Bar Digital Signage for Drink Specials, Game Nights and Happy Hour

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Bar Digital Signage That Feels Like Part of the Room

Signage Built Around the Night Out

Customers get more value and a better experience when digital signage software is used well. Entertainment and a good time are why people head out, and bars are the gathering spot that delivers both.

A digital sign in a bar becomes part of the atmosphere when its placement and integration suit the environment. You will find several content ideas for what to display on a bar digital sign further down this page, right after the components that bar digital signage needs.

Friends at a brick-walled bar counter while two digital signage screens above the back bar announce a live DJ night and signature cocktails

Bar Digital Signage Components for Any Screen Setup

Like any digital sign, a bar digital sign rests on a few key components, and AIScreen covers each one.

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AIScreen Displays for Your Walls

Starting with bare walls? AIScreen displays come in wall-mounted and freestanding models with Full HD panels and the media player already installed. Spend your time on placement instead: mount each screen where most bar patrons can see it, not in a corner or a smaller side room.

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AIScreen Stick Player HDMI media player and a media player box that run the AIScreen app

A Media Player for the TV You Own

Already have TVs over the bar? Plug in the AIScreen Stick Player, a 4K digital signage player that connects to any screen’s HDMI port and plays your content, or run AIScreen on another supported device.

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The AIScreen App and Dashboard

Install AIScreen’s digital signage software on Android, Fire TV, ChromeOS, LG webOS, Raspberry Pi, Linux, Windows or Samsung Tizen, link the screen to your account with a pairing code, and schedule images, videos, PDFs and streams from a web dashboard. Staff update content remotely, so nobody walks a USB drive to the screen while the bar is full.

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Bar Digital Signage Content Ideas for Every Night of the Week

Viewers should find every piece of digital signage content interesting and engaging, and that is the goal above all. It is simple advice, and following it takes no special effort. Even so, plenty of venues never act on it. Your bar’s customer experience improves when the digital signs on your walls give customers real value.

Cocktail bar at happy hour with a digital signage screen above the back bar showing a cocktail photo and the happy hour drinks list

Drink Specials and Happy Hour

Today’s happy hour offers and drink specials belong on every bar digital sign, whatever else it shows. Customers like to know what is on offer, and drink specials give more people a reason to stop by your bar. On digital signs, feature each drink with video or motion-graphic content that makes it look as good as it tastes. Rather than a photo and a price, the bar digital sign can walk guests through how your bartenders build each drink, which ingredients go into every glass, and where each one of them comes from.

Neighborhood pub with a digital signage screen near the booths showing a black-and-white photo of the pub in its early days

The Story Behind Your Bar

A bar’s own history makes good digital signage content as well, especially once the bar has been operating for a while. Mix old photos and footage from the early days with short notes about how the place came to be. Long-standing bars in particular should give their story a regular spot on a digital sign.

Sports bar fans cheering at high tables under a large digital signage screen showing match highlights and the next game time

Sports Scores and Highlights

Show game times and current sports scores on your bar’s digital sign with the Sports Live Scores app, beside your own highlights. Your screens play only what you add to the schedule, so the clip runs start to finish between live games. Make or find a strong highlights clip from the latest game, then schedule it to play at regular intervals through the night. Nothing fires up the whole room quite like footage of the biggest recent plays from the team your regulars follow.

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Bar Digital Signage Setup Without the Guesswork

From Signup to the First Screen

A digital sign in your bar starts with the device that plays its content. If a TV needs a digital signage player, order the AIScreen Stick Player straight from AIScreen. It plugs into any screen’s HDMI port, and its small, space-saving design stays out of sight once the screen is up and running.

Then sign up for an AIScreen account online and pair each of your screens with it using a pairing code. Your 14-day free trial runs before any subscription plan starts. Questions along the way? AIScreen support answers around the clock by chat, email or phone.

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Bar manager behind the counter before opening, scheduling digital signage content on a laptop while the screen above the bar shows the drinks menu

Bar Digital Signage From Happy Hour to Last Call

How It Works at a Neighborhood Bar

Picture a neighborhood bar getting ready for a Friday with live music. Before opening, the manager builds a happy hour playlist and a live music slide in the digital signage platform, schedules both to start before the first guests arrive, and adds the Sports Live Scores app to the screen above the pool table.

When happy hour ends, the screens switch to the evening drinks list on their own, and nobody climbs a ladder to rewrite a chalkboard.

Neighborhood bar on a Friday night with a portrait digital signage screen announcing live music by the entrance and a happy hour screen behind the bar

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Bar Digital Signage FAQs

What is bar digital signage?

Bar digital signage is a type of hospitality digital signage made for bars and pubs. Screens behind the bar, by the door and around the room show drink specials, happy hour offers, event nights and sports scores, all run from one AIScreen dashboard.

How does signage help a bar or pub?

Signage helps a bar or pub keep offers current without reprinting anything. Staff set happy hour prices, event nights and specials to change on a schedule and edit them online, so nobody rewrites a chalkboard mid-shift.

Can it show live sports and social feeds?

Live sports scores and social posts each come from their own app. The Sports Live Scores app shows upcoming games and current scores, updated in near-real time, and the Instagram Social Wall app scrolls through the photos and videos posted to your Instagram.

Can pricing change by daypart?

Pricing can change by daypart. Build one playlist for happy hour and another for evening or event prices, then schedule each to run by time, date or interval.

Where are screens placed in a bar?

Screens in a bar work best behind and above the counter, at the entrance, near menu areas and around seating and event spaces, wherever guests can see them without leaving their table.

What hardware does a bar need?

A bar needs screens plus something that runs the AIScreen app. Smart TVs can run it directly, an older TV can use a plugged-in media player, and AIScreen displays ship with the player inside.

How does AIScreen manage bar screens?

AIScreen manages bar screens from one web dashboard, where you schedule specials, events and menus, send real-time updates to all screens at once and check the content each screen is showing right now.