What To Wear To A Curling Party, According To Curlers Who Have Seen It All
If you are heading to a curling party, the easiest answer is to grab something from our shop, especially one of our funny curling shirts that lets everyone know you came to play, not just nibble on the cheese platter. But let’s unpack the broader wardrobe strategy because curling parties have a very specific vibe that sits somewhere between winter sports, bar culture, and light chaos.
Curling parties, whether you are broomstacking after a league night or attending a friend’s bonspiel bash, are all about comfort, humor, and embracing the culture of the sport. Think approachable. Think fun. Think, “Yes, I absolutely will talk your ear off about the physics of sweeping,” but with an outfit that lets you do it confidently.
The Gold Standard: Funny Curling Shirts
If you show up wearing something like our Skip Happens or Rockstar Sweeper designs, you are already in the top quartile of party performers. Curling humor is basically the unofficial dress code at every club social. You can check out our full lineup of curling merch and curling team gifts right on CurlingIsFun.com, where each design is scientifically engineered to make another curler snort-laugh their drink.
The Classic: Flannel
Flannel is never wrong at a curling party. You could show up wearing flannel to an Olympic curling press conference and no one would blink. It is warm, it is cozy, and it broadcasts the message, “I know how to sweep aggressively, both on and off the ice.”
Bonus points if you pair it with jeans that say, “I do my best strategy thinking when I’m comfortable.”
The Layered Look: Vests and Hoodies
Curling clubs fluctuate between “toasty from heaters” and “did someone leave a loading dock open,” so layers are your best friend. Hoodies, especially curling hoodies from our shop, hit that sweet spot of functional and festive.
A vest is the universal sign of someone who shows up early to help set up and somehow ends up running the scoreboard.
The Iconic: Bonspiel Costumes
Some curling parties go full theme. We are talking matching team outfits, animal onesies, Canadian tuxedos, Vikings, wizards, or whatever your skip talked you into. If you have never seen a team enter a club dressed like four anthropomorphic brooms, you have not lived.
Search “bonspiel costumes” and witness the creativity, especially at long-running events like the Golden Wrench Bonspiel in Seattle or the legendary St. Paul Curling Club events. It is cultural anthropology at its finest.
The Practical: Shoes With Actual Grip
Even if your party is off the ice, curlers judge footwear. No one will say it out loud, but they notice. Are you wearing sneakers that could handle stepping on a pebble? Good. Are you wearing socks on polished concrete? Bold, but ill-advised.
The Social: Something That Starts Conversations
Curling parties thrive on storytelling. Wearing a shirt that hints at your curling personality is basically an invitation for new friends. Our curling slogans like “I Came to Curl, Not to Think” or “House Music” give people an easy opening line. You might even walk away with a new teammate or a new broomstacking buddy.
Final Recommendation
Wear something comfortable, something you can laugh in, and something that says you belong in this wonderfully goofy sport. Whether that is a funny curling shirt, a flannel, a bonspiel costume, or a hoodie that smells faintly like last week’s league night beer, the curling party dress code is simple: be yourself, but curlier.
And if you want the easiest option, seriously, just wear something from our shop. It supports curling clubs, it boosts curling culture, and it guarantees at least one “where did you get that” question before the night is over.
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