Queen of Hearts at The Bar draws Parker locals Wednesday night

A Wednesday night drawing at The Bar gave Parker another reason to head to Riverside Drive, where the Queen of Hearts pot was set for 6:30 p.m. and winners had to be present to claim it. The simple rule mattered most: miss the drawing, and the prize stayed with the game.

The Parker Area Chamber of Commerce listed the event for Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at The Bar, 10172 Riverside Drive, Parker, AZ 85344, and repeated it across the month on May 6, May 13, May 20 and May 27. That repeat pattern made the promotion less like a one-night attraction and more like part of Parker’s weekly social routine, the kind of midweek stop that keeps people moving through town between larger civic meetings and weekend plans.

The chamber calendar placed Queen of Hearts alongside La Paz County Board of Supervisors meetings, Parker Town Council meetings, VFW Bingo, Calvary High School Night and a chamber mixer. In a town with limited evening options, that mix matters. It shows how small recurring events fill the gap between formal government business and bigger community gatherings, giving residents a low-barrier place to show up, talk, and spend time locally.

The Bar itself sits in the Parker Strip’s social corridor and is listed by the chamber as a Bars/Cocktails member business. It also lists a phone number, 928-667-5946. A separate business listing describes the venue as the only sports bar in the Parker area, with 13 big-screen TVs, six draft beers on tap, a state-of-the-art sound system and the largest smoking patio in town. That setup helps explain why a promotion like Queen of Hearts fits there so naturally: it is built for repeat traffic, not one-off visits.

A May 20 post connected to The Bar said the venue was starting a new Queen of Hearts pot and asked customers to get tickets before 6:15 p.m. That detail suggests the game depended on steady patron turnout and early participation, with the drawing itself serving as the night’s fixed point. For a local business, that kind of structure does more than entertain. It pulls people in on a Wednesday, keeps the room active, and turns a small-town game night into part of Parker’s working social economy.

The Parker Area Chamber of Commerce says it promotes the prosperity of the Parker area business environment and the quality of life for the community. Queen of Hearts at The Bar fit that mission neatly, not as a spectacle, but as a regular midweek event that kept locals coming back.