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Fancy Dress Ideas for Your Next Pub Crawl

Going out with your friends, family, or work colleagues to celebrate one of life's great moments like a birthday, engagement, or new job? Or perhaps you’re just looking to add a twist to your regular Friday night bar crawl? Whatever the reason for your night out, this is your opportunity to bring out your inner child, transform into your favourite celebrity, take up your dream job for the night, or let your imagination run free with a wacky costume.

We’ve created this list of our favourite pub crawl fancy dress ideas to make it easy for you to find your perfect costume. Whether you’re creating a theme for the whole party, pairing up with a friend to create a couples costume or looking for inspiration for a solo costume, we’ve got something for you.

Pirates

It’s time to gather your crew, board your ship, and go out into the night looking for treasure. With a huge range of pirate costumes, whether there’s just a couple of you or you’re going with a larger party, there are plenty of costumes for everyone to pick from. For those in the group who are looking for a top and trousers combo, we recommend the red captain outfit, the Jack Sparrow costume, or the burgundy jacket set. Prefer to wear a dress? We love the skull and crossbones dress and the blue and brown dress.

Vikings

Bring out your inner warrior and fight like a viking (over who’s getting the next round). But don’t worry, you don’t need to go to war tonight. Instead, put on your best outfit, let your hair down and go wild for the night. But what costume should you wear? Our favourites are the viking barbarian tunic and the viking barbarian dress, both complete with the icon viking helmet.

Drinks

Is your fancy dress philosophy the wackier the costume the better? If you’re the comedian of the group, make the night a memorable one by not just drinking your favourite drink, but going as your favourite drink. Whether you’re the type of person who likes a refreshing pint of beer, or you’re more into your tequila, you’re bound to get laughs and smiles all night long in a drinks costume. These outfits are ideal for solo fancy dress or coupling up with a mate to add the tonic to your gin or the green beer bottle to your brown beer bottle.

Pub Golf

You can’t go wrong with this classic pub crawl fancy dress theme. But you’ll only be able to enjoy a round of pub golf as you go from pub to pub or bar to bar if you also look the part. Whether you enjoy a real game of golf or not, you’ll love the drinking game of pub golf. But if you don’t play golf, you’re unlikely to have a golfing outfit. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Pick up this winning Gone Golfing costume today and even if you don’t win the pub golf game, you’ll have won the best costume.

Musical Icons

Live out your childhood dreams of being a famous singer, no matter what decade of music you love. With costumes from those who started in the 1950s like Elvis Presley to the 21st century Katy Perry and everything in between. Celebrate the music of the 60s with Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, and the Beatles. Explore the big musical names of the 70s with Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, and Abba. Go out for the night representing the 80s as MC Hammer or Prince. Or maybe you want to add a bit of 90s spice to your night with that iconic union jack dress. And that’s only a few of the musical icons you could dance the night away as.

Game of Thrones

By far, one of the best TV and movie fancy dress themes has to be Game of Thrones. Step into a fantasy world, choose your house and battle it out to be king or queen of Westeros (or of the pub crawl). Become the hero of House Stark with a Jon Snow costume. Be the leading lady of King's Landing with a Cersei Lannister costume. Make sure no-one poisons your drink if you go as Joffrey Baratheon. And of course your bar crawl needs a Daenerys Targaryen, she could even bring a dragon or two (we love the red mask set and the Fever dragon). Looking for something a bit scarier? Winter is coming and a white walker might be on its way to the pub.

Hawaiian

Looking for a bar crawl theme that can be enjoyed by both those who love to go all out with their costumes and those who prefer to blend in a bit more? A Hawaiian theme is perfect for catering to both extroverts and introverts. With options like a flowery dress or shirt combined with a flowery Hawaiian lei to the more outgoing Hawaiian vests and shirt and shorts sets, everyone in the group will be able to find something they feel comfortable in.

1950s Dresses

For your upcoming girls night out, go back in time to the iconic fashion of the 1950s. From diner girl outfits and poodle skirts to polka dot print and rockabilly dresses, whatever your style, there’s a perfect 50s style dress for you. So get inspired and dance the night away from bar to bar in classic 50s style.

Ancient Egyptians

Like the thought of bringing some history with you on your night out but looking for something much further back in time than the 1950s? You’ve found what you’re looking for. Hold on tight because we’re taking you back 5,000 years to find your Ancient Egyptian costume. Rule over the pubs as well as Ancient Egypt as a pharaoh, king, or the most famous queen of Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra. You could also take your costume one step further by transforming into one of the Ancient Egyptian gods of Anubis, Isis, Bastet, or Horus.

Safari Ranger and Animals

If you’re heading out to celebrate a birthday (or someone's other special milestone), a great pub crawl theme to make it easy to differentiate one person from the rest of the group is a safari outfit and a group of wild animals. Passers by will have a great time spotting the animals from leopards and lions to giraffes and zebras. They might even see an ostrich or flamingo.

Mario

Jump into the game world of Mushroom Kingdom for the night and bounce from pub to pub as your favourite Mario characters. With the classic red Mario overalls costume and the green Luigi overalls costume (or dress), there’s a great range of outfits for anyone to choose from. So grab a friend, pick your costumes, and go as the iconic Mario and Luigi duo.

Sailors

Anchor's up! Your ship is now leaving dock, stopping only at the best pubs in the area. There are so many ways to go with a sailor themed fancy dress outfit. You could opt for the classic sailor look with a captain outfit, an admiral costume, or an anchor print dress. Maybe you’re wanting to go for a more official Navy look with a Navy officer suit or an officers mate suit. Or perhaps you want to go down the sexy sailor route with a Fever top and trouser set, a sexy sailor dress, or a 1940s pin up outfit. Whatever you wear, enjoy your trip and try not to get too sea sick (or hungover).

Cowboy

Ride down to the wild wild west, tie up the horses and get ready for a night of jumping from saloon to saloon. The fancy dress theme of the wild west opens the doors for your inner cowboy or cowgirl to come out for the night. From the classic gunslinger costume, cowboy fringe outfit, and cowgirl trouser or dress outfit to the sexy cowboy costume and the sexy cowgirl outfit, you can live out your childhood dream or your adult fantasy. If you’re more of a rodeo cowboy or cowgirl, take a break from work and grab a drink in the rodeo cowboy outfit or the rodeo dress. And finally, you could go as the sheriff (as long as you’re off duty and up for some fun).