Get the Crowd Going! A Collection of Fun Wedding and Reception Entertainment Ideas
It’s exciting to be asked by the bride and groom to put on a performance at their wedding reception or after-party!
But the more you want to make them happy, the harder it can be to decide what to do…
Key points to keep in mind for wedding entertainment are: avoid vulgar acts and overly inside jokes; aim for about 10 minutes; don’t exceed the allotted time; think of something the couple will genuinely enjoy; and above all, focus on “what will make the two of them happy.”
In this article, we’ll introduce entertainment ideas that convey your heartfelt congratulations!
We’ve also gathered ideas the bride and groom themselves can do, so be sure to read to the end!
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Get the Party Started! Wedding Ceremony and Reception Entertainment Ideas (71–80)
The Chosen One
Write conditions like “someone wearing a red tie,” “someone in a blue dress,” or “someone who knows both the bride and groom” on slips of paper and put them in a raffle box.
All guests stand up—game start! Have the bride and groom each draw a slip, and only those who match the listed conditions remain standing.
Repeat this several times, and the last person standing—the so-called ‘chosen one’—wins a fabulous prize! It’s a simple game that everyone can enjoy peacefully without hard feelings.
And it feels great to be chosen! Give it a try.
Nankin Tamasudare
Nankin-tamasudare is a form of street performance and traditional entertainment that uses a bamboo sudare (lattice screen) to create various shapes.
Because the performer transforms the sudare in time with a song, having the audience sing along can heighten the sense of unity and make the atmosphere more lively.
Many moves involve spreading the sudare wide with momentum, so you can create a dazzling effect that uses the space broadly.
Since it’s a performance most people rarely get to experience, it could be fun to have the bride and groom try the tamasudare themselves after the routine is over.
Memory Play
Memory Play, which was featured on TV and became a big talking point.
In the scene where the bride reads her letter, a child actor suddenly appears and reenacts episodes from that time—a surprise performance.
While it’s generally done by the bride and groom for their parents, there are also cases where the parents surprise the couple with it.
This theatrical piece that brings a lifetime of memories rushing back is sure to move you to tears.
NEWS ZERO-style movie
How about creating a parody video of the popular nightly news program ‘ZERO’? Use compositing techniques to make a funny video.
Tailor the news stories to the bride and groom to get the whole venue excited.
Two-person puzzle
As a performance that will undoubtedly delight the couple and convey your congratulations, I recommend a puzzle featuring the two of them as the motif! It would be wonderful to collect photos filled with their memories since they met and turn them into a puzzle design.
You could also ask friends and family who are close to them to write congratulatory messages on the back of each puzzle piece.
Simply unveiling the puzzle during the entertainment will, of course, be lovely, but if time allows, filming the puzzle-making process and showing the video at the venue could make it even more moving.
au CM Santaro parody
How about making a parody video of au’s “Santaro” (Three Taro) commercial series? The key is how closely you can match it with cosplay.
It might be nice to visit places that are meaningful to the bride and groom.
You could also invite surprising guests, like a homeroom teacher from your school days.
It’s fine either way!
Perfect for a Kansai couple! Share a fun congratulatory message to the classic Ulfuls song “Eenenn”! Think up phrases ending with “…de eenen” that relate to the bride and groom, write them big on a sketchbook or similar, and take photos holding them.
Connect the photos one by one like a slideshow and turn them into a video set to the BGM.
By gathering the wonderful traits of the couple that only close friends would know, it’s sure to become a touching performance!