Editing Pub (section)

==Entertainment==
{{See also|Pub games}}
[[File:Indoor Quoits.jpg|thumb|right|[[Quoits]] being played at a pub in [[Parkend]], [[Gloucestershire]].]]
Traditional games are played in pubs, ranging from the well-known darts,<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Darts.htm |title=The History of Darts and other Useful Information |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614144150/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Darts.htm |archive-date=14 June 2009}}</ref> [[skittles (sport)|skittles]],<ref>{{cite web|first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Skittles.htm |title=Skittles, Nine Pins – Online guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602235159/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Skittles.htm |archive-date=2 June 2009 }}</ref> [[dominoes]],<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Dominoes.htm |title=Dominoes – Online Guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614031747/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Dominoes.htm |archive-date=14 June 2009}}</ref> [[card games|cards]] and [[bar billiards]],<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Bar-Billiards.htm |title=Bar Billiards – Online Guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |date=21 February 1936 |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628170402/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Bar-Billiards.htm |archive-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> to the more obscure [[Aunt Sally]],<ref>{{cite web |first=James|last= Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Aunt-Sally.htm |title=Aunt Sally – The Online Guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615203103/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Aunt-Sally.htm |archive-date=15 June 2009}}</ref> [[nine men's morris]]<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Nine-Mens-Morris.htm |title=Nine Mens Morris, Mill – Online guide. |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618014149/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Nine-Mens-Morris.htm |archive-date=18 June 2009}}</ref> [[quoits]], and [[ringing the bull]].<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Ringing-The-Bull.htm |title=Ringing the Bull – History and information |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618005922/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Ringing-The-Bull.htm |archive-date=18 June 2009}}</ref> In the UK betting is legally limited to certain games such as [[cribbage]] or dominoes, played for small stakes. In recent decades the game of [[Blackball (pool)|pool]]<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Pool.htm |title=History of Pool and Carom Billiards – Online Guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628230603/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Pool.htm |archive-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> (both the British and American versions) has increased in popularity as well as other table based games such as [[snooker]]<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Billiards-Snooker.htm |title=Billiards and Snooker – Online guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702030830/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Billiards-Snooker.htm |archive-date=2 July 2009}}</ref> or [[table football]] becoming common.

Increasingly, more modern games such as video games and [[slot machine]]s are provided. Pubs hold special events, from [[tournament]]s of the aforementioned games to [[karaoke]] nights to [[pub quiz]]zes. Some play pop music and hip-hop (dance bar), or show [[association football|football]] and [[rugby union]] on big screen televisions (sports bar). [[Shove ha'penny]]<ref>{{cite web |first=James |last=Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Shove-HaPenny.htmt |title=Shove Ha'penny – Online Guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615103908/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Shove-HaPenny.htm |archive-date=15 June 2009}}</ref> and [[Bat and trap]]<ref>{{cite web |first=James|last= Masters |url=http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Bat-Ball.htm |title=Bat and Ball Games – Online Guide |publisher=Tradgames.org.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303085744/http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Bat-Ball.htm |archive-date=3 March 2009}}</ref> were also popular in pubs south of London.

Some pubs in the UK also have football teams composed of regular customers. Many of these teams are in leagues that play matches on Sundays, hence the term "[[Sunday League Football]]". [[Bowls|Bowling]] is found in association with pubs in some parts of the country and the local team plays matches against teams invited from elsewhere on the pub's bowling green.

Pubs may be venues for [[pub song]]s and live music. During the 1970s pubs provided an outlet for a number of bands, such as [[Kilburn and the High Roads]], [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] and [[the Kursaal Flyers]], who formed a musical genre called [[Pub rock (United Kingdom)|pub rock]] that was a precursor to [[punk music]].