Established 2011
Two friends at a champagne cart under a pink and silver balloon garland, one in a red cowboy hat and hot pink sequin fringe, the other in a white cowboy hat and white fringe, both in cowgirl boots

One bride, for one last rodeo

Last Rodeo hens party ideas: five kinds of cowgirl, one last ride

If she owns a pair of boots she’s been waiting for an excuse to wear, this is the excuse. Pick her kind of cowgirl, then take the whole kit: outfits for her and the girls, invites to download, cocktails by the jug, games with proper rules and the songs in the order they should play.

The short answer

What is a Last Rodeo hens party?

A Last Rodeo hens is a cowgirl-themed hens party: her last ride as a single woman before the wedding. The bride wears white, the girls wear one colour story with hats and boots, and the night runs on line dancing, country singalongs, margaritas and a few cheeky games. Pick her kind of cowgirl first, and everything else follows.

How to throw it, in five moves

  1. Pick her cowgirl. Pink rodeo, disco, coastal, diamonds and denim, or space. It decides the colours, the playlist and the drink.
  2. Send a dress code everyone can say yes to. One colour story, and every girl picks her own level: full rodeo, hat and boots, or just the hat.
  3. Put the hats to work early. A hat bar or a hat swap at pre-drinks has the quiet ones laughing before the first round.
  4. Learn one line dance together. Nothing turns a table of strangers into a group faster than everyone turning the wrong way at once.
  5. Save her song for when everyone’s in the room. That last chorus, with her in the middle, is the photo.

Event 01

Pick her cowgirl: five ways to do a cowgirl hens

Cowgirl is one of the themes organisers ask us about most, and no two brides want the same version of it. Here are all five. Pick hers, or let the quiz below find her.

A bride in a white dress and white cowgirl hat in the middle of her friends in pink cowgirl hats, pink bandanas and pink and black sequins under a chandelier

Pink Rodeo

The classic Last Rodeo: hot pink hats, white boots and more fringe than anyone strictly needs.

She wears
A white fringe mini, white boots and a white hat with a little veil tied to the brim.
The girls
Hot pink anything, plus a hat and boots. Denim cut-offs welcome.
Her song
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! (Shania Twain)
Her drink
The Pink Paloma

Dress code: hot pink, hats and boots. The bride’s in white, so everyone else goes loud.

We run this one as The Last Hoedown in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Four friends in black and white outfits, heart sunglasses and cowboy boots laughing under a shower of pink confetti in front of a silver sequin wall, disco balls and pink and silver balloons

Disco Cowgirl

Mirror balls meet rhinestones. For the bride who’d rather dance than two-step.

She wears
A white sequin mini or jumpsuit, chrome or silver boots and a hat with rhinestone fringe.
The girls
Silver, black and hot pink sequins, metallic boots and a disco-ball earring or two.
Her song
High Horse (Kacey Musgraves)
Her drink
The Rhinestone Frosé

Dress code: disco cowgirl. Sequins, chrome, boots and a hat. If it catches the light, wear it.

Two friends in cowboy hats, one reading Bride, lying on a catamaran net on the water with cocktails and big smiles

Coastal Cowgirl

Sun, salt and suede. A Last Rodeo with cocktails by the water.

She wears
A white linen or broderie sundress, tan boots and a white or straw hat.
The girls
White, sand and denim, crochet, shell necklaces and tan boots (or bare feet on the sand).
Her song
Cowboy Take Me Away (The Chicks)
Her drink
Ranch Water

Dress code: coastal cowgirl. White, sand and denim, a hat, and boots you don’t mind getting sandy.

We run this one as The Final Hoedown in Sydney and Margs & Yeehaws on the Gold Coast.

A big group of friends of every age in denim, fringe and pink and white cowgirl hats crowded together at a bar

Diamonds and Denim

Big hair, double denim and rhinestones on everything. Very Dolly.

She wears
A white denim jacket with rhinestones across the back, a white mini and pearls.
The girls
Double denim, diamantés, a red lip and the biggest hair of their lives.
Her song
9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)
Her drink
The Saddle Sour

Dress code: diamonds and denim. Double denim, rhinestones, big hair. The bride’s the only one in white.

Space Cowgirl

Chrome, holographic and slightly out of this world. The Last Rodeo, if the rodeo were on the moon.

