Date Night Ideas For Engaged Couples

You have made the plunge into engagement-hood. You have done a lot together and have experienced great things, but the adventures have just begun. You may need to find new date night ideas in order to keep your experiences as a couple new and exciting.

There may come a time when the anxieties and nerves of the upcoming wedding. This can impact a couple emotionally and financially No fear! I have a list of inexpensive date night ideas that will keep the positivity and enjoyment going.

Date Night Ideas List

This article has date night ideas with I have personally done with my husband (at the time fiance). Our engagement was about a year long so we had a lot of time to not only plan our wedding, but also enjoy each other.

Date Night Ideas

Painting

Get your creativity going! Enjoy a glass a wine and do an evening art class together. It is fun and you will walk out with a beautiful piece of artwork.

Cooking

This is a fun date night idea for me because my spouse is a chef. I love learning new recipes and cooking techniques from him. We like to switch it up. We’ve cooked soul food, Mexican, Italian and Chinese dishes together.

Ice Cream

A sweet treat is a very popular date night idea. It’s good for times when you don’t want to buy or make a full blown meal and just want dessert.

Hiking

Backpacking up a trail or mountain is a good way to spend time together on a nice spring or summer day. Be sure to make a campfire or have other romantic plans for the evening.

Walking

Walking outdoors or indoors is a beautiful way of sharing your time with your spouse a long intimate walk will definitely bring you closer. My spouse and I still do this. Now we bring our children along.

Camping

Oh, the great outdoors! And if you don’t like being outside, you could get a cabin.

Shopping

House hunting or window shopping cars or even a grocery trip.

Coffee

The invigorating scent of a coffee shop always gets a good conversation going.

Carnival or Festival

Great food and games! This is sure to be fun and romantic. We like to go late afternoon into the evening. It looks so beautiful!

Movies

Whether it’s binge watching Netflix or going to see Avengers Endgame, a good movie is a staple date night idea.

Skating

Learning how to skate together is absolutely hilarious.

Bowling

This a perfect date night idea for a group of couples. I have gone bowling with my fiancé with a group of other friends and their significant others. It really was an eye opener to see how competitive every one was during bowling. It was a lot of fun. Even if you aren’t all that good.

Book Store

I love books. You could learn a lot about a person from the types of books they like to read.

Museum

Art galleries and museums is a good idea for history buffs and fans of masterpieces. Local museums should be free or a very small fee. This is a chance to learn new things with your spouse.

Live music

This is my favorite date night idea! Me and my spouse have been to a number of concerts and jazz clubs. We have seen Boyz II Men, Prince, Kanye West, Marvin Sapp and there are so many artists we want to see.

Some of the concerts have been free but most of them were paid. We were sure to get our money’s worth by showing up early and enjoying each other’s company while waiting for the show to start.

Board games or card games

Monopoly, scrabble, chess – oh my! This idea is pretty old school but it is still fun. We recently had played I Declare War and we love to play Spades with family members.

Go -Karting

Get and enjoy some high performance indoor racing. This is also fun to do as a group with other couples and friends.

Laser Tag

Your inner child will shine through with laser tag. This is so much fun. I went with my spouse and his little cousins. We had a great time. I was exhausted when I got home.

Arcade

This is always a classic choice. If you don’t have a local arcade you could gather up some video games and play together. Me and my spouse love to play different variations of Sonic and Mortal Combat.

Happy Hour

This is easy enough. Especially after a long work week.

Play outdoor sports

My spouse and I love doing things outdoors. One of our favorite activities are biking and basketball, well my version of basketball. 🙂

Jogging

This is great to do together n the weekend and it is a good way to get your mind off of any stresses. It definitely blows off steam.

Beach

This is a relaxing and fun date night idea. The beach is a nice place to go during warmer weather. Me and my spouse finds out selves walking on the beach in the spring summer and sometimes fall.

Theme Park

I love everything about theme parks. The games, food and rides. We love to go to the water park on hot summer days. It is a great way to spend time with each other. Theme parks are awesome date night ideas.

Farmer’s Market

Get some veggies for a nice meal you could cook together later on.

Make your Wedding plans like cake testing, wine tasting and interviews with planners and photographers double as a date. Schedule something afterwards. It could be as simple as watching an Episode of Game of Thrones together after meeting with the wedding planner.

Conclusion

I hope that this list of date night ideas inspire you to do fun and new things with you fiance. You could even reference back to this list after you are married. Besides, there are plenty of date nights that will occur in the future.

As you may have read, my favorite date night idea is live music. But I want to know your thoughts.

What’s your favorite date night experience? Is it indoors or outdoors? Is it the movies, a concert or dinner? I would love to know.