HenFest™: The Unique Hen Do You Can't Book Anywhere Else
Want a hen do nobody in the group has done before? HenFest™ is a private, festival-themed glamping hen weekend, created and trademarked by GoHen, so you won't find it anywhere else. Your group gets an entire glamping site to yourselves, with live acoustic music, a silent disco under the stars and the bride as headliner: all the magic of a music festival, with none of the mud, queues or grim portaloos. Now running in 10 UK destinations, including Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge and York, HenFest is the UK's original festival hen party, and with only 100 running in 2027, it's about as unique as hen weekends get. Explore HenFest™ festival hen weekends now!
“We all had an amazing weekend. A unique hen party the bride loved!”
60 Unusual Hen Party Ideas - Ranked By Popularity*
*Ranked by GoHen's 2026 enquiry data, so you can see what's genuinely popular, plus 10 hidden gems.
- Life Drawing – Wine, sketchbooks and a life model who's very relaxed about the whole no-clothes thing.
- Alcotraz Prison Cocktail Experience – An immersive, prison-themed cocktail experience where the officers mix the drinks. The most fun you'll ever have behind bars.
- Escape Room – One room, one clock and one group trying very hard not to argue. The ultimate teamwork test.
- School Sports Day – Back to school, minus the homework, plus a worrying amount of competitive energy.
- Mobile Sip & Paint with Buff Butler – Brushes, bubbly and a butler on hand to top you up, all without leaving your accommodation.
- Pimp That Penis – Exactly what it sounds like. A cheeky craft session that'll have the whole group crying with laughter.
- HenFest Festival Weekends – Your own private festival hen weekend, with exclusive glamping, live music and a silent disco in 10 UK destinations.
- Bubble Mayhen – Giant bubble suits, lots of bumping into each other and laughing so hard you can't get back up.
- Betrayers Party – Secret roles, suspicion and a lot of side-eye. Trust no one. Especially the maid of honour.
- Moonshine Saloon – Saloon-style cocktails, big laughs and a night that properly goes off.
- Murder Mystery – Dinner, drama and a killer among you. Dress the part and get sleuthing.
- Beer Bike – A pedal-powered bar on wheels. You cycle, you sip, the whole city watches.
- Silent Disco Tour – Headphones on, dancing through the streets while everyone else wonders what you're listening to.
- Inflatable Games – Bouncy, ridiculous and impossible to take seriously.
- Silent Disco – Pick your channel, turn it up and start a sing-off nobody else in the room can hear.
- Somerset Challenge – Think the Olympics, but powered by pies and scrumpy cider.
- Potion Making – Bubbling cauldrons and spellbinding cocktails. Wands at the ready.
- Bubble Football – Football, but everyone's inside a giant inflatable bubble. Tackles have never been funnier.
- Welsh Challenge – All the glorious chaos of the Somerset Challenge, with a Welsh twist.
- Shame Games – Hen games designed to make the bride blush. What happens here stays here.
- Dominatrix Lesson – A tongue-in-cheek masterclass in taking charge. Expect a lot of giggling.
- Ghost Bus Tour in Edinburgh – Spooky stories and comedy chills on a ghostly bus tour of Edinburgh's darker side.
- Highland Games – Scottish-style field games with plenty of friendly rivalry. Kilts optional.
- Ghost Tour – Explore the city's spookiest corners with a guide who knows all the grisly details.
- Belly Dancing Lessons – Learn to shimmy like a pro, with all the hip-shaking and none of the judgement.
- Frankenstein Escape Room in Bath – Escape before the monster wakes at Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein.
- Lingerie Making – Design and make your own lingerie. Cheeky, creative and surprisingly wholesome.
- Dungeon Tour in York – History, horror and live actors who'll make sure the bride gets singled out.
- Dodgeball – Old-school PE chaos with a seriously competitive edge.
- Segway Tour – Glide around the sights on two wheels. Harder than it looks, funnier than you'd think.
- AVORA - A New World Cocktail Experience in London – An immersive cocktail adventure where every drink comes with a story.
