Musical ideas
- Host an open mic night, where members take it in turns to perform a solo turn (you could also encourage non-musical turns as part of this!)
- Have a favourite carol play- or sing-along – to a YouTube recording, or to someone playing the piano
- Invite a composer/arrange to talk about carols or other celebratory pieces they have composed, then play/sing through some of theirs or listen to recordings of them
- In pairs, ask your members to pick a carol and rehearse in advance (on Zoom) and then create a recording to share with the group
- Hold a ‘Write Your Own Carol’ challenge and share these at an online event/rehearsal
- If people are allowed to meet in each other’s houses, encourage people to gather in small groups (within the permitted restrictions) in their own homes or gardens, and join a big Zoom call play- or sing-along so whole group is also connected
- Playback an already recorded Xmas CD with a slide show of favourite pics for a reminiscing session
- Collaborate with one or more other groups and come together for an online event
Non-musical ideas
- Themed quiz on Zoom with BYO mulled wine
- Bingo
- Desert Island Discs
- Bake off competition
- Murder mystery evening
- Pictionary using the whiteboard feature
- ‘Guess who’ – ask members to submit in advance a photo (e.g. a baby photo, a picture of the inside of their fridge) and the other members have to guess which photo belongs to who
For quiz inspiration, view some quizzes from members in our drop box. If you have a quiz you would be willing to share with other member groups, please upload it directly to the drop box!
Other sources of quiz questions:
Googling ‘quiz questions’ will get you plenty of results, as will searching for specific categories such as ‘geography quiz questions’. But here are some links to collections of general knowledge quiz questions to get you started.
- www.radiotimes.com/news/2020-10-02/pub-quiz-general-knowledge
- www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/fun-general-knowledge-quiz-questions-19281769
- www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/100-general-knowledge-quiz-questions-19041496
- www.quiz-questions.net/
- www.houseofquiz.co.uk/free-pub-quizzes
