Dinner & drinks before your easel
Most of our Abingdon venues are full bars and kitchens, so come hungry. Grab a bite and a drink before your easel, then settle in — your supplies are already waiting at your seat.
Grab a drink, follow a local artist step by step, and leave with a canvas you painted yourself. No experience needed — it's a night out first, an art class second. Here's what's coming up in Abingdon.
4.8 average ratingPaint Nite in Abingdon is the city's favourite paint and sip night — a guided painting party hosted right inside local Abingdon bars and restaurants, not a formal art studio. A local artist walks you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink of your choice. Everything you need is included: easel, canvas, paints, brushes and an apron. You just bring your people.
Whether you're planning a date night, a birthday, a team social or a low-key evening out, our Abingdon events run across the most popular neighbourhoods in and around Illinois. Browse upcoming nights by date, venue or artist below, grab your seat, and check out online in under a minute — no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
New to it? Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they paint. The whole point of Paint Nite is that anyone can do it: your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and works the room the entire time. Prefer to stay in? We also run live virtual and on-demand classes you can paint from home, anywhere in Illinois.
We host inside real neighbourhood bars and restaurants — explore the rooms, then pick your night.



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Location: Located in historic Downtown Moline, Pour Bro’s Taproom offers a unique pour-your-own experience with the largest pour wall in the Quad Cities!! With an ever-rotating selection of wines, ciders, meads and craft beer, Pour Bros is happy to create an atmosphere for the community to enjoy life and one another one pour at a time. Come out and enjoy live music, Pups Pints on the Patio, and Paint Nite with Create! Quad Cities on the first Saturdays of each month! Please note this venue does not serve food, you are more than welcome to order delivery from your local favorites or bring snacks to enjoy!
Location: Located in historic Downtown Moline, Pour Bro’s Taproom offers a unique pour-your-own experience with the largest pour wall in the Quad Cities!! With an ever-rotating selection of wines, ciders, meads and craft beer, Pour Bros is happy to create an atmosphere for the community to enjoy life and one another one pour at a time. Come out and enjoy live music, Pups Pints on the Patio, and Paint Nite with Create! Quad Cities on the first Saturdays of each month! Please note this venue does not serve food, you are more than welcome to order delivery from your local favorites or bring snacks to enjoy!








Family Friendly Drinks Available - Non-alcoholic venue Dead Poets Espresso Dead Poet s Espresso is the perfect place to meet for a classic cup of coffee and spirited conversation. Our medium and dark coffees are roasted locally and available for sale by the pound. If coffee isn t your style, then stop on by and have a vanilla chai or one of our many other non-coffee drinks. Signing up for a customer loyalty account is free and easy. Start earning rewards immediately. Also available are gift cards of any amount. These gift cards act as a customer loyalty account, too. 1525 3rd Ave A Moline, Illinois 61265 Hours: Monday through Saturday from 6:30am - 5:00pm CLOSED SUNDAY Phone: (309) 736-7606 Email: deadpoetsinc@att.net Specialties: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee, Drinks Services: Take Out, Outdoor Seating General Manager: Charles Lahl Near Public Transit 1 block East of John Deere Commons in the parking lot.
Family Friendly Drinks Available - Non-alcoholic venue Dead Poets Espresso Dead Poet s Espresso is the perfect place to meet for a classic cup of coffee and spirited conversation. Our medium and dark coffees are roasted locally and available for sale by the pound. If coffee isn t your style, then stop on by and have a vanilla chai or one of our many other non-coffee drinks. Signing up for a customer loyalty account is free and easy. Start earning rewards immediately. Also available are gift cards of any amount. These gift cards act as a customer loyalty account, too. 1525 3rd Ave A Moline, Illinois 61265 Hours: Monday through Saturday from 6:30am - 5:00pm CLOSED SUNDAY Phone: (309) 736-7606 Email: deadpoetsinc@att.net Specialties: Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee, Drinks Services: Take Out, Outdoor Seating General Manager: Charles Lahl Near Public Transit 1 block East of John Deere Commons in the parking lot.








