Hip happening event where you have the puzzles 🧩 and DJ Dia Deka has the beats 🎧.

We're once again taking over the queer-owned Hobee’s Restaurant & Beer Garden in Downtown SJ! In honor of our 1 year anniversary of hosting P'nB gatherings and to celebrate Halloween, we're going Pumpkins 'n Bats! Along with the usual array of jigsaw puzzling and beat bumping, we'll be providing mini-pumpkins for painting and hosting a raffle to raise money for Fair Fight: Fighting Voter Suppression.

Our event will be 6-10 PM in their outdoor beer garden, which will be open to the public for dinner as well. All ages welcome! 2 item minimum requested to support the venue. That can range from $10 for non alc drink and a coffee cake, $15-20 for dinner (small menu), and $12 ish for a cocktail.

For this event, we're suggesting a $15 sliding scale ticket to help us predict and control capacity. The full suggested donation amount of $15 provides: event entry, (1) mini-pumpkin, (1) raffle entry, and a donation to Fair Fight: Fighting Voter Suppression. Additional raffle tickets may be purchased on-site. NOTAFLOF 🤗

Raffle prizes include, but are not limited to, puzzles (obviously), a Hobee's pumpkin walnut coffeecake tin, a Hobee's Restaurant gift card, and Dia Deka DJing one of your very own events*! Tickets will be sold until 8:30pm, raffle drawing at 8:45pm; must be present to win!

Street parking available and free after 6pm but it might be a bit of a walk. Closest public garage is San Pedro Square. Also consider public transit, it’s 2 blocks from the St James Light Rail station!

Costumes encouraged! Are you team pumpkins or team bats? Show us where your loyalties lie 🎃🦇

Bring your favorite little puzzle (jigsaw, mind teaser, Lego kit, etc) and enjoy QT with good people and great tunes. Puzzles may be accomplished solo or in groups; this experience is truly a choose-your-own-adventure.

Spread the word to your people by sharing the Plura or Humanitix links. See you all there!

*Some restrictions apply: maximum of 2hrs of DJ services provided; event location must be local, distance and event type to be discussed and negotiated with Dia Zafer-Joyce.

Contact the host of Puzzles ‘n Beats @ Hobee’s SJ 10/15