Do you want to organize a hipster party or brunch but need some ideas? Then you are in the right place. We have compiled some ideas that will surely inspire you – from culinary highlights to decorations and activities.
- Create a chill hipster atmosphere with disco balls (you can find a great selection on Amazon), fairy lights (order on Amazon), and Edison bulbs (Amazon).
- Encourage your guests to show up in their best hipster outfit for your brunch or party and host a contest for the hipster of the day.
- Set the soundtrack with music from Neutral Milk Hotel – “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” (Listen on Spotify), Animal Collective – “Merriweather Post Pavilion” (Listen on Spotify), Kommode – “Analog Dance Music” (Sample on Band’s Website, Link on Spotify) or Polo & Pan – “Cyclorama” (Listen on Spotify). Alternatively, you can play one of the hipster playlists on Spotify (Hipster Cocktail Party, Hipster Soul, Hipster Brewery, Hipster Dance Party).
- Ask your guests to bring analog media like cassettes or vinyl (if you can play them).
- Provide your guests with cool soaps and beard oil in the bathroom.
- Stock your fridge with good craft beer, perhaps a Hazy IPA, Peanut Butter Stout, or Sour Ale. You can find the right brews at beershop.eu or beerrepublic.eu.
- Mix hipster cocktails. You can find a great list with recipes at Cocktail Flow.
- Serve hipster finger foods like falafel, hummus & veggie sticks, vegetable chips, lentil chips, or bruschetta.
- Chill as a non-alcoholic alternative Club Mate, Fritz Cola, or WIEBITTER.
- Brew some quality green tea, like Kukicha Moegi (tea made from the stems), Sencha FUKUJYU, or mate tea.
- Get coffee from a small roastery like Chapel Market Roastery from London (chapelmarketroastery.com) or Süßmund from Vienna (suessmund-kaffee.com) or treat your guests to trendy filter coffee. You can find everything you need for brewing at Amazon.
- Serve sweet treats like mango coconut pudding (recipe on biancazapatka.com) or homemade Tonka Stracciatella ice cream.
- For brunch, serve avocado toast with poached eggs (recipe on theadventurebite.com), homemade hummus, and delicious baguette that you can make with this 5-minute recipe: YouTube recipe.
- Provide a Polaroid camera for guests to take photos (Amazon has a good selection of different models here).
- Offer retro sweets like lollipops and sherbet powder.
- Provide temporary tattoos so your guests can decorate their bodies. You can order various sets for little money on Amazon.
- Fire up your grill and serve hipster food like halloumi, Portobello mushroom burgers, grilled corn on the cob, or for the meat lovers, slow-grilled and smoked brisket.
- Use old vintage items as decorations (e.g., old cameras, rugs) and serve the food in vintage dishes. You can quickly find these in second-hand stores or at flea markets.
- Use broken, old vinyl records as coasters and album covers as wall decorations.
- Organize a poetry slam where guests can present their own poems and texts.
- Set up a guest book where guests can leave a cool drawing.
- Host a hipster quiz where your guests can win small prizes. You can either do a classic trivia quiz or a music quiz where you play songs briefly, and the guests have to guess the band or the album cover.
- Encourage the male guests to grow a beard for the party – whether it’s a mustache or a full beard.
Do you have any other cool ideas for our list? Feel free to email us at hello@28ideas.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
