Back of the Dragon makes Monday Night Cornhole a weekly fixture
Cash prizes, a $10 buy-in and blind-draw partners turned Monday Night Cornhole into a repeat draw at Back of the Dragon, with more dates already set.
Back of the Dragon has turned Monday Night Cornhole into a standing piece of its Tazewell schedule, not a one-night novelty. The June 29 bracket ran from 7 to 9 p.m. with a $10 buy-in, double-elimination play and blind-draw partners, a setup that gave individual players a low-cost path into a real competition and left room for cash prizes, beer specials and pizza.
The calendar made the weekly rhythm plain. It listed Monday Night Cornhole for June 29, then again for July 6, July 13, July 20 and July 27, giving local players a string of Monday nights instead of a single pop-up. That matters in cornhole, where regular play often builds a deeper field than an occasional showcase because players can return, adjust and measure themselves against the same room.
The blind-draw format is a big part of the draw. Players can show up without a fixed partner, get assigned a teammate and still chase the bracket, which keeps the event open to solo competitors and adds some unpredictability to the matchups. In a bar-and-restaurant setting, that mix of chance and structure helps the night stay social without losing the edge of organized competition.
Back of the Dragon’s broader setup fits the event. The Welcome Center is built around lingering before or after a ride, with craft beer, specialty coffee, retail space and weekly events, and tourism listings in Smyth County describe the brewery and store as opening in 2020. Dragon Fired Pizza joined the operation in 2024, adding a wood-fired brick oven pizzeria to the mix and giving the Monday night bracket another built-in draw.
The location also helps explain why the event has traction. Back of the Dragon sits at 592 W Main Street in Tazewell, and an events listing identifies Back Of The Dragon Pizza & Brews as the organizer. With cornhole placed alongside trivia and live music in the weekly rotation, Monday night now works like a regular appointment: a low buy-in, a chance at cash and a predictable game night that keeps drawing players back.
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