30 Date Night Ideas For Valentine’s Day 2024, From Cinema Trips To Champagne Masterclasses

Love was a pretty important topic for William Shakespeare, so we can see why the theatre might serve as the ideal setting for a cultural date night.

Nab a last-minute ticket to shows such as Lion King, Book of Mormon, Mary Poppins, or Les Misèrables and scarf a pre-show dinner before stocking up on chocolates and cocktails and taking your seat.

Elsewhere, Sarah Jessica Parker will make her West End debut at the Savoy Theatre alongside her real-life husband Matthew Broderick in a revival of Neil Simon’s 1968 comedy Plaza Suite, while Succession star Sarah Snook will take to the stage at the Haymarket Theatre Royal in The Picture of Dorian Gray. There really is something for everybody, so there's no excuse not to immerse yourself in some theatre with the person you love the most.

Whisk your S.O. on a last-minute city break to the likes of Berlin, Lisbon and Reykjavik and escape the monotony of daily life by tucking into new cuisines, embracing different cultures and experiencing the night life until sunrise.

While you might have to save up for such a 'spenny' date idea (who said romance comes cheap?), think of a weekend break as an investment in your relationship and the chance to make memories with someone you really fancy.

Here's our guide for how to get the most out of a 48-hour break.

Not knowing your tagliatelle from linguine and your pappardelle from your vermicelli can be a relationship deal breaker for Italian food lovers.

So, what better way to keep your hands and minds busy with a partner than at a pasta making course? Learn how to shape, colour and fill pasta before tasting your culinary delights with fellow pasta makers and heck, why not throw a bottle of red wine in there for good measure to help the creative juices flow.

Pasta making courses at the likes of Flour Will Fly (Liverpool), Borough Kitchen (London) and Salvi’s (Manchester) are our top picks.

If you and your date are all about fitness, but want to break a minimal sweat which doesn't prevent you from going out for dinner afterwards, then we suggest booking yourselves onto a Pilates, yoga, barre or meditation class.

A regular studio class at the likes of Psycle, 1Rebel and Heartcore are among our favourites. All three studios offer classes that have the power to destress and unwind both your mind and body, which can only be a good thing for optimal date night bonding.

Those with a love of all things craft beers should book themselves onto a brewery tour in their local city to find out all about how the tipple is made.

From touring the brewing equipment, learning about the brewing process and tasting a delicious range of pale ales, stouts and saisons, brewery tours are the perfect way to brush up on your alcohol knowledge while getting merry with a loved one at a taproom.

Our favourite breweries in London? London Fields Brewery, Beavertown Brewery and Brixton Brewery.

If you’re strapped for cash, but want to explore new sights with a partner, then purchasing a train ticket to a nearby city might be your solution.

Whether it’s Edinburgh's Castle or The Beatles Museum in Liverpool, Britain is bursting with world famous buildings in its major cities and equally riddled with excellent restaurants, sensational bars, comedy nights and music gigs.

Better yet, keep costs low by driving, booking cheap train tickets in advance, making a bespoke picnic full of your S.O.'s favourite food and choosing a BYOB eatery.

A bottle of champagne might be the most romantic tipple to get the heart singing, which is why you can never go wrong with a couple of glasses, be it in a fancy restaurant or on the sofa in front during a Netflix binge-watching session.

Head down to The Library Bar at The Ned, Bob Bob Ricard or Kettner's Townhouse Champagne Bar, and drink (responsibly) to your heart's content.

Noah Kahan, Kim Petras, The Last Dinner Party and 6LACK are just some of the buzzy names music lovers can see perform live in the UK this year.

Check out upcoming gigs here and treat your other half to a night of music, be it with country and pop or metal and jazz. Oh, and if you’re on O2 Priority, you even have the chance to nab early-bird tickets before all your friends to shows at the likes of Ally Pally, O2 Academies across the UK and the O2 arena.

Grab a couple of bottles of beer and dance the night away.

One way to impress your loved ones, plus all your mates , is with your niche knowledge of literature, politics history and pop culture. Pub quiz here you come.

Better yet, when coupled with wine, beer and a packet of chilli-flavoured crisps, your picture and music rounds are going to be completed in a jiffy. With prizes ranging from a free round of drinks to cold hard cash, we couldn’t think of a better way to spend a date night.

Combine street food, cocktails, crazy golf and the chance to win a first place prize and what do you have? A night of crazy golf, that’s what.

