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50 First Date Ideas

Are you stuck in a rut going to dinner and a movie on every first date?  Here are 50 other ideas for that all-important first outing that will broaden your first date horizons.

1. Go to a local art, science, or history museum
2. Have an Italian picnic with wine, cheese, bread, and olives
3. Visit the zoo
4. Go bowling
5. Attend a festival
6. Have a champagne brunch
7. Attend a local event such as a fundraising party, gallery opening, or a grand opening party
8. Go to an amusement park
9. Go for a bike ride
10. See a play or a musical
11. Take a cooking class
12. See a local band perform
13. Go to a frozen yogurt or ice cream shop
14. Play miniature golf
15. Go to the aquarium
16. Visit a new restaurant for lunch
17. Visit a farmers market
18. Hang out at a park
19. Go to a dinner theater
20. Have drinks at a bar or restaurant
21. Visit a botanical garden
22. Take a wine tasting class
23. Play Frisbee golf
24. Go dancing
25. Attend a sporting event
26. Go to a flea market
27. Create art together at a make-your-own pottery studio
28. Go ice skating
29. Visit a local tourist attraction
30. Take a walk
31. See a matinee
32. Attend a book reading or poetry reading
33. Play tennis
34. Volunteer together
35. Visit a coffee shop
36. Go to the ballet or opera house
37. Go for a hike
38. Go horseback riding
39. Visit a winery or brewery
40. Go to a racetrack
41. Fly kites
42. Rent a canoe or paddleboat
43. Take a painting class
44. Hang out at the beach
45. Visit a planetarium
46. Play pool
47. Visit an arcade
48. See a comedy show
49. Play bingo
50. Go roller skating