Theme Party Ideas

A properly chosen entertainment theme is key to a successful event that coordinates everything including entertainment, party favors, decor, photo opportunities, and more. Some themes may be great for decor and photos, but hard to match with entertainment. Correctly chosen themes unify everything and make very happy guests. For example, a "Party in Paris" is a wonderful theme (with Moulin Rouge dancers and French bands). But, if your guests really want to boogie down, a "Saturday Night Fever" theme is the better choice. Themes like "I Love L.A." can easily engage guests with interactive stations (like graffiti walls and glitter body artists) and customized party favors to take home (like graffiti water bottles and cell phone cases) they can continue to use to remember you and your event.

Unique Ideas	3D Chalk Artist Acrobatic Basketball Show Action Painting Show Action Photo Books Aerial Sphere Performer American Idol Party Anime Portraits Bottle Dancers Butterfly Mirror Dancers Cirque Shows (customized) Custom Songs Cyr Wheel Performers Dancing with the Stars Show Digital Caricatures Disco Ball Dancers DJ Online Parties DJ with Musicians DJ with Singers DJ with Electric Violin (Solo or Duo) DJ & Sax Dueling Pianos Electric Cellist Electric Violinists Giant Toys Gift Wall / Champagen Wall Hidden Name Art Human Tables Human Fountains Human Plants Human Rock Human Branded Walls Ice Sculpting Shows Improv Show Interactive Music Videos Jumping Stilt Performers Laser Harp Shows Laser Light Shows LED & Painted Dancers LED Drumlines Light Painting Medieval Band Mermaids & Sea Creatures Mirror Dolls Moulin Rouge Show Murals & Live Artists Music as Sculpture with Dance Online Virtual Hybrid Drive-In Parties Photos - Mirror Photos - Roving Photo Booth Photo Wall Rock Star Camp Silent DJ Parties Slow Motion Videos Spark Performers Speed Painters Stilts with Fantasy Puppets Street Chalk Art (Interactive) Synchronized Swimming Shows Surfing Simulator Underwater Photos		Gift Walls DJ & Electric Violin DJ & Sax Silent DJ Parties Laser Harp Show LED Performers Human Rock Underwater Photos Butterfly Mirror Dancers
	Disco Ball Performers
Any Theme	3D Chalk Artist Animals (for shows, photo opportunities, enhance your theme, etc.) Airbrush Artist / Glitter Body Artist with art choices to match the theme Branded Entertainment - Let the entertainment speak your theme, company or name. Caricature Artists drawing your guests to match the theme Custom Songs Games & Teambuilding Gift Wall / Champagen Wall Green Screen Photos & Videos Greeters (dressed in Tuxedos, handing out Polynesian leis, etc.) Hair Dressers for Hair Styles of the Era Hat Making Human Statues (customized for your theme) Human Tables (customized for your theme) Props & Backdrops (customized for your theme) Lookalikes of the Era Mimes (customized for your theme) Social Dancers & Instruction from the Era (pick a theme) Photo Booths with props & costumes Photo Booths with Photos Strips and Scrapbooks Photos with Instant Social Media Uploads
20's / Great Gatsby	Music: Roaring 20s, Swing, Jazz Singers & Bands Flapper & Charleston Dancers Flapper & 20s Dancers Candy Girls (with trays, in large champagne glass, etc.) Celebrity Lookalikes Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Laurel & Hardy etc. 20's Hair Dressers 20's Props & Backdrops 20's Human Tables Elephant & other animals for meet and greet Cirque style performers (aerial ribbon artists, contortionists, acrobats, fire performers, etc.)
