Moonshine SaloonCOLDWATER, KANSAS
DECEMBER 1904The Christmas run
Moonshine Saloon dressed for Christmas: the bar, tables and oil lamps lit for the night
Moonshine Saloon · Christmas in Coldwater

The
Christmas
Run

Coldwater needs a Christmas miracle. Preferably bottled.

Snow has closed the roads and the town is nearly dry. Bring a bottle of spirit. Our barkeeps turn it into your cocktails, and every bottle you smuggle in gets Coldwater closer to Christmas.

  • Live actors
  • Moonshine Cocktails
  • Help save Christmas

24 November to 3 January · 1 hr 45 · 18+ · From £38 a head

Book from £38Christmas parties and groups
CONFIDENTIAL DISPATCHCOLDWATER · 1904

Good people.
Bad weather.
Excellent liquor.

Coldwater, Kansas, December 1904. Snow has closed the roads into town, the temperance men would like to close my saloon, and we’re down to our last barrel a fortnight before Christmas.

No liquor, no Christmas. This town needs its biggest haul of the year, brought in by out-of-state moonshiners the Sheriff hasn’t met yet. That would be you.

One more thing nobody here mentions at Christmas. Our old Sheriff was killed on Christmas Day, and nobody was ever caught. This year the new Sheriff is convinced whoever did it is back in town.

C. Cassidy
Your host. Strictly off the record.
What the night is

One bottle.
Three cocktails.
No loose talk.

Moonshine Saloon is a Wild West saloon with a covert liquor smuggling empire hidden within. The cast of live actors inside has already decided you’re in on it.

CASSIDY & CO.FREIGHT MANIFEST
01 · ARRIVAL
Bottle smuggled in

One sealed bottle of spirit: 35cl covers two of you, 70cl covers four. You get a hat and poncho so the law doesn’t look twice.

02 · AT THE BAR
Three cocktails mixed

Our barkeeps turn your bottle into three cocktails each, made to how you drink. Bitters, syrups and garnish are on us. Mocktail drinkers bring nothing.

03 · FOR THE NEXT 1 HR 45
Keep the shipment quiet

Card games, back-room business, and a Sheriff who is very close to working it all out.

FOR COLDWATER

Your bottle goes on the chalkboard. And Coldwater gets a little closer to Christmas.

THREE COCKTAILS ON THE PIANO
THE BARTENDER AT WORK
CITRUS & BERRY GARNISH
How the night runs

Your bottle,
Coldwater’s Christmas

  1. 01 · ARRIVAL

    You come in from the cold as a moonshiner from out of state and hand over your bottle. Coldwater is counting.

  2. 02 · TRUST THE REVEREND. PROBABLY.

    One of the audience becomes “The Reverend” who has a Christmas sermon against drink. Ada, who owns the saloon, makes very sure the whole room is listening, and while the Reverend preaches, the liquor is on the move.

  3. 03 · CHRISTMAS DAY

    The old Sheriff’s killing was never solved. The new Sheriff swears the killer is back and has sworn in a deputy to find them. If you’ve been to Coldwater before, you know that name. This Christmas you’ll learn something new about it.

  4. 04 · THE COUNT

    By the end of the night, you will find out whether Coldwater has its Christmas and much much more.

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Tickets

Christmas won’t
smuggle itself

Every ticket is the Christmas show.

Rookie

£38 Tue to Thu£44 Fri to Sun

The full show, a seat in the saloon and three cocktails made from the bottle you bring.

Christmas Bandit

From £48

Adds a festive cocktail from the secret distillery and a Moonshine mince pie.

Christmas Outlaw

From £54.50

Adds everything in the Bandit, plus sweets from the local confectionery and a playing card and dice set to take home.

Add-on

A part in the story

Add to any ticket. One of your party gets a costume and a part to play, and the cast writes them into the night. Good for a birthday, a hen, or the boss at the Christmas party.

The Deputy Sheriff

Sworn in by the Sheriff to find out who killed the predecessor on Christmas Day. The Deputy works the case alongside the law. The Sheriff is delighted to have the help, and hasn’t asked whose side you’re on.

