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Make a Christmas rock music bingo for a louder holiday
A Christmas rock music bingo is the holidays with the volume up: the same festive season, but with guitars and stadium choruses instead of gentle carols.
With Bingo Banger you paste your own rocking Christmas playlist, and the app turns it into unique bingo cards. The Bingo Master plays the recognizable part of each song, so the Christmas dinner turns into a sing-along.
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Christmas, but with guitars
Not everyone wants sweet Christmas tunes all night. A Christmas rock bingo takes the holiday classics with an edge: rocking Christmas hits, hard-hitting covers and sing-alongs the room throws a fist up for. With your own list you decide how loud it gets.
Perfect for the office Christmas party
At a Christmas drinks or staff party a music bingo breaks the ice straight away. A few rounds between courses, a little prize for the winner, and colleagues who suddenly find themselves belting out every word.
Print it or play on the phone
Print the cards on paper with an emoji above every title, or let everyone play along for free on their own phone with a single game code on bingobanger.party. No app, no account — enter the code and play.
Example songs for this theme
For inspiration: these are songs that tend to work well with this theme. You are not tied to any of them — you build your own list, so use them, extend them or ignore them completely.
- Wham! — Last Christmas
- Band Aid — Do They Know It's Christmas?
- Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody
- Chris Rea — Driving Home for Christmas
- The Pogues — Fairytale of New York
- Bruce Springsteen — Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Bon Jovi — Please Come Home for Christmas
How to make this music bingo yourself
Paste your playlist
A link from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music or Deezer, or type your own list of songs. The app collects the titles and removes duplicates.
Choose playing time and win pattern
The app works out how many songs you need and picks the card size.
Print the unique bingo cards
Two cards per A4 with cut lines, with a matching emoji above every title, plus a checklist for the host.
Play the hits
The Bingo Master plays the recognizable part of every song and verifies each bingo through the card code.
How a music bingo evening runs
Traditional bingo leans on numbers; this game leans on songs, and that one twist is what makes it fun. There is no number to find: people listen to the opening seconds, recognise the hit and players mark it off. You do not need a professional host or a trivia round to warm the room up, because the music takes care of that. Most people know far more songs than they think.
Settle first on what the evening should be. A short game of three rounds is perfect before dinner; a complete night of 90 minutes suits a party, a company event or a musical theme night. Whether your crowd grew up on the 90s or on last summer's charts, use their own music instead of a generic list: the best selection is the one where every player recognises something — a classic, a guilty pleasure, a recent hit. That is what gets people out of their seats.
The format is easy. Create the list, choose the card size and the win pattern, and give each guest a card with the song titles printed on it. Each song is played once, in a random order. The first person to fill a whole line shouts bingo, and the host verifies that call with the code along the side. Guests who prefer a screen join online at bingobanger.party with your game code. Small prizes per round keep the energy up, and they do not have to be expensive.
Questions, or want a hand hosting your first game? Email robin@kreatrix.nl and we will answer within a working day. The app is free, six cards included.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference from a normal Christmas bingo?
A normal Christmas bingo leans on the classic, sweet Christmas songs; a Christmas rock bingo picks the rocking side: hard-hitting Christmas hits, covers and sing-alongs with guitars. You build your own list, so feel free to mix them.
Is this suitable for a staff Christmas party?
Very suitable. A music bingo works as an ice-breaker and keeps big and small groups busy. Free play goes up to 6 cards; for a larger room you expand the number of cards with a one-off payment.
What music can I use?
Your own playlist. Paste a link from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music or Deezer, or type your own list of rocking Christmas hits.
How many songs do I need?
About 33 seconds per song, so an hour of play calls for around 110 titles. The app works out the number from the playing time.
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