Bar Buddies 618 LLC

02/19/2026

01/17/2026

Belleville Onesie Bar Craw

Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/bellevilles-2026-onesie-bar-cr/814268651611195/

Tomorrow, Saturday is the day!

Things to Remember:

Registration: (11 am - 3/3:30 pm-ish) at 618 Big Daddy's

Event cost: $10(cash preferred) which includes:
- Donation to Bar Buddies, benefiting Belleville Schools
- Voucher for a slice of pizza from Bennie’s
- Raffle ticket(3 prizes up for grabs, details below)
- Big Daddy’s 618 Cup with $5 refills on onesie punch
- Free shuttle(shuttle stops listed below)

Schedule of the day:

Starting at 11 am come visit the Bar Buddies gang at 618 Big Daddy's to register for the event and to pick up your participation items.

Visit the participating bars for various drink specials and entertainment throughout the day.

Make sure to check out the event page and the participating bars FB pages for updates about what they have to offer for the event.

Raffles: Bar Buddies will be selling tickets($5 a piece) at registration and throughout the day for a chance to win a wagon of booze, a second booze package or a $25 gift certificate to Rachel's Sidebar. Your $10 entry fee at registration includes 1 ticket for the raffles.

Tickets will be drawn a 6:30pm at 618 Big Daddy's

Onesie Contest:
Bennie's Pizza Pub at 4pm
Prizes Provided by Bennie's
1st Place: $100 cash
2nd Place: $50 GC
3rd Place: $25 GC

Participating Locations:
Bennie’s Pizza Pub
Big Daddy’s 618
The Corner Chill & Grill
Chaos
The Office Lounge
Tavern on Main
Copper Fire
Sugar High
Fridays South
Sullivans
Shoehorn Brewing
Rachel’s Sidebar
Charlie’s Place
Margaritas
SPACES
Silver Creek Sports & Social
Schatze’s
The Harp Pub
Venue on Main(Open at 2pm)

Shuttle Stops will be looping every 30/45 minutes:
- Big Daddy’s 618
- Sullivans
- The Corner Chill & Grill
- Friday’s South
- Charlie’s Place
- Bennie’s Pizza Pub
- Rachel’s Sidebar
- The Harp Pub

Thank you to all the businesses who are participating as well as all the onesie participants.

Hosted by: Bennie’s Pizza Pub, Big Daddy’s 618, and Bar Buddies
This crawl is an event to raise funds for Bar Buddies 618, LLC a 501 (C) (3) entity. Donations that are made and funds raised at this event and our other events help support local schools, businesses and other charitable causes throughout the year.l

11/11/2025

To all our veterans, thank you for your courage, sacrifice, and service. Your dedication has made a lasting impact on our country, and we are forever grateful for your commitment to protecting our freedoms. We honor you today and every day. 🇺🇸 ”

11/07/2025

Outside of our regularly scheduled bar trivia we've been falling behind on promoting the other events we're involved with and today is the day we catch up starting with our annual Bar Buddies Trivia Night happening Saturday, November 22!

Tables are still available - check the flyer for information on how to reserve yours and we will see you there!

10/26/2025

Seeing a few onesies out for the Halloween crawl. Guess it’s time to start thinking about Jan 17 and the onesie pub crawl .

09/22/2025

03/15/2025

Big day in Belleville today!

We are looking forward to seeing everyone once again in downtown for the Annual Ancient Order of Hibernians in America- Michael P. Keeley Division Parade which starts at 11am.

First off, we would like to thank all those who purchased a hoodie and/or T-shirt from us this year and in years past. We appreciate your continued support of our organization. We are looking forward to seeing everyone sporting the new apparel and also those hoodies from years past.

Secondly, we would like to thank all of our float sponsors who have graciously continued their support for us every year. We cannot do what we do without your backing.

That said keep a lookout for us during the parade as once again we will be one of the only floats with a DJ. This year the infamous DJ Chris Schwen will be on the 1’s and 2’s mixing up the best St. Paddy’s Day beats on the street. So don’t miss out on the fun and cheers to charity! 🍻

03/13/2025

Great news!

Hoodies and T-shirts are in. If you have not discussed with Mike, Scott or Jeff about a private pick up, Scott will be at Big Daddy’s 618 this evening from 3 to 5 PM for pick up. Scott will also be out tomorrow but time and location will be TBD, but will be towards the evening time.

03/02/2025

As some of you may or may not know a few weeks ago we lost a beloved canine member of the Bar Buddies family. Birdie, the Westie, was our OG official unofficial Bar Buddies St. Pats Parade mascot. She was a staple on our float almost every year since our first charity float in 2018 and will be dearly missed not only by me and my wife Erin Sintzel but I know by many others.

To honor her at the parade this year we have decided to incorporate a small(3.5 inch) screen print design as a memorial, onto the sleeve of the hoodies and t shirts that we are selling. The patch is only if you want one added and is not automatically included with your order snd it will not cost anything extra as my wife and I will be covering any extra charges. In addition, for anyone who wants the Birdie patch added on their apparel we will be making a donation to the Belleville Area Humane Society in honor of Birdie and for thanking those who are willing to support us.

So buy a hoodie/Tshirt support local schools and Bar Buddies add the Birdie patch honor our member and support the humane society.

If you you have already ordered apparel, please notify Scott, Jeff or myself or message us on here to add the patch. 

Picture of what it will look like is below(black colored area will be the green of the hoodie/Tshirt).

Thank you as always for your support

Orders will be sent in Monday March 3 afternoon

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02/20/2025

Please see below for the updates

02/19/2025

UPDATE: Design and color choice is in. 

ST PATS DAY HOODIES AND TSHIRTS!

We are once again going to be selling St Pats Day Bar Buddies hoodies and ALSO short sleeved T-shirts this year for the big parade. Prices are below and we should have final art work and apparel color approved by later today or tomorrow.

Prices:

Hoodie: $30
T-shirt: $20
Hoodie and T-shirt combo: $45

Order and payment deadline: Sunday, March 2nd
Order wills be submitted by Monday afternoon March 3rd

To order:

Email: [email protected]
Comment on this post
Text: Mike, Scott or Jeff directly.

Please list apparel choice,color, and size

Payment method:
PayPal:
Venmo: -Schindler-5
Cash

As always thanks for your continued support!

02/10/2025

Shout out to Kristen Broyles and MEPSI for the superbowl party at Chaos .
It has definitely been a great weekend.