Costume Chess Night: Halloween Bracket
Wednesday, 28 October 2026 · Kava Social Club, Bradenton
“Sunday 1 November, 8 PM. Come in costume, play the bracket, win the costume contest.”
Harold Gonzalez · Club director
Trick or checkmate. 🎃 This Sunday, 1 November, is usually free play, but for Halloween we're running a bracket: Costume Chess Night.
Come dressed up and play the bracket, every level welcome. There's a costume contest judged on the night with a prize for the best costume, and the bracket winners take prizes too. 👻♟️
8 PM at Kava Social Club, 540 13th St W, Bradenton. 21+. See you on the patio. 🦇
Got a take? The conversation is on the club Discord.
Every Sunday and Tuesday at eight. Say it's your first night.
About the club
Kava Social Chess Club is a chess club in Bradenton, Florida, meeting Sundays and Tuesdays from 8PM to midnight on the back patio at Kava Social Club, 540 13th St W in downtown Bradenton. It is the most active chess club in Manatee County and half an hour from Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Palmetto and Ellenton. Every level plays here: beginners, casual players, adults who have not played since school, and US Chess rated tournament players. An in-house chess league every other Sunday, study night on Tuesdays, US Chess rated tournaments a few times a year. 21+, no dues, alcohol-free, in English and Spanish. Established 2021, 602 club nights on record.
If you are looking for where to play chess in Bradenton, or a chess club near you on Florida's Gulf Coast, this is your first night.