The Proof Kinston

The Proof Kinston Bar, lounge, live music, pool tables, darts, karaoke, dancing, socializing and so much more.

๐Ÿท ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก ๐—ช๐—˜๐——๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ at The Proof Kinston ๐ŸทMidweek plans = handled.Linn ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก โ˜€๏ธ๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—™ ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐ŸทChey...
05/27/2026

๐Ÿท ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก ๐—ช๐—˜๐——๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ at The Proof Kinston ๐Ÿท

Midweek plans = handled.

Linn ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก โ˜€๏ธ
๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—™ ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿท
Cheyenne Gates ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐Ÿป
Robbie Alton ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐—  ๐ŸŽถ

If your Wednesday needed a soundtrack, this is it. Good friends, good wine, good timesโ€ฆ and probably at least one โ€œjust one moreโ€ decision ๐Ÿ˜

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป
๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ก ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜ โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ก๐—–

๐—ช๐—˜โ€™๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ is back in business. The Proof Kinston๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿป๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ...
05/26/2026

๐—ช๐—˜โ€™๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ is back in business. The Proof Kinston

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿป
๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜

If Memorial Day recovery still has you moving a little sidewaysโ€ฆ weโ€™ve got the cure ๐Ÿ˜

And while youโ€™re here, hereโ€™s what the rest of the week looks like ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐ŸŽค ๐—ช๐—˜๐——๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ โ€“ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก ๐—ช๐—˜๐——๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ
๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—™ ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿท
Robbie Alton ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐— 
Good wine. Good music. Bad decisions start here.

๐Ÿ๏ธ ๐—ง๐—›๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ โ€“ ๐—•๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง
๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐—  โ€ข ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜
Highway Miles ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜
Bikes, music, downtown chaos. Weather behaves or notโ€ฆ we roll.

๐Ÿค  ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ โ€“ Shouldโ€™ve Been Cowboys
๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌโ€™๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌ
๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐— 
$๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—˜
๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐— ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ โ€” message us now

Garth. Brooks & Dunn. Strait. Toby. Full send.

๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ก ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—š๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ง โ€ข ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ก๐—–

๐Ÿค  ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ. ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿค Shouldโ€™ve Been Cowboys rolls into The Proof Kinston this Saturday and if 90โ€™s country was y...
05/25/2026

๐Ÿค  ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ. ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿค 

Shouldโ€™ve Been Cowboys rolls into The Proof Kinston this Saturday and if 90โ€™s country was your eraโ€ฆ you already know what kind of night this is gonna be.

๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ โ€ข ๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ The Proof Kinston
๐Ÿ’ต $10 AT THE GATE

Weโ€™re talking Toby. Garth. Strait. Brooks & Dunn. Alan Jackson. Tim McGraw.
The kind of songs that turn a whole room into a choir after about 30 seconds ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ”ฅ

And quick warningโ€ฆ

๐—ง๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—œ๐— ๐—˜๐——.
If youโ€™re bringing a crew and donโ€™t want to play the awkward โ€œwhoโ€™s standing whereโ€ game all night, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ or ask your bartender to lock one in.

Boots optional. Singing badly is expected ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿป

๐Ÿ“ 220 N Herritage St, Kinston NC

Today, The Proof Kinston will be closed in observance of Memorial Day as we pause to honor the brave men and women who g...
05/25/2026

Today, The Proof Kinston will be closed in observance of Memorial Day as we pause to honor the brave men and women who gave everything for this country. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Itโ€™s a day to remember the fallen, reflect, and allow our staff time to be with their families.

We appreciate your understanding, and weโ€™ll see everyone back tomorrow for The Most Twisted of Tuesdays ๐Ÿป

๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ. ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ”ฅBecause brunch is overrated and Sundays at The Proof Kinston hit different.Linn ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก โ€” an...
05/24/2026

๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ. ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ”ฅ
Because brunch is overrated and Sundays at The Proof Kinston hit different.

