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Top 10 Trending Bar Crawl Themes for Your Next Event

Last Updated: November 10, 2023

Last Updated: November 10, 2023

10 Super Cool Pub Crawl Ideas To Organize Next!

One of the most adventurous ways to meet new people while exploring a city is to do a pub crawl. And what’s more fun than a pub crawl, you ask? A themed pub crawl!

To substantiate the above statement, we have some of the wackiest and most creative ideas and themes for a legendary night.

In addition, we have also listed some really fun, quirky, and hilarious pub crawl games that will keep your attendees on the floor… laughing!

Here’s what we have covered in this blog-

  • What is a Pub Crawl
  • Fun Pub Crawl Ideas
  • Additional pub crawl game ideas that you could play throughout the night

What Exactly is a Pub Crawl?

Pub Crawling, often called Bar Hopping, is a fun activity where a group of people visit multiple pubs and drink at each one during a single night.

Other than being a major tourist attraction, these events are hugely popular among the citizens for various occasions, such as birthday parties, stag and hen parties, and more.

Top Pub Crawl Ideas or Themes For You

The best bar crawl ideas are considered the ones that the attendees don’t completely remember – unless they’re shown evidence. Here’s a list of some of the best, most eccentric, and bizarre ideas that will rock your day, err, night.

1. Superhero Pub Crawl Theme

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‘Assemble’ all the superheroes, the villains, and their amigos for a crazy pub crawl. Encourage your attendees to unleash their inner fanatics by donning their favorite crime-fighting (or crime-loving) characters’ costumes as they head on an insane drinking expedition to prove their invincibility.

2. Graffi-tee Pub Crawl Theme

This one is a mad idea for a friends’ group pub crawl. Urge the attendees to wear lighter shades of t-shirts, preferably white, and carry a marker pen. Now, all they have to do is express their feelings using words or drawings on other people’s t-shirts occasionally

With the progressive increase in alcohol consumption, the messages are sure to get chaotic, wilder, and downright hysterical. It’ll be a great canvas of memories for the attendees to keep, and they will cherish your event for life.

3. Holiday-themed Pub Crawl Theme

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Holidays are a great time to host a pub crawl for your attendees. The decorated bars and themed drinks exude festive vibes. 

It could be Christmas, where your attendees could choose to wear their ugly sweaters, be Santa, reindeer, or elves, or get amused by some delicious margaritas and tacos in the spirit of Cinco De Mayo

It could be St. Patrick’s Day, where they could wear their greenest outfits and enjoy some Irish drinks and decorations, or get engulfed by the love, warmth, and inclusivity of the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month, with all things rainbow.

4. Zombie Pub Crawl Theme

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Here’s a huge shout-out to attract all the zombies out there! Host the most hauntingly fun event of the year by encouraging your attendees to look their spooky best.

Rest assured, all your walking dead, bloodsucking vampires and werewolves will have the time of their lives sipping on some creepy drinks and visiting haunted bars.

Imagine how the camera roll would look like with your intoxicated participants doing their zombie impressions through the night! 

5. Clown Crawl Theme

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Clowns in the daytime are all fun and games, but when it gets dark, well, we’ve all watched IT. If zombies aren’t scary enough, we have another creepy character for your attendees to impersonate.

This theme leans slightly more toward evil clowns. However, participants can also choose to be funny, positive, and playful versions of ‘it’. Make sure the energy remains high and clown-like, and you’re set for one of the brightest (or darkest) themed bar crawls.

6. Pirate-themed Pub Crawl Theme

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Best to host on the weekend preceding or succeeding International Talk Like a Pirate Day, the Pirate-themed pub crawl will require your attendees to wear pirate costumes or any other seafaring gear. 

As the day’s tradition goes, participants must speak like pirates and drink rum at every stop. You could also suggest they build and ‘smuggle’ their cardboard pirate boats for effect.

7. Snuggie Pub Crawl Theme

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Dear organizers, this pub crawl will always be a good idea! Who doesn’t like to drink and have fun in the utmost comfort of their pajamas? All your attendees must do is wear the same snuggie (or sleeved blanket) and drink the night away.

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8. Monochromatic Pub Crawl Theme

For this flamboyant idea, ask your attendees to each pick a color and create an intricate monochromatic look of their own. One attendee could don an all-pink outfit, another could choose to show up in all blue, the third one could go for an all-black ensemble, and so on. The cherry on the cake would be visiting pubs with matching decor, lights, or drinks. 

The vibrant group pictures will turn out exceptionally well if all the participants follow the theme.

9. Masquerade Pub Crawl Theme

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This one is for a night of obscurity and secrecy. Geer up your attendees to get enchanted by the air of mystery. 

Ask them to shield their faces using masks to exude intrigue throughout the night. You could also increase the thrill by suggesting they do not use their real identities while getting to know each other. 

Remember to choose bars with a slightly darker, more intimate atmosphere with a dramatic aura.

10. Banana Pub Crawl Theme

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Just as the name suggests, this theme will require all your participants to wear a banana suit or something similar in a yellow-black combination. It’ll be a sight to look out for when dozens of healthy-looking fruit devotees will invade pubs together and indulge in various after-effects of the not-so-healthy drinking.

Drinking Games to Electrify your Bar Crawl

What’s the best way to keep your attendees entertained and stick to the schedule? Games! It’s how you spice up your pub crawl and host an epic night. Here are some of the best, most fun pub crawl-drinking games that will leave the participants in splits.

1. Guessing Games

From Question Master to Who’s Likely, guessing games include the organizer asking a question and the attendees answering it. The questions may vary from guessing movie titles to naming all the drinks they’ve had until then, or facts about the participants.

Players will have to drink as a penalty for every wrong or no answer.

2. Straight Face

Maintaining composure when you’re intoxicated is tough, and trying to keep a straight face is hopeless. Organizers for this game will scribble funny comments, which are hard not to react to, on little sheets of paper and slide them to the participants one after another. 

The players’ objective is to maintain a straight face while they read. Whoever giggles or reacts has to drink.

3. Toy Soldiers

The organizers will require a bag full of toy soldiers for this game. At the beginning of the crawl, each participant will pull one toy soldier, and whichever posture it is in, will be the pose for the player throughout the night. At any given point, the organizer can shout, “Assume your positions!” every player will have to strike their fated pose, no matter what they are doing.

If they fail, they’ll have to drink! You can also incorporate this game with the Superhero Pub Crawl.

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4. Make a Rule

This game is pretty simple yet super fun. Throughout the night, the organizers can make random rules every 30 minutes or so, which will be applied to all the attendees. 

The rules could be as simple as forbidding the players to take any names or could be as fun as allowing the players to speak only in the form of whispers, no matter how loud the music is.

Whoever fails to follow the rules drinks!

Here is the blog to make your pub crawl more fun and exciting: 21 Pub Crawl Games Ideas And Funny Rules

Takeaway from bar crawl ideas

Pub Crawls are one of the best events to host for a group celebrating their highs (or lows) or travelers embarking on an adventure to uncover a city’s nightlife. 

There’s an abundance of creative and thrilling ways to plan your pub crawl excursion. So, get innovative with the theme of your event and watch people come for more! We hope that you found our blog amusing and helpful and that you pull off some of the most happening pub crawls there have ever been.

Cheers!

Author Bio

Runjhun Patni

Runjhun Patni is a content creator with a passion for words and a penchant for creativity. She believes in meticulous research to ensure that the content produced is not only well-crafted but also deeply informative. She offers engaging content in the event industry that resonates with readers.

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