She wears
A white or silver metallic mini, white boots and a hat with a star on it.
The girls
Holographic, silver, lilac and chrome, with glitter on the cheekbones.
Her song
Space Cowboy (Kacey Musgraves)
Her drink
The Wild Wifey Marg

Dress code: space cowgirl. Silver, holographic and lilac, boots and a hat. Glitter is not optional.

Event 02

What to wear to a Last Rodeo hens party

The bride is the only one in white. Everyone else picks one colour story and her own level of rodeo. Hats and boots do most of the work, so nobody needs a whole new wardrobe to look like she planned it for weeks.

The bride’s Last Rodeo outfit

Four looks that all read “bride” from across a dark bar.

  • A bride in a white mini with feather trim, a tiara and heart sunglasses, holding a bottle of champagne up high
    The feathers or fringeA white mini with feather or fringe trim, white boots and a hat or tiara. It does the dancing for her.
  • A bride in a long white dress and white boots sitting on a bar with a cocktail and sunglasses
    The white dress and bootsLong or midi, with white boots peeking out. Elegant until the line dance starts, then not even slightly.
  • A bride in a white sequin jumpsuit and white cowboy hat leaning out of a lift doorway, friends in black behind her
    The jumpsuitWhite and flared, sequins or satin, with a rhinestone belt. Dance all night, never think about a hemline.
  • The backs of two denim jackets reading BRIDE and MAID OF HONOUR in rhinestones, hands joined in the air under a disco ball
    The jacketDenim with BRIDE (or her new surname) in rhinestones across the back, over whatever she loves. Get the maid of honour one too.

Her hat is the headline: white, rhinestones, a short veil or a tiny BRIDE across the band. Everyone else’s hat is the backing band.

Cowgirl hens outfits for the girls

Put all three levels in the invite and everybody’s in, from the cousin who’s been planning her outfit since the engagement to the aunt who wasn’t sure about the boots.

  • Full rodeo

    Hat, boots, fringe or sequins and the whole colour story. The ones who’ve been waiting for this.

  • Hat and boots

    Her usual going-out outfit, plus the two pieces that make it the theme. Easy yes.

  • Just the hat

    For the girl coming straight from work, and for Mum. Still counts. Still in the photo.

Real cowgirl hens we’ve run

No stylists, no matching outfits. Just the girls, a hat each and her in white.

  • A bride in a white fringe mini and white cowgirl hat with friends of every age in denim jackets, florals and boots in front of a silver tinsel curtainDenim, fringe and a white hat for her
  • Friends of every age in pink cowgirl hats and pink, denim and white outfits around the bride in a white dress in a brick courtyardPink hats, every age
  • A bride to be in white with a white hat and sash beside friends in denim and cowgirl hats in green, purple, yellow, blue and pink sequinsOne hat in every colour
  • Friends in pink and purple cowgirl hats, plaid shirts, denim and sashes crowded around the bridePlaid, denim and a lot of sashes
  • Friends in leopard print, denim, florals and black with cowboy hats and boots posing in front of a wall of bright painted canvasesLeopard, florals, denim. Still cowgirl

Pink, white, black or red?

  • PinkThe default for a reason. It’s the Last Rodeo in one colour.
  • WhiteThe bride’s. Anyone else in head-to-toe white needs a very good excuse.
  • BlackThe girls in black around a bride in white is one of the best group photos there is.
  • RedYes, you can wear red to a rodeo. Red, white and denim is pure country.
A bride from behind in a white fringed jacket and white cowboy hat spraying champagne, a friend in a black dress laughing beside her
Black for the girls, white for the bride. Works every time.

HATS

Order them a couple of weeks out so they arrive in time. Plain ones are best if you’re doing a hat bar.

BOOTS

New boots need a week of walking round the house first, and someone’s bag needs blister patches. A block heel dances better than a stiletto.

NAILS

Chrome pink, tiny white stars, one cow-print accent nail or rhinestone tips. Hands round a margarita always end up in the camera roll.

EVERY BODY

Fringe, flares, long denim skirts and jumpsuits all read cowgirl. The hat and boots make the theme, not the hemline.

Last Rodeo dress code: the bride’s in white. Everyone else, pick your colour and add a hat and boots. Full rodeo, hat and boots, or just the hat: your call. Just don’t turn up without the hat.

Dressing for a different kind of night?Hens outfits for every theme

Event 03

Name her rodeo

Plenty of organisers come to us with the name already picked. Tap one (or type your own) and it goes straight onto her invites below, ready for the sign, the hat bands and the group chat.

