Lemon's CLUSTERFACTS! is a multimedia trivia event which has been the Wednesday entertainment at the Blue Nile for well over a year, and Grumpy's Roseville before that. Unlike other trivia events, CLUSTERFACTS! uses a multimedia setup so patrons can see the questions asked displayed on the bar's televisions. This setup allows for rounds of images, movies and songs as well as seeing the text of questions asked. Rounds are always organized into themes, having players run the gamut from linguistics to pop culture to current events, or whatever seems most fun at the time.
Rock Band Nights were a mainstay of the Saturday nightlife at Grumpy's Downtown for around three years, and spent a number of months in Grumpy's Roseville before that. It's also been the entertainment at several different fundraisers and private parties. It's a high-energy event made for groups of people, where patrons can form bands with their friends, or make friends by forming bands with strangers. Rock Band Nights have an extensive songlist spanning musical genres, and a setup designed to get everyone involved in a good night of drinks, companionship and competition.
Lemon's Laptop Safari is an internet scavenger hunt currently happening Mondays at The Nicollet (on Nicollet and Franklin), and is meant for a snarky, tech-savvy crowd in a WiFi hotspot. Patrons show up to the events with laptops (or iPads, or whatever) and are given a task (such as "find a photo of the hairiest professional wrestler") and a time limit. Once the time limit expires, Lemon shows the favorite results on the big TV, and awards points for the best finds. Then we move onto the next round. It's like what would happen if the internet was actually a social place.
Mash Topato is a loosely confederated dance event built from the theme of "The Internet's Best And Worst Mashups". Past mashups have included LL Cool J vs. Dexy's Midnight Runners ("Knock Out Eileen"), Nirvana vs. The Jackson 5 ("Smells Like Rockin' Robin") and Iron Maiden vs. The Monkees ("The Trooper Believer"). Mash Topato events can feature video for the bar televisions to correspond with the music being played.