£10One place a night

The Mayor

Elected on a promise to clean up Coldwater, and the last person the Sheriff would suspect of anything. At Christmas, the Mayor puts the star on the tree.

£10One place a night

The Reverend

Delivers the Christmas sermon against drink to a room full of moonshiners. The saloon makes very sure everyone is listening.

£10One place a night

The Brothel Keeper

Step into the shoes of an ingenious brothel keeper who sells law enforcers’ secrets to Cassidy for cash.

£10One place a night

More parts are available when you book.

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from over 2,000 reviews

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  • “We had a great time here! Some cracking cocktails, great acting, and some great laughs had! Paying the little bit extra for our friend to be a little more involved was well worth it too. Highly recommend. Thanks so much!”

    LeeGoogle

  • “I privately hired the Moonshine saloon for our company Christmas Party. When we all arrived at the Saloon, the drinks selection catered for everyone and was time appropriate. A mixture of immersive acting experiences as well as games dotted around the saloon meant it catered for all. The feedback from the office was overwhelmingly positive. Thank you ever so much to the team at Moonshine Saloon for putting on such a great evening for us.”

    AbiGoogle

  • “A fantastic evening! We visited for our Christmas party activity and everyone had a brilliant time. Drinks were great, the actors remained in character and there were a great deal of smaller surprises that really made the night. The team behind this were also excellent, and helped us all the way through the process.”

    RosieGoogle

A cast member in a black hat stands among seated guests in the saloon
For the organiser

Christmas parties
and larger groups

Want someone at the centre of it? Make the boss the Mayor, or pin the Deputy Sheriff’s star on the birthday guest.

Book tables from £38Plan a private hire

Up to 30

Book tables straight through the ticket page, from £38 a head. Everything is included except the bottle: the show, three cocktails each, and the hat and poncho.

30 or more

Hire the whole saloon, with longer nights available and more food and drink options, from £53 a head.

“Great experience. We went with about 50 of us for a work social. The immersive experience was entertaining and fun. Everyone had a real laugh! The whole operation was really smooth. We picked the option to have all the alcohol provided. The cocktails were delicious and we never waited for a drink.”

Ashleigh, TripAdvisor

“From the moment you step in you are immediately transported back in time, with the actors and actresses keeping up their characters the whole way through. My team loved the cards on the table allowing you to break away from phones and social media and the cocktails created for us were all delicious. Fabulous experience, absolutely would do it again for our next social”

Elodie, TripAdvisor

Before you
ride into town

Everything you need to know before you come in from the cold.

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MOONSHINE SALOON · LONDON

The Christmas Run

When
24 November to 3 January
How long
1 hour 45 minutes
Where
28-30 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7DB
Age
18+
Price
From £38 a head
Christmas show
Every ticket this season is the Christmas show
Arriving late
Doors close 15 minutes after your start time
Bring
One sealed bottle of spirit, 35cl per two guests or 70cl per four. Mocktail drinkers bring nothing.
Food
None served, except the mince pie with Christmas Bandit and Christmas Outlaw. Food options are available when private hiring the Saloon.

Questions?

Tap a card to read the answer.

Yes. Rookie, Christmas Bandit and Christmas Outlaw are all The Christmas Run.

No. First-timers get the whole story. If you’ve been to Coldwater before, you’ll recognise the old Sheriff’s name, and this Christmas you’ll hear it in a new light.

One new, sealed bottle of spirit: 35cl for two, 70cl for four. Vodka, gin, rum, tequila or whisky work best, and a group should stick to as few as possible. We can’t accept opened bottles.

Yes. Mocktail drinkers bring nothing.

No. The cast will talk to you, deal you in and ask you to keep a secret or two. How much you say back is up to you.

Please tell us about any allergy or dietary need when you book, and before you visit ask the venue for the full allergen details of the mince pie and sweets, so we can advise or offer a substitute.

Yes, the venue is fully accessible. Email king@moonshinesaloon.com before you come so we can make arrangements.

Yes, up to 48 hours before your start time, subject to availability. Tickets aren’t refundable.

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