One Star. One Pub. One Night.

Watch as stars make their mark on the pub of their dreams.

In our new social media campaign Star Takeover, we hand over the keys to three of our beloved pubs to celebrities, and with a bit of help from our team and the existing licensees, enable them to make their mark on the pub of their dreams.

We capture the spirit of running a pub (not without it’s challenges!), and highlights the freedom the licensee has to make their mark on the great British local. The series celebrates what makes it all worthwhile; community, creativity and the joy of bringing people together.

The campaign, both fun and educational, aims to attract the next generation of licensees to the sector.

Watch as Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams turns her local in Leeds into a pub championing female sport with a “Pubtathalon”, social media influencer and ex-Love Islander @Farmer Will bringing to life his dream pub with a wild west theme, and finally comedian Helen Bauer runs a pub with ‘games everyone can play’ with an epic board games night.

Together, we demonstrate that applicants from all backgrounds are welcome and aims to give potential candidates confidence to apply to run a pub, even if they don’t explicitly have pub management experience.

If you’d like to watch how these celebrities got on in making their mark on their dream pub, visit the campaign page: https://www.starpubs.co.uk/star-takeover or follow Star Pubs on social media.