What do you remember about the last banquet you attended? Do you remember what color the linens were? What the decorations looked like? What appetizers that were served? How the room was set up? Chances are, not in detail unless you planned the event. While the small details are important, one of the largest is often an afterthought.
Banquet Entertainment Ideas
As you plan your next function, we would like to offer some banquet entertainment ideas to help you create an event that stands out from the rest.
Pre-dinner entertainment will always set the mood for your night. Ambience music in the form of a D.J., piano player or instrumentalists always add to the atmosphere. Living Statues, balloon artists, caricature artists, celebrity lookalikes and aerial acts swinging on a trapeze, hoop or cloth always add interest. Don’t be surprised to find guests photographing these novelties and sharing them for a long time to come.
You may want to consider including Wacky Waiters. These comedians blend in with the staff, but their service becomes more and more bizarre as the evening meal progresses. You’ll find guests laughing as they try to figure out if the antics are deliberate.
For the traditional banquet entertainment show, you will find a myriad of after dinner speakers, magicians, jugglers, comedians and musicians. With any variety or music act, you will want to do your homework. Hiring the right banquet entertainment is more than just seeing a video and calling the agency, speaker, or entertainer. You will want to take your audience into consideration. Will everyone find the speaker’s topic engaging? Will everyone want to dance to the musicians? Or are the possible musical tastes too varied? Will a magician or juggler be original enough to captivate your audience? Will the comedian use clean material that won’t offend, yet still be funny?
We offer a free consultation that can help you find corporate dinner entertainment that is perfect for your event. As a corporate comedian, Tom has provided personalized banquet entertainment for companies throughout the United States. Having worked with some of the top acts and event planners in the corporate market, he listens to your vision and offers suggestions to help make your evening a success.
Making your banquet entertainment live up to your goals and expectations relies on selecting the right team. Contact our office today to discuss your event.