Event 04

Last Rodeo hens invitations

Five free designs. Type her details once and they all fill in, then download the one you love for the group chat.

  • She’s getting marriedRed ink, a bow and two lucky horseshoes.

  • Let’s go girlsA disco ball, pink cow print and roses.

  • The cocoa archStripes, boots and a martini with a bow.

  • Coastal cowgirlRope, shells and sea-blue boots.

  • Cowgirl in a coupeHot pink, a loopy frame and a cowgirl in the bubbly.

Last Rodeo invite wording to copy

WANTED: [Bride], for one last rodeo. Last seen saying yes. Round-up: [Date], [Time and place]. Dress code: hats, boots and your best pink. RSVP to [you, by date]. Reward: one very good night.

Pull on your boots: [Bride]’s Last Rodeo is on. [Date], [Time and place]. Hats, boots and something that catches the light. The bride’s in white, the rest of us are loud. RSVP to [you, by date].

Grab your hat. [Bride] is riding off into married life and we’re giving her one last rodeo on the way. [Date], [Time and place]. White, sand and denim. RSVP to [you, by date].

Event 05

Last Rodeo hens decorations

You don’t need to build a saloon. Four things turn any room into her Last Rodeo, and the first one keeps everyone busy for the whole first hour.

Four friends in pink cowboy hats, sashes and heart sunglasses posing beside a life-size cowboy cut-out in front of a silver tinsel curtain, with pink balloons at their feet
A bride in a pink cowgirl hat with rhinestone fringe laughing with a friend in front of a pink tinsel curtain, a disco ball and pink balloons
  1. The hat bar

    Plain hats in a stack, a tray of patches, pins, rhinestones and ribbon, and a glue gun kept well away from the bubbly. Everyone decorates her own, nobody checks her phone for an hour, and every hat goes home as a keepsake.

  2. The photo wall

    A silver or pink tinsel curtain, a disco ball or two, and a sign with her rodeo name on it. Add a cowboy cut-out if the group is that way inclined.

    The Last Rodeo
  3. The balloons

    Hot pink, chrome silver and white, with a few cow-print balloons through the middle. Put the garland where the group photo happens, not where the food is.

  4. The table

    Bandana napkins, mini hats perched on the bottles, a cowboy boot as the vase, and a white cake with pink piped fringe and a tiny boot on top. Not a cake person? Cookies iced like hats, with her name on one.

The Last Rodeo mood board

Every vibe in one place: the hats, the boots, the disco balls and a bull ride. Pin it, or drop it in the group chat so everyone gets the brief.

Last Rodeo hens party mood board: hens in pink cowgirl hats on a party bus, a hen laughing on a mechanical bull, a bride in sequins and a white cowgirl hat with her friends, a white Bride hat with pearl fringe, blue rhinestone and white cowgirl boots, pink martinis with mini disco balls, friends raising disco ball cups, hats waved under a balloon garland and two friends in pink sequins and boots

Swipe for the whole board

Pin the mood board

What the room needs

The room makes or breaks a cowgirl hens. It needs space for a line of twelve to kick and turn, music you control, somewhere for the hats to live, and a little privacy for the cheekier games.

That’s why most of our cowgirl nights include a private room. See them by city.

Event 06

Cowgirl cocktails, by the glass or the jug

Five drinks, one for each kind of cowgirl, with the quantities worked out for your group. Every one has a zero-proof twin that looks the same in the glass, so whoever’s driving gets the same photo as everyone else.

Three friends in cowboy hats, fringe and denim clinking pink margaritas with salted rims in a dim bar
  • Pink Rodeo

    The Pink Paloma

    Tequila, grapefruit and a salt rim. Pink without trying.

    • Blanco tequila 45 ml
    • Lime juice 15 ml
    • Pink grapefruit soda 90 ml

    Salt half the rim, fill with ice, build in the glass, stir once.

    ZERO-PROOFSkip the tequila and add another 30 ml of soda. Same salt, same glass.

  • Disco Cowgirl

    The Rhinestone Frosé

    Rosé frozen into cubes the night before, blitzed with strawberries. One blender serves six.

    • Rosé, frozen in ice-cube trays 750 ml
    • Frozen strawberries 250 g
    • Lemon juice 60 ml
    • Sugar syrup 60 ml

    Blend until thick, pour into coupes, add a strawberry on the rim.

    ZERO-PROOFFreeze pink lemonade instead of rosé. It blends exactly the same.

