When it’s your time to bring everyone together, it’s hard not to want something outstanding at your event that everyone remembers! There’s something special about looking around the room and seeing your guests having an enjoyable time at your own wedding or event. We’ve created a list of easy entertainment ideas to add to your event that can keep your guests entertained while you’re busy taking photos, eating dinner, dancing, or visiting with everyone else. There’s only one of you, so it’s awesome if your guests can be entertained on their own while they wait for speeches, dinner, or a moment to congratulate you in person.
Easy Entertainment Ideas for Weddings and Events
We’ll dive into three entertainment ideas, all that can be implemented by your vendor, but offer opportunities to add your own ideas to make them custom. These elements help make your wedding or event unique and finding something that fits you and your partner’s personality will help create a more meaningful, memorable day.
Photo Booth – Complete Customization!
A photo booth rental delivers more than just snapshots—it creates a full event photo booth experience that adds energy and laughter to your celebration. Guests walk away with custom photo strips that highlight all the fun, and each strip can be designed to match your wedding colors, theme, hashtag, or date. These souvenirs are not only fun keepsakes but also a reflection of your one-of-a-kind day.
Whether you’re planning a wedding, private party, or corporate event, a photo booth gives your guests something interactive to enjoy from the moment they arrive. It’s the kind of entertainment that gets people mingling, laughing, and creating memories you’ll love looking back on.
Multiple Booth Options for Every Style
Choose the setup that fits your event vibe. Our open-air photo booth offers flexibility and space, letting you create a personalized backdrop with floral walls, greenery, balloon arches, or even a statement wall at your venue. Prefer something more classic? Enclosed booths create a cozy space for fun and spontaneous poses. Both booth styles come equipped with professional lighting, easy-to-use touchscreens, and high-resolution cameras to make every photo count.
Custom Props, Backdrops, and Unlimited Prints
It’s all about the details. Stock your photo booth with props like hats, signs, sunglasses, and funny phrases that reflect your theme or inside jokes. We also offer customizable backdrops—from shimmering sequin walls to minimal modern looks—to suit your aesthetic. Best of all, your guests get unlimited photo booth prints, so no one leaves without a memento in hand. From silly to sweet, each session adds a new layer of fun to your event.
DJ Services for Event Entertainment
Music sets the tone for any celebration, and a skilled DJ keeps the energy flowing from start to finish. Complete Weddings + Events DJs in Tyler, TX know how to read the room, build a playlist that fits your crowd, and handle everything from introductions to last dance moments. From elegant wedding receptions to lively parties, a professional DJ makes every transition feel seamless.
With customizable playlists and interactive entertainment options, our DJs create an unforgettable atmosphere. You can include games like the Shoe Game, anniversary dances, or even crowd polling to keep guests engaged all night long. Combine this with a photo booth, and you’ve got a dynamic duo that brings both visual and musical entertainment to your big day.
Need help coordinating your event timeline or planning unique moments? Our team doesn’t just push play—they help guide your entire event flow to ensure every guest has a great time.
Grazing Table Or Food Station – A Delicious Display
Food can absolutely be a form of entertainment! From the time guests arrive, they will eat if it’s provided! Help keep their belly pleased before or after dinner with a delicious display of snacks, desserts, or candy. Create an appealing display with trays and cake stands of varying heights.
An interactive food station, where guests can customize their food creation to their preferences is a win for everyone. Some of our favorite ideas are smores, popcorn, soft pretzels, or a bloody mary bar. While these are mainly do-it-yourself and low-maintenance activities, you still will want someone’s eyes on the table, like a coordinator or designated helper, to restock and tidy up from time to time.
Here are a few local Complete Tyler caterers that can help bring your display table or food station to life:
- C Rojos
- Potporri House
- Azalea Catering
- Stanley’s Famous Pit Barbecue
Anniversary Dance
Your DJ will extend an invite to all married couples to come out to the dance floor so that they can share a dance with the Newlyweds. (This is typically a slower song for a slow dance but anything goes!).
Once all couples have made it to the dance floor your DJ will ask couples who have been married less than a year (minus the Newlyweds), 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, and so on to please leave the dance floor. The bride and groom will be left dancing with the couple that has been married the longest. The DJ will then ask the longest-married couple to share a word of advice
Shoe Game
Allow your guest the opportunity to get to know you and your fiancé better. How is it done? Three simple steps.
Step 1: Set the Game Up
Put two chairs back to back in the center of the dance floor. The Bride and Groom should sit back to back so that they can’t see one another. Have both of them take off their shoes and swap one of them (That way each participant will have one of each).
Step 2: Ask Questions
The DJ will start reading out questions about you and your fiancé (spouse). Similar to these. Who said I love you first? Or Who is the best cook?
It’s always best to have 10 to 15 questions
Step 3: Lift your Shoes
In order for the Bride and Groom to answer the questions asked by the DJ, the Bride and Groom must lift up one of the shoes to answer the question asked. Example: The Bride lifts up her shoe to answer that she said I love you first.
Complete Interactive – Guest Engagement at its Best!
With Complete Interactive, your Complete Weddings + Events DJ in Tyler, TX introduces various activities for your guests to participate in while their answers and submissions are displayed live at your reception. This unique DJ option includes the following elements you can choose from to fit into your evening’s timeline.
Social Media Wall
Allow all your wedding guests to experience the virtual social media stream of your event, group meeting, or activity. The social wall lets you submit photos and/or messages from your custom url or hashtag to display at the event virtually, or you can integrate Twitter or Instagram so those posts with your hashtag will be displayed.
Crowd Questionnaire or Trivia
A fun questionnaire on the couple is always a great way for guests to learn more about the couple or see who knows them best! Complete can also provide trivia questions, which is a great way to battle to decide who will be served dinner first or to win bragging rights for the evening. With Complete Interactive, we can show the live rankings on the screen to let everyone know who’s in the lead!
Polls
See instant answers from the audience as they interact with the platform on their phone choosing from options and sending in their answers from either a multiple choice. We love having guests vote on their favorite songs to help tailor the soundtrack of the evening to the liking of the crowd (with couple-approved choices of course).
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