (more or less depending on size of work) to be featured on the walls of Ground Control from April 15-May 20th. Giving each artist a First Friday showing, along with daily views from customers.
Artists are able to sell their pieces, if they wish. We just ask that you leave your venmo/cash app/Apple Pay information so that the money goes directly to you.
There is no cost, we just ask that each artist chosen post about their feature on social media once per week during the duration of the invasion.
Our only rules: No hate speech and no glorified violence.
Submit your chosen pieces by January 31st using the submission form below:
First Friday Art Break
Chill out with a pint and some paints (or markers, beads, felt, or whatever else strikes your fancy).
Danielle is creating a permanent Free Little Art Gallery for Ground Control, and needs your help to fill it up!
We will have lots of supplies available for you to use and create. Come check it out and take a little Art Break with us during First Friday on April 4th
