Private hire

The Unknown, for your lot.

Everyone brings one track nobody else would. The room scores it, one to ten. Brilliant and obscure wins; brilliant and famous gets a polite four. Then everybody guesses whose it was, which is where the evening really starts. For a team night, a Christmas do or a birthday.

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How booking works

1Tell us the dateThe form below: when, roughly how many, and where. It takes two minutes and commits you to nothing.
2We confirm itA person checks we have a host free near you, and emails you a link. Usually within two working days.
3Pay to hold it50% holds the date and the rest is due 7 days before. Paying as a company? Ask for an invoice instead.

Three ways to do it

Digital kit

£29

Run it yourselves. Everything you need, by email.

Printable scorecards and the scoring ladder
The host's script, word for word
A crown and a certificate to print
The bring-a-track guide for your guests

Guests: Up to 40
Length: 1.5 to 2.5 hours
You provide: A confident colleague and some speakers

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Hosted

£450

We bring a host. You bring the team.

A Snug host who runs the whole night
Phone voting, with paper ballots as a backup
The “Whose is it?” round
The crown, the certificate and the prize

Guests: Up to 30 (£10 a head after that, up to 50)
Length: 2.5 hours
You provide: A licensed venue with speakers, and the drinks

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Hosted + Crate

£650

The hosted night, with a crate of records nobody has heard.

Everything in Hosted
A record-shop host with about 60 obscure records for a blind dig
A portable turntable and speaker

Guests: Up to 40
Length: 3 hours
You provide: The venue. No sound system needed

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Over 18s only. The venue needs a music licence that covers the night, which a pub almost always has. A private night is private: its scores never go on the public Unknown Table. Full details are in the booking terms.

Run a pub with a function room?

Add The Unknown to your Christmas and party packages. We supply the host, the kit and the prize; you set the price and your bar does what it does best. Tell us about your room and we’ll send you the trade price.

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