Looking for interactive wedding entertainment in London that gets your guests involved?
Boutique Party Hire provides full-size arcade machines, multiplayer games, racing experiences, reaction challenges and competitive entertainment for wedding receptions across London.
Rather than entertainment guests simply watch, interactive games encourage people to play, compete, socialise and challenge each other throughout the celebration.
Create anything from a small selection of feature games to a complete interactive wedding gaming zone alongside your DJ, dance floor, bar and wider entertainment.
Browse our full Arcade & Amusement Game Hire range.
Interactive games can provide another dimension to your wedding reception.
Popular options can include:
Choose a mixture of head-to-head, high-score and social games to give guests different ways to participate.
A DJ, live band or performer can be a major part of a wedding, but interactive entertainment serves a different purpose.
Your guests become part of the entertainment.
They can:
Race Each Other
Compete for High Scores
Challenge the Bride & Groom
Represent Team Bride or Team Groom
Enter Tournaments
Play Pool
Compete at Table Football
This can keep the entertainment active throughout the reception.
Weddings often bring together people from completely different parts of the couple’s lives.
Family members may be meeting work colleagues.
Friends from different groups may not know each other.
Interactive games can provide an easy shared activity.
A Mario Kart race, basketball challenge or game of table football gives guests something to compete over without needing a formal introduction.
Interactive games can work as informal wedding icebreakers.
Rather than organising structured activities for everyone at once, guests can naturally join games when they want.
Create challenges such as:
Friends vs Family
Bride’s Family vs Groom’s Family
Bridesmaids vs Groomsmen
Couples vs Couples
Parents vs Children
This can help create interaction between different groups throughout the day.
Gaming can be available during several parts of your reception.
For example:
Give guests something to do while socialising.
Keep entertainment available during quieter periods.
Open the gaming area as the evening reception begins.
Run competitions alongside the DJ and dance floor.
The entertainment can therefore become part of the wider wedding experience rather than a single scheduled performance.
The drinks reception is a natural opportunity for interactive entertainment.
Guests are already moving around, talking and enjoying drinks.
Add games including:
Pac-Man
Basketball
Reaction Challenge
Table Football
Guests can play casually without interrupting the flow of the reception.
As evening guests arrive, the gaming area can become a major part of the entertainment.
Combine:
Arcade Games
DJ
Dance Floor
Live Band
Bar
Photo Entertainment
Lounge Areas
Guests can choose between different activities throughout the evening.
Create a complete arcade inside your wedding venue.
For larger receptions, divide the entertainment into zones.
Head-to-head racing.
Full-size machines.
Basketball challenges.
Fast high-score games.
Pool and table football.
Guitar Hero.
This can turn one section of the venue into a complete interactive entertainment area.
Bring the arcade directly to your chosen venue.
Full-size machines can potentially be installed inside suitable:
The equipment can be installed for the event and removed afterwards.
Put the newlyweds at the centre of the competition.
Create several rounds.
Head-to-head racing.
Highest score.
Fastest or highest score.
Arcade high-score challenge.
One final head-to-head game.
Keep score and determine the ultimate winner.
Get the entire wedding involved.
Guests can earn points for either:
Team Bride
or
Team Groom
across different attractions.
At the end of the evening, total the scores and announce which side has won.
This can turn individual games into one wedding-wide competition.
Create a competitive challenge between the wedding party.
Use games such as:
Mario Kart
Basketball
Reaction Games
Table Football
Pool
Guests can watch before taking their own turn later.
Put the best man against the groom.
Racing, basketball and reaction games work particularly well for quick head-to-head challenges.
You can then continue the competition with other members of the wedding party.
Create a competition specifically for couples attending your wedding.
Challenge couples across:
Mario Kart
Table Football
Pool
Basketball
Reaction Games
Keep a leaderboard throughout the reception and crown the winning couple later in the evening.
Turn the wedding into a friendly battle between friends and family.
Award points across multiple games.
For example:
Mario Kart – 5 Points
Basketball – 5 Points
Reaction Challenge – 5 Points
Pac-Man – 5 Points
Table Football – 5 Points
The team with the highest combined score wins.
Add Mario Kart DX Twin for head-to-head racing.
Create challenges including:
Bride vs Groom
Best Man vs Groom
Bridesmaid vs Bridesmaid
Couples vs Couples
Parents vs Children
Team Bride vs Team Groom
For larger weddings, run qualifying rounds followed by a final.
Add World’s Largest Pac-Man and create a high-score competition.
Guests can keep returning throughout the reception to attempt to beat the leading score.
Its recognisable gameplay can also make it suitable for mixed-generation wedding guest lists.
Add Guitar Hero Arcade alongside your music entertainment.
It can work particularly well alongside:
Guests can compete between dancing and other entertainment.
Add Pac-Man Basketball and create an ongoing wedding challenge.
Track:
Bride
Groom
Best Man
Bridesmaids
Team Bride
Team Groom
Overall Highest Score
Guests can keep trying to move up the leaderboard.
