In Harrisonburg Virginia?
Come join us! We play Bingo is Life - The Game Show every Tuesday night at 7:30 in Ruby's Arcade
100B 165 S Main St Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Contact us at: BrothersHowdyshell@gmail.com
Bingo Is Life: A Post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast
Join Mike and Chris Howdyshell with Jay Zehr, Dan Easley, and Britney ”Mumshackles” Mongold each week in a post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast. We discuss, music, theater, comedy, the Harrisonburg scene, and course the Bingo Gameshow! Links to our topics will be in the show notes.
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The Brothers Howdyshell
Welcome to this - our opus of absurdity. Each week on a Tuesday night at a basement bar in Harrisonburg VA we host a friendly little gameshow we call, Bingo Is Life!
We spin the Wheel of Fate, we ponder the Skulls of Destiny, we unleash the Swinging String Rings of Justice. And we sing about Bingo Heaven while we play Bingo.
After the show, we get together with our talented friends Jay, Dan, and Britney to discuss the zeitgeist of the day. Our podcast is hyper local, but universally accessible to anyone with a slight penchant for short, discussions on music, comedy, history, games, and of course- the scene in our little town of Harrisonburg Virginia.
Join us and enjoy the simple pleasure of living in a small town full of the most interesting and the most mundane. Take a break from the politics and any semblance of serious discussion. Laugh about something silly with us. Hearing is believing.
Episodes
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
We welcome Ruby’s own Lia Hamilton to the show! Lia is exactly the type of interesting person doing interesting things that we love to meet through this podcast.
Lia shares her story of how- even through all the world travels of her youth, she found Harrisonburg. And the ‘burg is better for it!
A few mentions:
Ruby’s Arcade - Quite possibly the best duckpin bowling pizza joint in the entire world - https://rubysarcade.com/
Patty Kim Hamilton - https://www.pattykimhamilton.com/
Patty on Insta - https://www.instagram.com/pattykimhamilton/
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
We welcome Dick Halterman and Janessa Baker to the show! They tell us all about The Shenandoah Valley CIGAR Club, celebrating their 12th year.
First things first - It’s an acronym for Come In Get Acquainted Regularly. We find out how they started, what they do, and how a group with “no bylaws, no dues and no subscriptions” might just be the group you’ve been looking for!
A few mentions:
Ruby’s Arcade - Our loyal sponsor and host to our own social and networking group, the Bingo is Life cult! - https://rubysarcade.com/
Valley Cigar Club - Make sure to sign up for their monthly reminders! - www.valleycigarclub.com
Cigar Club Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ValleyCigarClub
Beyond Restaurant and Lounge - https://www.restaurantbeyond.com/
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Snowpocalypse made us cancel Bingo this evening… Boo. No worries though! The gang recorded a little something in November. We talked Bingo and shared jokes. Bad jokes... We apologize-in-advance kind of jokes…
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Why did the pizza cross the road? To get to the other slice of town.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
We are extremely fortunate to have a local favorite, Steel Wheels fiddle player Eric Brubaker, join us for the show! We talk music, bands, touring, and the beauty of community.
We also get a chance to speak to the goodness of the Red Wing Festival and its crowd favorite, the Red Wing Academy. What a great guy, a great group, and a local gem!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - I'll bet a pizza of gold against your soul that I bowl duckpin better than you.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Eric Brubaker - The Book of Face
https://www.facebook.com/fiddleeric
Steel Wheels - The Band
https://www.thesteelwheels.com/
Red Wing Roots Festival
https://www.redwingroots.com/
Red Wing Academy
https://www.redwingroots.com/academy/
Red Wing Winter Roots
https://www.redwingroots.com/winterroots/
Sing My Love to Sleep - Eric collaborates with Chris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lttwumTaLc4
Don't Expect a Call - Another Chris and Eric collaboration
https://chrishowdyshellandfriends.bandcamp.com/track/dont-expect-a-call
Coffee on the Court Square - Bingo for SPCA
https://rhspca.org/events-calendar/broad-porch-coffee-bingo-night/