Flyers are essential advertising tools - use any of these templates to promote your product or event effectively. The key to making a flyer serve its purpose is to design it in such a way that makes it stand out. But sometimes time is tight, and you just don't have hours to spare to work up a wholly original design.

To help you out, we've gathered together a selection of cool flyer templates that can help you create a great looking flyer in half the time. You never know when you'll need them, so bookmark this page now! And check out our article if you need flyer design inspiration.

01. Roots reggae night template

Get back to your roots with this reggae-styled club night flyer. Made by AreacodezeroCreatives, this print-ready 300dpi CMYK flyer comes as a layered PSD and includes a help file so that you can get it out quickly and easily.

02. Geometric concert template

This minimal geometric flyer features multiple colour options to help you set exactly the tone you want for your event. Included in the package is a layered PSD, a help file and a reference image. The flyer uses the Champagne & Limousines font which is free for personal use; if you wish to use it commercially you should make a donation to the author.

03. Light Colorface template

Featuring a light theme and warm colours, this design by CrealabSK is suitable for an electronic music event or club party. It uses Nexa free font and Couture, which is donationware for commercial use, and the full package contains two flyer designs and a Facebook event cover.

04. Bold typography flyer template

A flyer and poster template combination, this design will enable you to let your font skills speak for themselves. Bold, vibrant, colorful and fun, this is one of those handy flyer templates that can be used and applied for just about any purpose. The layers are specified into groups, so you'll have no problem editing this one.

05. Retro flyer template

One for the vintage lovers of design, these six retro-style and unique flyers templates are perfect for your next party or corporate event. The final package you download includes a fully layered, renamed, grouped PSD files and download links for free fonts in *.txt file.

06. Geometric flyer templates

Check out these modern and unique flyer templates for your next project. The final package you download includes nine flyer styles and nine business card styles. They're easy to modify and include bleeds, trims and guidelines.

07. Chill Out flyer template

Originally designed to promote a music event, this wood-textured flyer template can also be used for a new album promotion or other advertising purposes. It's print ready, simple to customise with well organised layers. The photos aren't included, but the effects and textures will be applied to any photo you use - the wood texture is also included. A gorgeous design and certainly worthy of inclusion on our list of the best flyer templates.

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