Jennie’s Boxcar, a vibrant Mexican restaurant set in the Rust Belt of East Moline, is home to some of the most delicious street tacos and margaritas the Quad Cities has to offer! If you’re looking for a fun place to kick back on the patio and enjoy your evening, girls night out, or date night, Jennie’s Boxcar is the place for you! Join us for Paint n Sip Parties with Create! Quad Cities on the fourth Sunday of every month!
Jennie’s Boxcar, a vibrant Mexican restaurant set in the Rust Belt of East Moline, is home to some of the most delicious street tacos and margaritas the Quad Cities has to offer! If you’re looking for a fun place to kick back on the patio and enjoy your evening, girls night out, or date night, Jennie’s Boxcar is the place for you! Join us for Paint n Sip Parties with Create! Quad Cities on the fourth Sunday of every month!








Brewing & bottling outpost of a local craft brewery offering a tasting room & occasional live music.
Brewing & bottling outpost of a local craft brewery offering a tasting room & occasional live music.





Most of our Abingdon venues are full bars and kitchens, so come hungry. Grab a bite and a drink before your easel, then settle in — your supplies are already waiting at your seat.
Candlelit wine bars and skylit lounges make Paint Nite one of the most-booked date nights in Abingdon — a low-pressure, high-charm evening that beats another dinner-and-a-movie.
Our larger Abingdon venues seat big groups, and we can run a private party just for your crew — no strangers at the table. It breaks the ice better than any escape room.
Nearly every Abingdon venue is a short walk from transit or has parking nearby, so the whole group can get there easily — and get home easily after.
Every night is run by real local people — an event planner, a host artist, and a neighbourhood venue. Here's who makes it happen.
A local event planner books the venues, lines up the artists and builds the Abingdon calendar — running it like their own small business.
A vetted local artist leads the room, teaching the painting step by step and keeping the night fun. Every host is a real person from your area — trained and quality-reviewed, never a script-reading franchise employee.
We don't own a single building. Every Abingdon night happens at a real neighbourhood bar or restaurant with a full bar and kitchen.
Show up, paint, sip and laugh. Leave with a canvas you made yourself — no experience needed.
Bars and restaurants across Abingdon fill seats and sell drinks on slow weeknights by hosting Paint Nite. We bring the artists, the supplies and the crowd — you bring the room.
The faces behind the easels
This was an absolutely fantastic class! We love the host and how she makes us feel during the classes! She's goes at the right tempo, talks with us, guides us, and if we need help, she's right there. We LOVED the wineglasses and thought it was so unique and fun! We are requesting more of those classes! Can't wait for our next creative night!
Such a fun Cinco de Mayo painting margarita glasses with my sister. Erin is always so much fun! Thank you for such a wonderful Sunday!
Don't worry if you're not good at art. Your Paint Nite instructor will give you step by step guidance to create your own masterpiece. You will be delighted with what appears before you as you have the most fun learning along the way!
Super fun and Elle was amazing helpful with tips and techniques
Love art and a good crowd? Become a Paint Nite host artist, set your own schedule, and get paid to lead the most fun night in town.
Can't make it out? Paint from home with a live virtual class led by a real artist, or grab an on-demand class and paint whenever you like.
Paint Nite is a social painting event hosted at bars and restaurants across Abingdon — not an art studio. A local artist guides you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink. It's a night out first and an art class second: no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
Most in-person Abingdon events include your easel, canvas, paints, brushes, an apron and your artist for the night. Food and drinks are purchased separately at the venue. Virtual and on-demand classes are priced lower since they're location-independent. Check any event below for its exact price.
We host inside local bars and restaurants right across Abingdon and the surrounding Illinois area. See the venues and map below — nearly every spot is easy to reach by transit or has nearby parking.
Not even a little. The whole point is that anyone can do it. Your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and walks the room the entire time. Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they take home.
It's one of the most-booked date nights in the city. You get a drink, a relaxed room, something to actually do together, and a keepsake from the evening.
Yes. We run private Paint Nites for birthdays, bachelorettes, team socials and corporate events around Abingdon — at a venue or at your office. You get the whole room, your own artist, and a custom painting option.
Find an event by date, venue or artist on this page, hit "Grab a Seat," and check out online in under a minute. You'll get an email confirmation with the venue address and everything you need to bring (which is basically nothing).
Yes. Live virtual Paint Nites are streamed by a real artist so you can paint from home with a kit, and on-demand classes let you paint anytime at your own pace. Both are location-independent — perfect for a quieter night in.
Paint Nite is the original. Same energy, same local artists, same take-home canvas — now under PaintNite.com. If you painted with us under another name in the past, you're in the right place.
Absolutely — we run events across United States. Scroll to "Nearby cities" to jump to your area.