About this Event
Unhinged Dating Upstate Presents:
🎁 Auction a Friend – Charity Edition
📅 Date: Friday, January 9, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
🕐 Check-In & Mingle: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Clemson Bros. Brewery, Middletown, NY
💖 Purpose: All proceeds from ticket bundles will be donated to charity (TBD)
👥 Who’s Welcome: Singles, friends, presenters & supporters — 21+, all orientations welcome
Looking for a hilarious, chaotic, and charitable night out?
Auction a Friend – Charity Edition brings together comedy, community, and connection. Friends pitch their single friends live on stage, and attendees bid using ticket bundles to win a prize and the chance to meet the auctioned single (dates are optional and always consensual).
Come to bid. Come to cheer. Come to mingle. Come to be unhinged — all for a good cause.
Limited Spots & Participation
- 🎤 Only 10 On-Stage Single spots available
- Each On-Stage Single ticket includes one free Friend Presenter
- If a single has no presenter, Unhinged will present for them
- Everyone else must purchase their own ticket
- Friends, presenters, and audience members do not need to be single
- Bidding will begin with 1 ticket
6:30 – 7:30 PM — Check-In & Mingle
- Grab nametag & base bidding tickets
- Explore the space & two game rooms
- Mix and mingle before the fun begins
7:30 – 8:30/9:00 PM — Auction Blocks
(Approximately 5 minutes per single, keeping it fast, chaotic, and fun)
- On-stage singles introduced with a Google Slides pitch
- Audience places bids using ticket bundles
- Winning bidder receives:
- A prize (concert tickets, axe throwing, chocolates, and more)
- An optional meet/date with the single
- If the single does not want to date,
the winning bidder still receives the prize - No presenter? Unhinged will present for you
8:30 – 9:00 PM — Mini-Mingling & Game Rooms
- Quick mingle for those cooling off from auction chaos
- Open access to two game rooms for casual fun
9:00 – 10:00 PM — Speed Dating / Mixer
- Light speed-dating rotations or open free-form mingling
- Game rooms remain open
✨ Fast-paced auction energy
📽 Google Slides spotlight for each on-stage single
🎟 Base bidding tickets included; extra bundles available
🍻 Drinks & food sold by Clemson Bros.
🎗 Charity-driven night benefitting TBD charity
🎁 Prizes including: concert tickets, axe throwing, chocolates, and more
🎲 Two additional rooms with games & social activities
👥 A judgment-free, fun, unhinged night for singles & non-singles alike
🔞 21+ event
💘 On-Stage Single — $20 (Only 10 Spots)
Includes:
- Entry
- 10 base bidding tickets
- Eligibility to be auctioned
- Google Slides presentation required
- Optional meet/date for winning bidder
- One free Friend Presenter included
🗓 Slide Deadline: January 2nd
💡 Ticket can be purchased by the single OR the presenter
👯 Friend Presenter — FREE
(Bundled only with an On-Stage Single ticket)
- Free entry
- Pitches their single on stage
- Cannot be claimed separately
👥 Audience / Friend (NOT Single) — $10
For supporters who are not participating romantically
- Entry
- 5 bidding tickets
💬 Audience – Single — $20
For singles who want to bid & mingle
- Entry
- 10 bidding tickets
- Access to mingle zones
- Optional participation in the auction
🎟 Extra Bidding Ticket Bundles
Available online & at the event:
- $3 → 5 tickets
- $5 → 10 tickets
- $10 → 25 tickets
- $20 → 60 tickets
- NOTE - Additional tickets can be purchased during event if bidder doesn't have enough tickets.
- Must be created in Google Slides
- Maximum 3 minutes, minimum 1 slide
- Must be approved by the on-stage single
- Email slides to: or submit via Google Link that will be emailed to presenter
- If you don’t have a presenter, Unhinged will present for you
- Participation is voluntary
- Dates are optional
- Winning bidder gets the prize regardless
- All interactions must be consensual
- Staff will monitor for comfort & safety
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Clemson Bros. Brewery, 22 Cottage Street, Middletown, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 23.18
