No darts allowed: The The Hogshead Inflatable Pub can pop-up on any flat surface and houses, within its flame-retardent polyester walls, a full bar. The traveling publican is available to rent for just the small sum of £300 ($450) a night, as long as you are in Ireland.
Standing 18-ft high, this 528-square-foot pub will hold up to 60 people and is decorated to look like a bad 3D model of a real Irish drinking room. This includes a tile roof and stone wall on the exterior along with two chimneys atop a fake fireplace — which ironically serves as the fire exit. The building is made from a tube-like structure which is erected and then covered with a plastic shell.
The inflatable pub breaks the mold for pneumatic structures. Usually, these kinds of projects are abstract forms that would be considered “beautiful.” The pub is basically a replica of a utilitarian structure, and not really “beautiful” at all. Secondly, the pub has a very specific function, unlike most inflatables, which are typically made for no functional purpose. They are often just installations, or they are general purpose spaces with no prescribed program.
The company that makes this inflatable pub is UK-based manufacturer Airquee, a purveyor of all sorts of inflatable things, from kids’ bouncy castles to a blow-up church. They even have water slides and pool inflatables. If you are really trying to throw a party, there are adult bouncy castles. You can rent an inflatable pub here.