  • Coastal Cowgirl

    Ranch Water

    What Texans drink when it’s hot. Tequila, lime and a lot of bubbles.

    • Blanco tequila 45 ml
    • Lime juice 30 ml
    • Sparkling mineral water 120 ml

    Tall glass, lots of ice, tequila and lime in, top with mineral water, lime wedge on the side.

    ZERO-PROOFLime, a pinch of salt and mineral water over ice. Weirdly perfect on a hot day.

  • Diamonds and Denim

    The Saddle Sour

    A whisky sour with a proper foam. Tastes like a jukebox.

    • Bourbon 50 ml
    • Lemon juice 25 ml
    • Sugar syrup 15 ml
    • Aquafaba or egg white (optional) 15 ml

    Shake hard without ice, then again with ice. Strain over one big cube.

    ZERO-PROOFCold black tea instead of bourbon, same lemon, syrup and foam. Tastes grown up.

  • Space Cowgirl

    The Wild Wifey Marg

    A spicy margarita with a chilli-salt rim, for liftoff.

    • Blanco tequila 45 ml
    • Triple sec 20 ml
    • Lime juice 25 ml
    • Slices of jalapeño 2

    Shake everything hard with ice, strain over fresh ice, chilli salt on the rim.

    ZERO-PROOFLime, agave syrup, soda water and the jalapeño. The spice does the work.

  • On the side

    The chuckwagon board

    Salty, messy and eaten standing up: corn ribs with chilli butter, pulled-pork or jackfruit sliders, a big bowl of cowgirl caviar (black beans, corn, capsicum, red onion, lime and coriander) with corn chips, and a board of cheese, cured meats and honey.

    Then cookies iced like hats and boots, with her name on one of them.

Event 07

Cowgirl hens party games

Six games that belong to this theme, each with proper rules. None of them puts the bride on the spot on her own. All of them need her to laugh.

  • 01

    The Sheriff

    A badge, a banned word and a lot of fines

    EveryoneA sheriff badgeAll night

    Pin the badge on one guest at the start. All night, anyone who says “wedding”, “husband” or “fiancé” pays the sheriff a fine: a sip, a song request, or swapping hats with her. Catch the sheriff saying one of the words and the badge is yours.

  • 02

    Wanted: Who Said It?

    Her love story, told by everyone but her

    EveryonePrinted quotes20 minutes

    A week before, message each guest one question: the first time they met the bride, her worst date before him, the moment they knew he was the one. Print the answers with no names. Read them out and everyone guesses who said it. The bride guesses last and scores double.

  • 03

    Lasso the Groom

    Ring toss, with a very specific target

    Teams of 3 to 53 hoops, a chair, his face on a stick15 minutes

    Stand the groom (his face on a stick, taped to a chair) at one end of the room. Three throws each from three big steps back. A ring over his head is three points, touching the chair is one. The bride throws from one step. Obviously.

  • 04

    Hat Swap Dares

    The music stops, the hats move, the dares land

    Everyone in a hatDare cards in the hat bandsBetween songs

    Tuck a dare card into every hat band. When the music stops, everyone swaps hats with the girl on her left and reads her new dare out loud. Do it or take a sip. Twelve to start you off:

    1. Teach the table a line-dance move you just made up.
    2. Introduce the bride like a rodeo announcer.
    3. Get a stranger to say “yeehaw” on video.
    4. Swap one piece of your outfit with the girl opposite.
    5. Tell the bride your favourite thing about her.
    6. Sing the chorus of any Shania song. Now.
    7. Take a selfie with the tallest person in the room.
    8. Give the groom a cowboy name and text it to him.
    9. Lasso the bride in slow motion.
    10. Get the DJ or the speaker to play a country song.
    11. Toast the bride in your best Southern drawl.
    12. Two-step with the girl on your right for one whole chorus.
  • 05

    Two Truths and a Tall Tale

    Who knows her best, and who lies best

    EveryoneNothing20 minutes

    Each girl tells three short stories about the bride: two true, one invented. The group votes on the tall tale, and the bride confirms. The best liar picks the next song.

  • 06

    Boot Scoot Freeze

    Freeze dance, cowgirl rules

    EveryoneThe line-dance songs below10 minutes

    Play the line-dance block from the songs in order. When the music stops, freeze. Anyone still moving sits out. The last cowgirl standing picks the song that brings everyone back to the floor.

