Close
Friends
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Real money says your best friend doesn’t know your middle name. Bring your crew. Put your friendship on trial.
RSVP — Wed July 15How the show works
bring your crew
Three to six of you. Friends, roommates, siblings, coworkers who became something more like family.
enter at the door
Submit your crew name when you arrive — crews are drawn from the pool. Drinks purchased earn extra entries; submissions close at 7:45.
friendship on trial
Four rounds, same every show: superlatives (who’s most likely), password (chemistry under pressure), newlywed (how deep it really goes), and water or nah — where the whole room votes on who’s actually been drinking.
win the check
Cash and a round of drinks for the winning crew, on a comically large check. Everyone else wins the story.
Think your crew would sweep?
what's their exact bar order?
what was their dream job at age 8?
which of you would they call from jail?
what's their toxic trait — in their own words?
what's their go-to karaoke song?
send these to the group chat. anyone under three right owes the crew a night at Close Friends Only.
The debut · June 9, 2026 · Sugar Mouse
every face here brought a crew — the losing teams are still litigating this in their group chats.
Why this show?
Every event in this city wants you to make new friends. This one is for the ones you already have.
A game show is permission to be earnest: you’re not saying I love you, you’re winning by knowing their childhood pet’s name in front of a room.
Stakes without feelings is trivia night. Feelings without stakes is a caption. This is both.
Next show
Questions from the comments
can I come alone?
Yes — the audience is part of the show. The final round only works because the room votes on who’s been drinking water and who’s been drinking for real. And spectators have a way of becoming next show’s contestants.
how old do I have to be?
21+. It’s a bar, and the water round doesn’t work otherwise.
how big should my crew be?
Three to six. If your group chat has a name, that’s a crew.
when’s the next one?
Dates are set with the venue, so they drop on the socials and Partiful first. closehumans.com/rsvp always points at the next show.
A letter from your hosts
to our close friends,
thank you for being here — for celebrating your friendships, and the little pieces of each other that we carry with us forever.
emma and i have been together for fourteen years, high school sweethearts — essentially since we were kids. and the most understated thing that has kept us together is that we are not only lovers, but best friends.
nurturing that requires the heavy conversations. catching up. sharing feelings — the good ones and the bad. creating new memories, remembering old ones. accepting that nothing is permanent.
to be known is to be loved. keep your people close.
— rafa & emma