Create a dedicated reaction challenge with:
Short attempts make reaction games useful for events where many different guests want to compete.
Add a Commercial Pool Table and create a more relaxed gaming area.
Pool can work particularly well near:
Guests can play casually or enter a knockout tournament.
Add Table Football for fast multiplayer games.
Run:
One vs One
Two vs Two
Bride vs Groom
Couples vs Couples
Team Bride vs Team Groom
competitions throughout the reception.
Create a leaderboard across several games.
Categories could include:
Fastest Racer
Pac-Man Champion
Basketball Champion
Reaction Champion
Guitar Hero Champion
Guests can attempt to take the leading positions throughout the evening.
For guests who love competition, combine several games into one tournament.
Racing.
Basketball.
Reaction.
Arcade high score.
Table football.
Pool.
Award points throughout and crown your Interactive Wedding Games Champion.
For approximately 50 guests, a focused selection can work well.
For example:
Mario Kart
Pac-Man
Basketball
Reaction Game
Table Football
This provides several different types of entertainment without requiring a huge gaming area.
For approximately 100 guests, consider increasing the number of simultaneous activities.
Create:
Head-to-head gaming.
High-score games.
Basketball and reaction games.
Pool and table football.
This gives guests multiple entertainment choices.
For around 200 guests, create a larger entertainment installation.
Consider:
The equipment can be distributed across different parts of the venue.
For large weddings, multiple entertainment zones can help accommodate substantial guest numbers.
Rather than creating one small gaming corner, consider separate:
Racing
Arcade
Sports
Reaction
Social Gaming
areas.
The exact setup should be based on venue space and the wider wedding programme.
Wedding guests can range from younger family members to grandparents.
A varied selection of games can provide different types of entertainment.
Combine:
Recognisable Arcade Games
Racing
Sports Challenges
Music Games
Pool
Table Football
to create a broader entertainment mix.
Interactive games aren’t limited to children’s entertainment.
Full-size arcade machines can be particularly effective at adult wedding receptions.
They provide an alternative for guests who want something different from the bar or dance floor.
For a high-end London wedding, create a professionally presented interactive gaming lounge.
Combine full-size machines with:
The gaming area can become a major feature of the overall wedding production.
For larger Asian wedding receptions, interactive gaming can provide an additional entertainment area alongside dining, music and dancing.
With substantial guest numbers, multiple attractions can operate simultaneously.
Create different gaming areas depending on the available venue space.
Interactive games can form part of a larger Indian wedding reception entertainment programme.
For substantial celebrations, combine racing, arcade, sports and social games so guests have several different activities available.
Interactive arcade and competitive games can provide an additional entertainment option at suitable Jewish wedding receptions.
The gaming setup can be planned around the venue, guest numbers and wider event programme.
Hosting your wedding at a London hotel?
Suitable games can potentially be installed in:
Full-size machines require suitable loading and service lift access.
Large ballrooms can provide plenty of space for a substantial gaming area.
Position entertainment around:
Stage
Dining
Dance Floor
Bar
Photo Entertainment
Lounge Areas
or create a separate arcade zone.
For larger banqueting receptions, gaming can become one of several entertainment areas.
Create separate spaces for:
Dining
Dancing
Arcade Gaming
Social Games
Photo Entertainment
This allows guests to move between different experiences throughout the reception.
Dry hire venues can provide greater flexibility for custom wedding entertainment.
Build the layout around your chosen activities and create dedicated areas for:
Gaming
Dining
Dancing
Drinks
Socialising
Photography
Planning your wedding in Central London?
Suitable interactive games can be delivered to hotels, ballrooms, private venues and event spaces subject to access.
When enquiring, provide:
Suitable wedding gaming entertainment can be provided throughout:
Suitable surrounding areas can also be covered subject to availability.
Three standout games for smaller receptions.
Competitive attractions for head-to-head challenges.
Multiple games for a wedding-wide competition.
Arcade and social games grouped into a dedicated entertainment area.
Multiple full-size machines for a larger gaming experience.
A substantial combination of racing, arcade, sports, reaction, music and social gaming.
Options can include Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction challenges, pool, table football and other arcade entertainment.
Interactive games give guests entertainment they can participate in rather than simply watch.
Yes. Suitable games can be combined into head-to-head competitions.
Yes. Guests can collect points across multiple games for either side.
Yes. Multiple machines can be grouped together inside a suitable venue.
Larger installations can include multiple games operating simultaneously, subject to venue space and availability.
Yes. Gaming can complement the dance floor, DJ, bar and other entertainment.
Yes. Gaming can be incorporated into larger wedding entertainment productions.
Yes, subject to suitable loading and internal access.
Suitable venues can be covered throughout London.
Looking for interactive wedding entertainment in London?
Boutique Party Hire can create anything from a few interactive attractions to a complete wedding gaming area featuring Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, racing games, reaction challenges, pool, table football and additional arcade entertainment.
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