Wedding inspiration for planning your wedding reception party entertainment | Nottingham & Lincolnshire natural wedding photographer
Wedding planning can feel overwhelming for some people, there are so many aspects to think about! Don’t worry though, we’ve got you! Let’s talk about evening entertainment for your wedding reception party!
Have After Dark Entertainment
It’s often said to leave the best until last – and although by the evening time, the best part of the day will have already happened – your ceremony – there’s no reason not to leave the day on a high and add a wow-factor finish to your wedding celebrations.
Consider entertainment that works best as night falls such as fireworks or LED dancers or as a more budget-friendly alternative you could lay on some wedding sparklers and have intimate drinks and toast marshmallows around a fire pit.
If you want to keep your guests on the dance floor you could arrange a simple balloon drop and if your venue has the capacity – see if you can have an outdoor dance area. You could bring out the party props such as glow sticks, or LED light wands, and decorate outside with battery-operated candles and hanging lanterns to party under the stars!
It’s the unexpected touches that keep your guests talking for years to come!
Wow, factor ideas for your wedding party:
Have personalized crackers on the table as a favor - perfect for Christmas weddings.
Create a personalized magazine about you both as a couple.
Have an escape room activity.
Have a silent disco with earphones.
Have a sing-along karaoke or a lip-syncing battle.
Hire drag performers - ideal for LGBTQI+ weddings.
Hire a bouncy castle.
Hire a telephone message guest book instead of a signing book, or ask your videographer to film responses from your guests.
For something different have a typewriter for your signing guest book.
Organize a midnight fest with Pizza for drunken guests.
Have afternoon tea for older guests.
Provide a non-alcoholic bar for sober people so that they can have fun drinks.
Have a DIY cocktail table - could be messy and fun!
Have a Polaroid camera next to your guest book for selfies.
Hand out glow sticks at dark for the dancefloor.
Have a complimentary shoe shine for the men outside the men's. toilet.
Create a flower crown table for outdoor garden weddings.
Have a chocolate fountain and smores for winter weddings with a hot chocolate bar.
Have scratch cards on the tables with fun prizes like a free drink.
Have a champagne tower that you pour into glasses with your photographer for an epic celebration shot.
Incorporate your honeymoon with custom biscuits of the country for your favors.
Customize your wine bottles and have one for each table.
Give your fur baby a spotlight with a photo display.
Hire a variety of different food trucks instead of one allowing for a choice throughout the night.
I hope this blog post inspires you and helps support you in your wedding planning.
Victoria Louise.
*Stock photos used.
Natural documentary style and editorial contemporary wedding photographer based in Gainsborough, which is sandwiched between the historic town of Lincoln and Scunthorpe, not far distance from Retford, or Doncaster. Wedding photography for all within Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire for natural award-winning wedding photography in the east midlands.