A cowgirl hens group in pink hats, cow print and denim holding up masks of the groom’s face around the bride in a sequin dress
The groom’s face on a stick. It never stops being funny.

Got a mechanical bull? Longest ride gets a crown, obviously. Two of our Brisbane cowgirl nights come with one built in.

Want more? Here’s our full list of hens party games, sweet to cheeky.

Event 08

Cowgirl hens songs, in the order they should play

A cowgirl night has a shape: warm up easy, peak on the line-dance block, sing until your voice goes, and finish on the one everybody knows every word to.

  • ACT I

    Hats on, pre-drinks

    1. Cowboy Take Me Away The Chicks
    2. Strawberry Wine Deana Carter
    3. Islands in the Stream Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
    4. Somebody Like You Keith Urban
    5. Slow Burn Kacey Musgraves
    6. Texas Hold ’Em Beyoncé
  • ACT II

    The line-dance block

    1. Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus
    2. Boot Scootin’ Boogie Brooks & Dunn
    3. Copperhead Road Steve Earle
    4. Watermelon Crawl Tracy Byrd
    5. Cotton Eye Joe Rednex
    6. Old Town Road (Remix) Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus
  • ACT III

    The singalong

    1. Jolene Dolly Parton
    2. 9 to 5 Dolly Parton
    3. Before He Cheats Carrie Underwood
    4. Friends in Low Places Garth Brooks
    5. That Don’t Impress Me Much Shania Twain
    6. Any Man of Mine Shania Twain
  • ACT IV

    Disco cowgirl, after dark

    1. High Horse Kacey Musgraves
    2. II Most Wanted Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus
    3. Flowers Miley Cyrus
    4. Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell
    5. Last Dance Donna Summer

The last songMan! I Feel Like a Woman! (Shania Twain)Save it for when she’s in the middle of the room and every phone is up.

Two friends in cowboy hats and white skirts dancing together at night

Line dancing, even if nobody can

Three dances cover most country nights: the Achy Breaky, the Boot Scootin’ Boogie and the Cotton Eye Joe. Learn one properly and fake the rest. Half the fun is twelve of you getting it slightly wrong together.

Or skip the tutorial. Most of our cowgirl nights include a cowgirl dance workshop, so the girl who swore she can’t dance ends up on the floor anyway. See them by city.

Did you know?

  • Achy Breaky Heart was Australia’s best-selling single of 1992, and the first single ever to go triple platinum here.
  • Billy Ray Cyrus, who sang it, is Miley Cyrus’s dad, and he turns up again on the Old Town Road remix.
  • Dolly Parton recorded I Will Always Love You in 1973, nearly twenty years before Whitney Houston’s version.
  • Cotton Eye Joe, the song every line dance ends up at, was a 1994 hit for Rednex, a band from Sweden.
  • Double denim is called the Canadian tuxedo because, so the story goes, Bing Crosby was turned away from a Canadian hotel in 1951 for wearing it, and Levi’s made him a denim tuxedo.

Planning music for a different kind of night? Here are our hens party songs for every mood.

Event 09

Last Rodeo photo list and captions

Give this list to the friend with the best phone. Eight shots, and the group chat is sorted for a year.

The eight photos to get

  1. The hat revealThe bride putting her hat on for the first time.
  2. Boots onlyEveryone in a line, cropped at the knee.
  3. The hat bar, mid glue gunConcentration faces are the best faces.
  4. Mum in a cowboy hatShe’ll pretend to hate it. She’ll frame it.
  5. From behindHer jacket or veil, the girls either side.
  6. The line dance from aboveSomeone is facing the wrong way. Good.
  7. The sheriff issuing a fineBadge out, finger pointing, no mercy.
  8. The last chorusHer in the middle, every arm and every hat in the air.

Captions to copy

Tap one and it’s on your clipboard, ready for the post.

We already run this one

Or book her Last Rodeo as one whole night

Nine cowgirl nights across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, each one a whole night from the first round to the last song. Most include a cowgirl dance class, usually in a room that’s only yours. Two in Melbourne come with a cowboy who doesn’t keep his shirt on for long.

You’re in the line with her, not on the phone to the next venue.

  • Melbourne

    • The Last HoedownGroups of 15 or more

      A private room, a cowgirl dance workshop with line dancing, a cowboy-themed strip show, tapas, a VIP booth and cowgirl cookies with her name on them.

    • Save A Horse, Ride A CowboyGroups of 15 or more

      Your own bar and bartender with three hours of drinks, grazing platters, a dance workshop, a cowboy-themed strip show and a VIP club booth with bubbly.