Take on your competitors at a crazy golf course and challenge them to putt a hole-in-one through the doors of a windmill, around a 'loop-the-loop' and over a small bridge. Just make sure to hand your cocktails to a pal while you smash your swing.

Check out Swingers (London) Junkyard Golf Club (Leeds) and Ghetto Golf (Liverpool).

Jack Whitehall. Sarah Pascoe. Sarah Millican.

Some of Britain’s most beloved comedians started out their careers on the comedy circuit, and continue to travel between clubs to test out new material.

Whether you're in need of gauging the other person’s humour levels on a first date or it's anniversary night involving love, linguine and laughter, then a night at a local comedy gig is a must.

Can you spot the difference between a loin and a rump?

Well, you will after a chance to try your hand at a light butchery course and pick up a new skill while prepping sausages to feast on for dinner.

If you love your beef, lamb, game and poultry, learn more about where your meat comes from and how to best care, cut, prep and cook it among other meat eaters.

Check out traditional British butchers Ginger Pig's masterclasses here.

Catch up on this year’s Oscar nominations (Past Lives, Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon) with a night at the pictures.

Nab a two-for-one deal or splash the cash at the iMax and sit back with a large-size popcorn (sweet and salty mixed, obviously) snuggled up with your other half. A cinema night poses the perfect opportunity to tick off a cultural must-do and will give you at least an hour of conversation on the commute home.

Massages, exfoliation, peels, manicures and a 20-minute sauna session sound like the most romantic of experiences to us. Sit back and relax with your S.O. in the pool before wrapping yourselves up in matching white towel robes and flip flopping in your sandals to the spa rooms to enjoy some ‘you time’ in candlelight.

Click here to find out our favourite spa experiences in the UK.

For some, the sound of a double date will immediately spur perspiration, but for others, the chance to share a night out with your best mate and their partner kills two birds with one stone.

Let your other halves chat away for a moment while you catch up with your BFF over a plate of burrata and carbonara and keep the drinks flowing. Concerned about what the four of you will talk about? Holiday plans, favourite foods and embarrassing stories are essential topics.

Here is a list of our favourite cocktail bars in London if you’re wanting to add a boujie twist to your night.

We can’t promise that a pottery making/painting course will have you recreating that Demi Moore scene from Ghost but, heck, the sound of getting paint on our overalls and the creative juices flowing with a boyfriend/girlfriend is pretty exciting nonetheless.

Take inspiration from Grayson Perry and Anissa Kermiche and get pottery making, whether it’s a ceramic vase of your partner’s torso (very Jean Paul Gaultier) or flicking paint from a toothbrush onto a pre-glazed egg cup.

Live on the wild side this year by going bowling without the barriers up (terrifying, right?) and hit a strike.

Whether it’s the chance to make up a nickname for yourself on the score sheet (Mrs Banana-Hammock?), moonwalk your way along in your slippery shoes or sip on a cold pint of pale ale while cheering on your partner, bowling is a hilarious and sporty (ish) activity to enjoy on a date night.

Just make sure to ‘crush’ your opponent.

Sunday mornings are most idyllic when consisting off a lie-in, delicious Full English breakfast and a walk to your local flower market to pick up a bunch of roses, cacti and sunflowers.

Mingle among the florists and choose your foliage as you grab a coffee, smell the tantalising floral scents and listen to sellers chanting prices and letting shoppers in our their top tips to keeping a bloom alive for longer.

Try a Paloma, Martinez, or what about a Hemingway Daiquiri? With pages and pages of fantastically named concoctions and equally fascinating ingredients, a night of cocktail testing can be just the ticket for a sociable couple. Cahoots, Hovarda and Basement Sate are just a few of our favourite cocktail joints in London, where you'll find more than just a mean martini.

The bill might be a bit more pricey than your average 2-4-1 cinema night out, so perhaps save this date night idea for pay day.

Get out there. The great outdoors is beckoning you, with fresh air and foliage to breathe new life into your relationship.

Bear in mind that romantic walks don’t need to be done at a hare’s pace up mountains. Rather, they can be done around lakes or a well-trodden public path and give you the chance to discuss everything, from your favourite Netflix series to your 2024 staycation plans.

Make sure to pack enough food, a flask of tea and your winter thermals (er, have you been to the Lake District lately?) and spend hours wandering in dream-like meadows and forests located just a short drive away from your house.