50 date night ideas

Written By Allie Emmons

Dating your spouse is so important, but sometimes you just need some help coming up with ideas. So below is a list of some of our favorite date night ideas!

Free Ideas

  1. Board games at home (Yahtzee, Two Person Card games, Twister, Ticket to Ride) 

  2. Dinner & movie at home (have your food match the theme of the movie- ex. RomCom in Italy and you are eating pizza or spaghetti and some gelato & wine) 

  3. Do a puzzle together at home (Two smaller ones and race or get a super large one and listen to music while you work on it) 

  4. Binge watch favorite tv series at home (make popcorn and buy candy) 

  5. Summer Concert Series

  6. Frisbee golf 

  7. Picnic in the Park (homemade food or grab food to-go from the restaurant) 

  8. Look at the stars (sit in the back of a truck bed or in an open field with lots of blankets; look up the constellations) 

  9. Have a bonfire (make dinner and dessert over the fire or just snuggle up beneath a blanket) 

  10. Ride bikes 

  11. Arrange a Scavenger Hunt around your town

  12. Workout together (share a gym membership, take a yoga class, self defense, or go for a walk/run)

  13. Volunteer together (work at a soup kitchen, church ministry event, habitat for humanity project) 

    Going Out Ideas

  14. Dinner and a movie

  15. Visit a Zoo

  16. Visit a Museum

    1. Local Options: 

    2. Newfields Art Museum Newfields: A Place for Nature & the ArtsNewfieldshttps://discovernewfields.org

    3. Indiana State Museum Indiana State Museum and Historic SitesIndiana State Museum and Historic Siteshttps://www.indianamuseum.org

    4. Conner Prairie (interactive park) Conner Prairie: Indiana's Living History MuseumConner Prairiehttps://www.connerprairie.org

    5. Children’s Museum (After Dark events) After Hours Adult EventsThe Children's Museum of Indianapolishttps://www.childrensmuseum.org › after-hours-adults

  17. Classic Dinner Out (Get dressed up and go to your favorite dinner spot) 

  18. Lunch & grocery shopping (on a Sunday to get food for the week and without the kids it's easier and more fun; end in the candy or ice cream isle to take a dessert home after) 

  19. Bowling (do fun moves each round, do cosmic bowling at night, join a league and have a date night every week) 

  20. Project date (house project, yard project- walk around Lowe’s/Menards and pick your next project together) 

  21. Trivia/Board Game Night out

  22. Go to Drive In Movie Theater 

  23. Make something together

  24. You Pick at the Farm

  25. Dessert Date (something to do quick if you don’t have a lot of time) 

  26. Pop up carnivals (Lots of towns will have a carnival come into town and set up in a vacant parking lot, they can be fun and they always have kettle corn!)

    Adventurous Ideas

  27. Snow Activities 

  28. State Park Inns (Overnight option) $$$

  29. Golfing Date (9/18 Holes, Putt Putt, Driving Range)

  30. Ax Throwing

  31. Karaoke night (make sure to sing at least one love song duet) 

  32. Escape Room

  33. Canoe or Kayak 

  34. Go out dancing (to a club or a country bar for line dancing or a restaurant that has live music) 

  35. Dave and Busters Arcade or other Arcade Hall (play some Pac Man and see who gets the highest score) 

  36. Hit the Beach

  37. Go to a lake (rent a boat, Kayak, jet ski) 

  38. Go to an amusement park $$$

  39. Go horseback riding 

  40. Go kart racing 

  41. Ice Skating 

    1. Local Options:

    2. Carmel Ice (Carmel) Carmel Ice SkadiumFacebook · Carmel Ice Skadium2K+ followers

    3. Ice Barn Indy (Westfield) Ice Barn Indy: HomepageIce Barn Indy

    4. Indy Fuel Tank (Fishers) Indy Fuel TankIndy Fuel Tank

      Fancy/Expensive Ideas

  42. College Sports game (go to watch your favorite college team at their home stadium or watch them play when they are in your town) 

  43. Professional Sports game (support your local sports teams, most are pretty interactive) 

  44. Fancy Dinner (dress up and eat something different or add a glass of wine) 

    1. Local Options:

    2. Prime 47 Steakhouse (Carmel) Prime 47 Carmel: HomePrime 47 Carmel

    3. Ocean Prime (Indy) Ocean Prime RestaurantOcean Prime Restaurant

    4. Convivio Italian (Carmel) Italian Food, Fresh Pasta, Pizza - Convivio 2023convivioindy.com

  45. Go to a Play or Musical

  46. Wine Tasting/Brewery 

  47. Go see your favorite band/singer in concert 

  48. Cooking Class 

  49. Book a Spa day (get a couples massage) 

  50. Go gambling 

Comment below and let us know if you try any of these ideas! Happy date day!

Allie Emmons
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