Group or Friend Date Ideas

Double dates or friend/group dates allows you to socialize and spend time with both your partner and another couple/friend group, which will be a nice change of pace. Additionally, group or friend dates can provide an opportunity for your friend group to build stronger relationships with each other. They can also be a chance to try new activities or see new places, adding an element of excitement and novelty to the evening.

Check our our best date ideas for friends or groups below!

Best Date Ideas for Friends or Groups

Go Camping

On the next warm weekend, get the group together and find a local state/national park near you.

Things you may need: Tent; sleeping bags; sleeping pads; camping pillow; headlamps; camping chairs; cooking devices and utensils; lantern

Find a Local Watering Hole

Spend a day outside and find a local river, pond, lake, or ocean near you.

Train For A Race

Convince your friends to signup for a race and start training on weekdays and/or weekends.

Go on a Bike Ride

Get the crew together and headout on a bike ride to a destination (e.g., ice cream stand, coffee shop, ect). Get corny and tell them a few candy jokes and puns while on the bike ride.

Have a Game Night

Best board games for group date night: Catan; Ticket to Ride; Codenames; Snake Oil’ Sushi Go Party; Telestrations

Active Date Ideas for Friends or Groups

Get out of the house and outdoors with your friends and partner these active date ideas.

Go to a Party Together

Tube A Local River

Go Spelunking (Cave Exploring)

Take a Pole Dancing Class Together

Learn to Skateboard or Longboard

Go to a Pumpkin Patch

Get Some Thrift Store Tennis Rackets and Go to Free Courts Near You

Sign Up For Tough Mudder

Go Paintballing

Go for a Boat Ride

Go Scuba Diving or Snorkeling

Test Drive an Expensive Car

Go to a Kickboxing Class

Try Hangliding or Skydiving

Rent or Borrow A Jet Ski

Swim with Dolphins

Rent a Car and Adventure

Go to a Shooting Range

Start a Fitness Challenge

Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride

Interested in more expensive date ideas? Check out our other post on 30+ more expensive date ideas.

Craft Together

Foodie Date Ideas for Friends and Groups

Everybody is a foodie. Here are some foodie date ideas to keep you stomach happy and full.

Make Homemade Ice Cream

Easiest homemade ice cream to make: Banana Ice Cream! All you need is ripe bananas and a food processor or blender!

Have Dinner and See a Movie

Go to a Hookah Bar

Pray or Meditate Together

Visit Your Hometown and Show Them Where You Grew Up

Build Gingerbread Houses

It doesn’t have to be winter to make a gingerbread house; Buy some graham crackers, frosting, and each of your favorite candy.

Bake a Cake or Cookies

Get ideas from online recipes (or your favorite chef/baker) or choose a recent challenge from The Great British Bake Off (e.g., English Muffins, Cherry Cake, Biscuits)

Have an Indoor or Outdoor Picnic

Grab a bottle of wine or seasonal 4-pack of beer!

Where: Any local park, riverfront, boardwalk, or the beach

Essential Items: Cooler; Wine; 4-Pack of Seasonal Beer; Paper Towels; Blanket; Plates/Utensils; Cups; Bug Spray

Have a Cook-Off At Home

Host a Wine and Cheese Party

Make Chinese or Indian Food At Home

Host A Dinner Party (Themed, Formal, or Casual)

Whether it’s themed, formal, or casual, your guests will appreciate the gesture of inviting them into your house.

Have Your Own Cooking Class with YouTube

Make A New Recipe Together

Haven’t used your dutch oven or mixer in awhile or don’t usually splurge on an expensive ingredient?

Make Fondue Together

Book a Dinner Cruise

Enroll in a Cooking Class

Make Your Own Sushi

Go to a Surf and Turf Restaurant

Artsy Date Ideas for a Group

Get Creative with these artsy date ideas both your partner and friends can enjoy.

Paint a Room

Build Something Together

Make Your Own Candles

Go to an Art Opening

Take a Pottery or Sculpting Class

Take a Piano Lesson Together

Build Paper Airplanes and Have a Competition

Go to Local Arts Event Near You (e.g., Jazz Bar, Symphone, Art Gallery, Show, Concert)

Support your local arts and find a Jazz Bar or Art Gallery showing near you.

Go to a Community Play, Dress Rehearsal, High School or College Play

Buy a Cheap Canvas and Paint Portraits

Other Date Ideas for Friends and Groups

Play Never Have I Ever

Haven’t played this game with your significant other yet? Use our list of never have I ever questions to get started!

Go to a Record Store

Go Donate Blood Together

Go to an Estate Sale

Research Your Local Train and Bus Lines

Go on a Whale Watch

Find a Waterfall Near You

Go Birdwatching

Go Rafting

Go Horse Back Riding

Go on a Balloon or Helicopter Ride

Cruise Around Town or Take a Road Trip

Go Geo Caching

Volunteer at a Marathon

Organize a Scavenger Hunt

Go Offroading

Have a Snowball Fight

Start a Book Club

Play Twister

Take Online Relationship Tests

Write Out the Story Of How You Met

Zumba Together

Watch YouTube Videos All Night

Make Each Other Breakfast in Bed

Find A Beach and Make a Sandcastle or Sculpture

Go Thrifting or Garage Sale-ing

Find A Place You Can Make A Campfire and Make Smores

Head to a Convention

Build a Structure Out Of Popsicle Sticks & Glue at A Craft Store

Go to a Matinee or Midnight Movie

Make a Playlist of Your Favorite High School Songs

Watch and Discuss TED Talks

Watch A Foreign Film Together (Rent From Library For Free)

Go Yarn-Bombing Together

Build A Marshmallow Gun Out Of PVC Pipes

Host Your Own Murder Mystery (You Can Buy Games Online)

Karaoke Out On the Town or At Home

Go to a Water Park

Play in the Snow, Build A Snow Man, Then Drink Cocoa

Watch Sunrise or Sunset

Go to a Vineyard and Try Wine Tasting

Take a Horse and Buggy Ride

Go Shopping and Each Buy the Other Something

Take Advantage Of Coupon Sites For New Ideas

Hobby Swap

Go for a Train Ride

Go to a Dive Bar

Find a dive bar and get competitive over a game of darts, billiards, or shuffleboard.

Give Your Pets a Bath

Attend a Book Reading

Go to a Planetarium

Watch Netflix Together

Board Game Night

Watch Old Homemade Movies

Make Your Own Board Game

Go Window Shopping

Go to the Drive-In

Grab some snack and get comfy with your date. If it’s a busy theatre, park near the exit so you don’t have to wait as long.