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This is the category couples get to last, and the one guests talk about afterwards. A live wedding painter, an LED robot leading the entrance, a magician working tables during the gap between ceremony and dinner.
The trick with all of it is placing it where there is actually a hole in the evening.
Every wedding has one: the stretch after the ceremony while photos are being taken, or the lull before dinner is served. That is where roaming entertainment earns its fee.
Booking a headline act for a moment when everyone is already watching something else is money spent competing with your own wedding.
They are painting for hours during the event and usually finish afterwards. Ask when you actually receive the finished piece, whether framing is included, and what they need on the day — space, light, and a view of whatever they are painting.
Also agree what the subject is. The ceremony, the first dance and the room are all different paintings.
LED robots, aerialists, and anything with rigging or a big lighting element run into the same venue constraints as does.
Get the venue's ceiling height and power situation before booking anything that needs either. It is a short question that prevents an expensive problem.
Specialty acts land best in a tight window. Twenty minutes of something remarkable beats an hour of something people stop noticing.
Coordinate with your DJ or MC so the act is introduced properly and the room's attention is actually pointed at it.
This category runs from a caricaturist at a cocktail hour to an aerial act with rigging and a crew, and no average across that range would mean anything. Rather than quote one, here is what actually sets the number — and the two neighbouring categories where published figures do exist are DJs and MCs and dhol players and live music.
Performance length, crew size, equipment and rigging, and travel. Ask what the fee covers in setup and teardown, because for the larger acts that is most of their day. Ask too whether they have checked your venue's ceiling height and power supply — that is the detail most likely to change a quote after you have signed.
In the gap between dinner finishing and dancing starting, which is the flattest part of most receptions. A performance during service competes with the food and loses.
More than most couples expect, and ceiling height matters as much as floor area for anything aerial or with rigging. Give the performer your venue's name and room, and let them ask the questions.
Often better than at a reception. A caricaturist or a live painter suits an event where people are mingling, while a seated reception gives them less to work with.