Entertainment ideas for year-end and New Year parties: games everyone can enjoy together
Are you struggling to decide on entertainment to liven up your year-end or New Year’s party? Bingo and karaoke are classics, but having games that make everyone smile can really boost the energy of the event.
If the rules are simple, easy to prepare, and anyone can join right away, it keeps things light for everyone.
In this article, we’ve gathered a wealth of ideas—from acts that instantly lift the mood to a wide variety of games that work regardless of group size.
You’ll find everything from show-stopping performances to conversation-sparking mind games and energizing activities that get people moving—plenty of variety to keep everyone engaged!
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Entertainment ideas for year-end and New Year parties: Fun group games (21–30)
Blindfold Drink Perfect Chu-Chu!
It’s a game where you drink a predetermined amount of a beverage while blindfolded! Preparation is simple—you just need drinks, rubber bands, straws, and blindfolds.
First, select a few participants and prepare one drink per person.
Put a rubber band around each glass and hand them out to the participants.
Then, with their eyes covered, the participants drink, and the winner is the one whose drink level ends up closest to the rubber band line.
Even if you check beforehand “about this much is the target,” once you’re blindfolded it’s surprisingly hard, and it’s sure to turn into a heated battle!
TT Brothers
How about trying the signature bit “TT Brothers” by Chocolate Planet, the comedy duo that’s everywhere on TV? The TT Brothers are well-known among both kids and adults.
You look around your everyday surroundings, find a “T” anywhere you can, shout “T!”, spread your arms to make a T shape, and march in place while singing.
If you look, you’ll find T’s everywhere—even hidden in your coworkers’ clothing and gestures.
Doburokku
Doburock, who won the 2019 King of Conte.
Speaking of Doburock, they’re a male duo with just one acoustic guitar, ridiculously good vocals, and dirty jokes.
Depending on how risqué the material is, if it’s on the lighter side, won’t it get laughs pretty much anywhere, in front of anyone? Haha.
Go ahead and copy the bit perfectly and perform it proudly and full-on!
Hey hey, doctor
Let’s try “Hey Hey Doctor,” the bit by Shunshun Clinic P, who’s both a physician and a comedian! Even non-doctors can get it—it’s a collection of “doctor-life clichés” that will make you chuckle, all performed to a snappy melody with dance moves.
You could perfectly copy his doctor jokes, but how about giving it a twist with some in-house humor—do a “company-life clichés” version instead?
Impressions that are too subtle for anyone to get
A variety-show-style act that imitates things that are barely known or borderline obscure—like tiny everyday happenings, someone’s quirky habits, or minor sound effects.
For example, an impression of Hiromitsu Ochiai in his playing days hitting a perfect timely shot to left-center on a 2-strike, 1-ball count, or the launch sound of the only operating roller coaster at a nearly defunct rural amusement park.
In short, it’s a full-throttle, dead-serious, faithful recreation of things so minute that you might not even recognize the original.
Because the subjects are so hyper-specific, whether it resembles the original isn’t the point—the earnestness is what gets appreciated.
And even if the audience doesn’t react, you can always claim they just don’t know the original, which is easier on the psyche.
Recommended for those with a craftsman’s mindset.
Bubble Dance
In 2017, the dance club of Osaka Prefectural Tsubomioka High School performed the “Bubble Dance” to Yoko Oginome’s ‘Dancing Hero.’ It sparked a huge movement through video sites and social media.
If you have a large number of participants for your entertainment segment, definitely give it a try! The song has a great groove, so it’s sure to excite the crowd regardless of how skilled the dancers are.
Rather than obsessing over details, it’s best to dance boldly and energetically without feeling shy—turn up the energy and go for it.
Love Dance
The Koi Dance became a social phenomenon when the drama aired.
In the drama ‘We Married as a Job’ (Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu), the cast danced to Gen Hoshino’s theme song ‘Koi’ during the ending.
It was frequently featured on TV, and practically everyone knows it, so it’s guaranteed to get the crowd excited!