Speakeasy at the Firehouse: A 1920s Mystery Night

Speakeasy at the Firehouse is a one-night-only 1920s mystery experience set inside the historic Tampa Firefighters Museum. Part cocktail party, part interactive case, part living history, this fundraiser supports the museum’s mission of fire history preservation and children’s education programs—while also helping stock toy chests for hospitalized, abused, and neglected children across Tampa Bay.

Guests enter with secret passwords, receive an Agent Casefile Passport, and move through the museum gathering clues from firefighter artifacts, “witness” stations, and upstairs ballroom moments. The story is inspired by Tampa’s real Prohibition-era speakeasies and unsolved patterns, blended with a fictional case you’ll help unravel.

At the same time, we’re collecting toys for our partners in law-enforcement community outreach: bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Christmas-in-July toy drive, and you’ll receive a $10 discount on your ticket as our thanks. You can easity buy one online now.

What to Expect

• A 4-hour speakeasy-style evening in a historic 1911 fire station
  
• Themed decor, vintage jazz, and a flexible mystery game you can play as lightly or deeply as you like
  
• An Agent Casefile Passport that guides you through clues, firefighter history, and Tampa’s hidden past
  
• A group Charleston moment in the upstairs ballroom—no experience required, just a sense of humor
  
• Prizes, raffles, and a closing “case reveal” that ties the fictional story to real local history
  
• A meaningful impact: proceeds support Tampa Firefighters Museum, and toys collected help fill year-round toy chests for kids in hospitals and child-advocacy settings
  

Dress code: 1920s-inspired or cocktail attire encouraged, not required.

Info: Full event access (approx. 4 hours)

Food included

4 drink tokens (beer/wine/signature cocktails)*

Agent Casefile Passport for the interactive mystery

Access to the upstairs Charleston segment and main case briefing

VIP Undercover Tasting pre-reception in the 1911 ballroom:

Private firefighter-crafted bourbon tasting with the distiller in 1920s-inspired attire

A simple prohibition-style card-table mini-game with a small “intel advantage” for the case

Exclusive VIP badge / accessory

Your own secret password for entry (sent in your confirmation email)

Info: Agents will use the password that is emailed to you after you buy your ticket. Do not rely on overhearing another guest. There are multiple passwords for optimum secrecy. You will receive your Agent Casefile upon arrival, and you can relax, get comfortable and explore the fire station.

Info: Mingling while the raffle takes the lead and then back at it for the end of the mystery and the grand reveal.

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Host or Publisher Tampa Firefighters Museum