What is Cosmic Bowling?

Cosmic bowling — also called glow bowling, blacklight bowling or galaxy bowling — uses ultraviolet blacklights, LED colour effects, fog machines and high-energy music to transform standard bowling lanes into an immersive entertainment experience. Bowling balls, pins and white clothing glow under the UV lights while the house music creates a nightclub atmosphere. Bowlero is the leading cosmic bowling operator in the United States, offering sessions at most of their 160 locations typically starting Friday and Saturday evenings. Lucky Strike incorporates atmospheric lighting into their upscale evening programming across 106 venues. Stars & Strikes runs cosmic sessions at 17 Southeast US locations. Round1 features similar effects at 59 mall-based centres. Sessions generally cost two to five dollars more per game than daytime bowling. Most venues start cosmic bowling between 8pm and 10pm on weekends. Some locations offer daytime cosmic sessions during school holidays and spring break periods.