Wedding Music Ideas

Easy! Follow my top tips and you don’t have to spend much at all, just a bit on food and drink.

Food first. Pizza one night, Mexican the next. Because both can be bought in bulk quantities, either pre-cooked or to cook yourself. And neither requires people t get all formal, which can really harsh the buzz of a great weekend party at home.

Get some really cheap pizzas, just basic cheese and tomato sauce ones, and buy a load of veggies and stuff to make your own toppings. Cook with your guests, then they can design their own pizzas – which they’ll love, and which helps to break the ice when some guests don’t know others.
All you need to pre-prepare is salad – again, nice and cheap. And get in a bunch of budget garlic breads to stick in the oven while you all create your pizzas, then people can snack away and soak up the booze while they do it.

Entertainment is a big part of a weekend party. I would suggest music, or episodes of a great TV comedy while you cook; and then music after, for the first night; with games to take centre stage on the Saturday.

One brilliant way to get everyone involved and have a bit of unusual fun is to have a murder mystery party. These can be purchased ready made, everything you need in a box including a DVD of clues (with a host on it, who guides you through the action). You send out invites before the weekend, so guests can create and bring an appropriate costume – and then you have a dinner party where each course reveals more about the murder!

OK so I know I said finger food – but this is a different tack. Entertainment and eating all rolled into one. Or you could arrange a few things to occupy your guests – a quiz, charades, games of Pictionary. Anything you can play drunk where everyone gets involved all at once. Or think about having a fancy dress theme for the Saturday night. Do pirates and put pirate films on (silently) on the TV for atmosphere while you all; boogie to your favourite cheesy tunes!
If you are having a weekend party at home near neighbours, you should invite them. It’s the easiest and safest way to make sure they don’t get annoyed by all the noise you are making. They can hardly complain if they were dancing round your living room to Abba too!

I would also recommend planning a day out for the daytime on Saturday, just to get you all out of the house. Unless you have a massive house with plenty of garden, in which case you can all chill there all weekend. It’s up to you of course – you know your home, your friends and your local area better than I do.
If there’s something you like to do locally on a regular basis, get your friends involved. They’ll love it and it will make you all feel like a part of one big group, which is exactly what you need for a weekend party.

Bulk buy alcohol from your local supermarket. They may be the devil’s work but they are at least cheap. You can get enough booze to float a whole three day party for a very reasonable amount just by going for all the bulk discounts they have going when you get in there. Oh – and don’t forget late night munchies too. Crisps and snacks are a must!

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The above article is composed and edited by Sarah James. She is associated with many fashion and designing communities as their freelance writer and adviser. In her free time she writes articles related to stag weekends, stag do, parties celebration, etc.