Linn ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก โ€” and yes, the Bloody Mary situation will be handled accordingly. ๐Ÿ‘€

Then buckle upโ€ฆ because this week is stacked:

๐Ÿท ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐——๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก ๐—ช๐—˜๐——๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ
๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿฎ ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ
๐ŸŽถ Robbie Alton ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐— 

๐Ÿ๏ธ ๐—ง๐—›๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ | ๐—•๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง
๐ŸŽธ Highway Miles | ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐— 
๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ. Chrome, cold air, live music, and a parking lot full of bad influences. Exactly how Thursday should look. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿค  ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ | Shouldโ€™ve Been Cowboys
โฐ ๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐— 
90s country. Loud singalongs. Probably zero dignity by closing.

So today? Recoverโ€ฆ or pregame for the week ahead. ๐Ÿ˜

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ก
๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ก ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜, ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ก๐—–

05/24/2026

BLADE STRICKLAND LIVE TIL MIDNIGHT

๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—˜. ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข. ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ. ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง. ๐Ÿ”ฅAlright fineโ€ฆ hereโ€™s the rest.๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป.๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ + ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.Then ...
05/23/2026

๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——๐—˜. ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข. ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ. ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—งโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Alright fineโ€ฆ hereโ€™s the rest.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป.
๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ + ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.

Then at ๐Ÿต๐—ฃ๐— โ€ฆ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ takes over the patio ๐ŸŽธ

If youโ€™ve seen him, you already know.
If you havenโ€™tโ€ฆ tonight fixes that.

No overthinking it. Just show up.

๐Ÿ“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป
220 N Herritage St

05/22/2026
DOWNTOWN KINSTON ๐‘ฉ๐‘ณ๐‘ถ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ โ€” ROUND 2. ๐Ÿ”ฅTHURSDAY JUNE 4 we shut the block down again.Start your evening at The Proof...
05/22/2026

DOWNTOWN KINSTON ๐‘ฉ๐‘ณ๐‘ถ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ โ€” ROUND 2. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

THURSDAY JUNE 4 we shut the block down again.

Start your evening at The Proof Kinston with Soundcheck Social featuring Lonnie Britton from 5โ€“7PM on the patio.
If you know Lonnie, you know the dealโ€”great voice, strong acoustic set, and exactly the right way to kick off the night.

Then at 7PM, it moves outside for BLOCK & ROLL with The Lost Artists taking over Herritage Street.

This isnโ€™t some niche tribute set. This is a straight-up crowd playlist played live.
Def Leppard. Bon Jovi. Tom Petty. Black Crowes. Creed. GNR. Eagles. Motley Crue. Blink-182. Charlie Daniels. Stuff you actually know. Stuff you actually sing.

The Lost Artists bring Garyn Mizelle, Dean Mizelle, Johnny Corbett, and Alex Bowenโ€”and theyโ€™re built for one thing: keeping the street alive.

Big thanks to the sponsors helping make it happen:
Bojangles โ€ข Lenoir Community College โ€ข CRB Water โ€ข Sugar Hill Pizzeria โ€ข Stallings

๐Ÿ“ 5โ€“7PM โ€” Lonnie Britton @ The Proof Kinston
๐Ÿ“ 7โ€“9PM โ€” The Lost Artists @ Block & Roll
๐Ÿ“ N Herritage St between North & Gordon

Bring a chair. Bring your people. Letโ€™s do downtown right

BLOCK & ROLL was absolute chaos in the best possible way. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿค˜Downtown showed OUT last nightโ€ฆ and honestly? Weโ€™re still re...
05/22/2026

BLOCK & ROLL was absolute chaos in the best possible way. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿค˜

Downtown showed OUT last nightโ€ฆ and honestly? Weโ€™re still recovering. Or maybe weโ€™re not. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

Itโ€™s Friday at The Proof Kinston which means one of two things:
๐Ÿ‘‰ recovery mode
๐Ÿ‘‰ making questionable decisions two nights in a row

Linn opens at NOON
Cheyenne + Josh tonight

And if the crowd gets loud enoughโ€ฆ we might just fire up a little karaoke later ๐Ÿ‘€๐ŸŽค

Then tomorrowโ€” we do it all over again:

๐Ÿ”ฅ BLADE STRICKLAND LIVE
๐Ÿ—“ Saturday
๐Ÿ•˜ 9PM

220 N Herritage St โ€ข Downtown Kinston

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