Venue Entertainment ideas

Marquee reception

Warm evenings filled with laughter and children running off their dinner in the gardens, must be a marquee wedding! Entertain your guests during the day with the sounds of a live guitar as your guests mingle in the grounds surrounding your marquee and throughout dinner. It would set the perfect atmosphere of carefree intimacy. Moving into the evening, continue your theme and hire a live band to play at your reception. They sound fantastic in marquees and guests can walk out and cool down just a few steps away from the dance floor! Being in a marquee you won’t even have to worry about hotel guests complaining about the noise!

Pick a Piñata!

Piñata’s originate from Spain and are papier-mâché shapes, filled with sweets and small gifts. They come in all shapes and sizes and are hung from a tree branch or sturdy door frame. Children are blindfolded, handed a stick, turned a couple of times on the spot and then positioned in front of the shape when they try and hit the piñata hoping to split it open. The person who breaks it open gets the biggest prize and then the other gifts are shared between everyone. They will love bashing the piñata with a stick, but please make sure they are supervised by an adult and preferably one who hasn’t enjoyed to much champagne!

You can’t always rely on the British weather so consider buying or hiring a small marquee (www.argos.co.uk) so these games can be played out of rain and wind if required!