    • Long Live CowgirlsGroups of 12 or more

      A private-room dance workshop, a rooftop bar, a tapas dinner, a party bus (BYO) and a VIP booth with bubbly.

  • Brisbane

    • Last Rodeo Before The RingGroups of 10 or more

      A crafternoon with hat burning, margaritas, share plates, mechanical bull riding and club entry.

    • The Last HoedownGroups of 12 or more

      A private-room dance workshop, party platters, a Man Candy show, roaming topless waiters, club entry and a mini fishbowl cocktail for the hen.

    • Giddy Up GirlsGroups of 12 or more

      Shots on arrival, four rounds of cocktails, margaritas, a share-plate dinner and mechanical bull riding, across three venues.

  • Gold Coast

    • The Last HoedownGroups of 15 or more

      A rooftop beach club, a private-room dance workshop, tapas, a stretch limo (BYO), a VIP club booth and three bonus cocktails for the bride.

    • Margs & YeehawsGroups of 12 or more

      A private room with its own bar and bartender, a cowgirl dance class, margaritas on arrival, share plates and three bonus cocktails for the hen.

  • Sydney

    • The Final HoedownGroups of 10 or more

      Bubbly on arrival, a cowgirl dance class, a rooftop bar, share plates, then a waterfront VIP booth with a bottle of bubbly and a bonus cocktail for the hen.

Every price is on the package page, and the bigger the group, the lower it tends to go. Celebrating in Perth or Adelaide? Start her Wishlist in Perth or Adelaide and tell us it’s a Last Rodeo.

“I booked the ‘last Hoedown' package in Brisbane for our Hen's night. It was fabulous! My Ultimate took care of organising everything, and the cost per head was extremely good value! Highly recommend adding the unlimited drinks package to whichever portion of the day is the longest, it made the night so much better and again - the value for money is so worth it!
Right from my first Enquiry through to confirming all the details close to the day, all the staff at My Ultimate have been so lovely to speak with and extremely attentive! No request was too big or too hard. Highly recommend and would absolutely use My Ultimate for a Hens party again!”

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Quick answers

Last Rodeo hens, asked and answered

What does “last rodeo” mean for a hens party?

It’s a cheeky way of saying the bride’s last ride as a single woman. A Last Rodeo hens is a cowgirl-themed hens party: the bride in white, the girls in hats and boots, and a night of line dancing, country singalongs and margaritas.

What should the bride wear to a Last Rodeo hens?

White, head to toe: a fringe mini, a corset, a flared jumpsuit or a white denim jacket with rhinestones over a white mini, plus white boots and a white hat, often with a short veil. She’s the only one in white.

What do guests wear to a Last Rodeo hens?

One colour story for everyone, usually hot pink, black, denim or silver, plus a cowboy hat and boots. Let each guest choose her level: full rodeo, hat and boots, or just the hat.

What is a disco cowgirl hens?

A cowgirl hens with a mirror ball: sequins, chrome boots, rhinestone hats and a playlist that runs from Kacey Musgraves to Donna Summer. It suits a bride who’d rather dance than two-step.

What is a coastal cowgirl hens?

A cowgirl hens by the water: white, sand and denim, crochet and tan boots, ranch water instead of shots, and cocktails by the water.

What games suit a cowgirl hens party?

The Sheriff (one guest fines anyone who says “wedding”), Wanted: Who Said It?, Lasso the Groom, Hat Swap Dares, Two Truths and a Tall Tale, and Boot Scoot Freeze. Each one has full rules on this page.

What songs should we play at a Last Rodeo hens?

Warm up with The Chicks and Keith Urban, run a line-dance block of Achy Breaky Heart, Boot Scootin’ Boogie and Cotton Eye Joe, sing Jolene and Before He Cheats, and finish on Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

Can we book a Last Rodeo hens with My Ultimate Hens?

Yes. There are cowgirl hens nights in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, and most start with a private-room cowgirl dance class. In Perth and Adelaide, start her Wishlist and tell us it’s a Last Rodeo.

Your move

Where is she celebrating?

The kit’s yours either way. When the last chorus comes round and every hat goes in the air, you’ll be in the middle of the line next to her, not at the bar sorting out the tab.

My Ultimate Hens is a female-founded hens party company, founded in 2011 and now running hens nights and weekends in six Australian cities. Read what organisers say · More hens party themes · More hens party inspo