Party acts that hype up the crowd: Recommended entertainment and performances for banquets and drinking parties [2026]
Farewell and welcome parties at work, year-end and New Year gatherings, after-parties with friends, and class reunions.
There are quite a lot of banquets and drinking parties, aren’t there?
They’re basically fun, but there’s one time that troubles new hires, young employees, and juniors… yes, the “entertainment segment”!
People often say, “Do something!” or “Can’t you do something funny?” and you end up covering it with an awkward smile, right?
In this article, we’ll introduce lots of recommended ideas for when you can’t dodge party entertainment, including skits and performances everyone can do together.
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Party tricks that bring the excitement. Recommended entertainment and performances for banquets and drinking parties [2026] (101–110)
Pantyhose Sumo
This is a two-person act.
Each person pulls a pair of pantyhose—tied together at the feet—over their head, and at the signal they yank in opposite directions.
Whoever has the pantyhose come off their head first loses.
It’s totally silly, but everyone watching will be in stitches.
If you prepare a prize for the winner, it should really heat things up.
Spoon bending
All you need is a slightly flimsy spoon you can get at a 100-yen shop.
Hold the base of the handle with your thumb, index finger, and middle finger, and support the very end with your pinky.
Then just swing your arm as if you’re not applying any force, and bend the spoon using the leverage principle! Once you get the hang of it, it really looks like you’re bending the spoon without using any strength.
Just when you think the eraser will disappear!?
Hold an eraser on your palm and wave a pencil over it three times.
Then, instead of the eraser disappearing from your palm…
the pencil vanishes.
It’s the kind of trick that makes you want to blurt out, “Wait, that one!?” There’s also an explanation of the trick, so be sure to watch to the end.
Doppelganger Doll Dance
The clone technique that ninjas or Pokémon use would be super handy if we could do it, right? Since we can’t actually do that, let’s try making clones of ourselves or others using puppets! The idea is to dance by creating a puppet double.
In Japan, comedian Yoshio Kojima has a routine like this: you connect the puppet’s arms and legs to your own with rods and move in sync.
If you could multiply yourself—or when you have to perform alone without partners—try countering with a trick like this! Any kind of dance is fine.
Just be careful not to get too acrobatic, as the puppet might break, and you could get injured since you’re connected to it.
This strange “double” is sure to catch people’s eyes!
Self-made skit
For your go-to party act, how about a comedy sketch—specifically, an original one you create yourself? It might take some courage, but every workplace or school has its own vibe and sense of humor.
If you can hit that sweet spot, you might just bring the house down.
Craft a hilarious sketch tailored to that particular gathering! It’s sure to go well—and even if it falls flat, giving it your all will still get everyone pumped!
Party tricks that liven things up. Recommended entertainment and performances for banquets and drinking parties [2026] (111–120)
Spinning Glasses Long-Straw Speed-Drinking Battle
It’s a party game that uses a curly, spiral straw shaped like a pair of glasses.
Players use this extra-long straw to sip their drink, and whoever finishes first wins—simple as that.
Because a long straw takes more effort to draw liquid through, the participants’ desperate expressions and faces turning red from exertion are part of the fun.
And since the straw is shaped like glasses, using a colored drink lets you enjoy watching the “glasses” gradually take on the color as you sip.
Let It Go dance
“Let It Go,” the smash-hit song from Disney’s global blockbuster Frozen, is beloved worldwide.
In the Japanese version, Takako Matsu, who voices Elsa, delivers a beautifully expansive vocal performance.
How about trying a dance to this hugely popular track? Elsa’s movements as she conjures ice one after another in the film almost look like a dance, don’t they? You could exaggerate Elsa’s motions and turn them into dance moves, create your own original choreography, or pick a theme—like moves a celebrity might do—and dance along in various ways.
Heat things up so much that even the ice might melt!