- Disco Dodgeball – Dodgeball with a disco twist. Fancy dress strongly encouraged.
- Hot Tub Boats in London – Cruise the water in your own hot tub. Yes, really.
- Body Painting – A colourful, creative session that turns the group into walking works of art.
- Giant SkySwing – Hoisted high, released fast. The adrenaline rush you'll talk about all weekend.
- Tank Driving – Swap the heels for a tank. Mud, horsepower and a seriously good photo op.
- Ultimate Zip Wire – Fly through the air at speed. Screaming optional (but likely).
- Climb the O2 – Walk over the roof of the O2 for epic views across the capital.
- Footgolf – Golf, but with a football. More kicking, much less skill required.
- Red Light Photoshoot & XXX Cupcakes, Amsterdam – A saucy photoshoot followed by some very cheeky baking.
- Glitter Masterclass – Learn to glitter like a festival pro. Sparkle levels: maximum.
- Rage Room, Norwich – Grab a bat and smash it up. Pre-wedding stress, officially released.
- Spain Games – Hen party games with a sun-soaked Spanish twist.
- Mobile Escape Game – The escape room comes to you. Puzzles, padlocks and pyjamas allowed.
- Octopus Game in Newcastle – Survival-style challenges where only one hen comes out on top.
- Trampoline Cave Adventure – Bounce around giant trampolines deep underground. As unusual as hen dos get.
- Breaking Bad Cocktail Lab – Mix your cocktails in a lab-themed bar. Chemistry has never tasted better.
- Peaky Blinders Escape Game in Birmingham – Step into 1920s Birmingham and crack the case before time runs out.
- Parachute Simulator – All the freefall feeling, none of the plane.
- Silent Disco Boat Party in London – A silent disco on the river. Your soundtrack, your dance floor, the city as your backdrop.
10 Hidden Gems: Be the First to Try Them
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"We want unusual hen do ideas but don't know what?!?"
At GoHen we get all kinds of crazy requests for unusual hen party ideas. We also hear from lots of hens who know they want to do something different but don't know what. In fact, it's one of our most common requests. If you don't know what you want, then call us today and we'll be happy to help you find the perfect ideas.
Non Traditional Hen Party Ideas
Variety is indeed the spice of life so an unusual hen party activity is the perfect opportunity to do something a little bit different from the norm. With so many hen parties to attend each summer it's great to find something completely unique to make the bride-to-be's weekend truly memorable. From fun filled inflatable games to life drawing and our hilarious Somerset Challenge because girls really do just wanna have fun!
The hen party is the perfect escape for the guest of honour who has probably had a few weeks of stressful wedding planning, away with her best gal pals she can finally let off steam and our fantastically weird and whacky selection of unusual hen party activities really delivers the laughs.
Dance like no one is watching you...
Whether it's a victory dance at the end of our Welsh Challenge or even a touch of Laughter Yoga it's great to get your boogie shoes on for no other reason than you feel like dancing.
Our wonderful selection of great activities really do offer something for everyone and it's a great way to bond with the girls while doing something none of you have ever tried before.
Love as though you have never been hurt before...
We really do love our selection of unusual hen activities and we know our groups do too, while tried and tested classics like cocktail mixing and dance classes are still hugely popular more and more of our hen groups are looking for something totally unique. We get great comments from hen parties that have dare to take a walk on the weird side and you can of course mix it with something more genteel afterwards if you wish.
Sing as though no one can hear you...
Whether you're riding on the back of a Tank getting rowdy at the Moonshine Saloon or singing like a canary while being questioned on a Dungeon Tour we have unusual, quirky, non traditional and downright odd places where you can create the kind of hen weekend the girls will be talking about for years and the bride-to-be will remember forever.
Live as though Heaven is here on earth.
We certainly aren't so bold as to claim our hen parties are in any way a religious experience but they are fantastic fun at amazing value. If spending a weekend laughing like loons and smiling non-stop during a weekend away with the girls is your idea of heaven then yes, an unusual hen party activity really will hit the right note with all the girls.