30's & 40's	Andrews Sisters Show Big Band (in USO uniforms) Candy Girls Jazz Singer / Pianist Paparazzi 30's Props & Backdrops Rat Pack Show Swing Band Swing Dancers Swing Instruction Shoe Shine Guy 30's & 40's Hair Dressers
	Lookalikes Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Laurel & Hardy, Mae West, Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Boop, Betty Grable, Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Rosemary Clooney, Joan Crawford, and James Cagney
50's Sock Hop / Swing	50s Band 50s Vocal Trio Doo Wop Singers 50s Dancers (Jitterbug, Jive, etc.) Celebrity Lookalikes 50's Hair Dressers 50's Props & Backdrops
60's	60's Band / Tribute Bands (Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc.) Go Go & Disco Dancers Disco Ball Contortionist Disco Dance Lessons 60's Hair Dressers Tie Dyed T-shirts & Spin Art 60's Props & Backdrops Social Dancers Lookalikes such as John Travolta, Sonny & Cher and Austin Powers (Groovy, Baby!) to mix and mingle, perform a stage show, and pose with guests for photo opportunities.
70's	See Disco below
80's	Action Painting Show - 80s Breakdancers Lookalikes - 80s Human Tables - 80s Photo Booths - 80s Tribute Bands - 80s
Acoustic Acts	Acoustic Bands African Drumming Bagpipe Band Barbershop Quartets Band on Stilts Dixieland Band Drum Show (Stomp Style) Drum Line Show Fife & Drum Band German Oom-Pah Band Harpists (Classical, Latin)		Holiday White Tuxedo Quartet Mariachis Marimba North Pole Express Renaissance Band Steel Drum String Trios & Quartets Strolling Opera Singers/Waiters Taiko Drum Toy Soldiers
American	See July 4th Patriotic below
Artisans	Airbrush Artists Basket & Gourd Weaver Calligraphy Caricature Artists Caricature Artists - Digital Caricature T-shirts Chinese Fan Art Glass Art Graffiti Art Hidden Name Art Letter Art Live Event Painters Mexican Paper Flowers Murals Origami Papel Picado Silhouette Artist Street Chalk Art (Interactive) Wire Name Art
Asian	Anime Artists Asian Themed Stiltwalkers Calligraphy Artists Chinese Acrobats Chinese Bands Chinese Dancers (Lion, Ribbon, Dragon etc.) Chinese Fan Art Japanese Bands Japanese Dancers Japanese Taiko Drumming Martial Art Performers (Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do) Letter Art Origami Philippine Bands Philippine Dancers Polynesian Bands Polynesian Dancers (Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan & Fire) Rice Writing Thai Classical Dancing
Branded Entertainment	Anime Artists Candy Girls Caricatures Calligraphy Artists Cirque Performers Face Painters Games & Teambuilding Gift Wall / Champagen Wall Graffiti Artists and Party Favors Human Backdrops Human Tables Human Statues Ice Sculpting Shows Improv Shows LED Performers Murals Party Favors Painters Photo Booths Sand Sculpting Underwater Photos Water Curtains
Casino / James Bond / 007 Theme	Candy Girls Celebrity Lookalikes James Bond, The Rat Pack, Humphrey Bogart, etc. Bond Girls Human Statues: James Bond, Bond Girls, etc. Rat Pack Show Show Girls Show Show Girls and Go Go Dancers Oversize Martini Glass with Performer Strolling Champagne Dress Girls Aerial Champagne Pourer James Bond and Villain Show Human Tables Cirque Show and Atmosphere Performers (with casino theme) Swing, Jazz and 20s Bands Flapper & Charleston Dancers Flapper & 20s Dancers
Cirque & Circus	Acrobatic Skating Show Aerial Ribbon Chinese Pole Artists Cyr Wheel Performers Fabric Hoop Hoop Artists Hand Balancers Jumping Stilt Performers Mime Mirror Dolls Mums Parade Robostilts Rolling Globes Rope Walking Stiltwalkers Trapeze Artists Trampoline Show Trick Jump Roping Tumbling Unicycling
Cowboy / Country	Bull Whip Artistry Cowboy Town Comedic Cowboy Shoot Outs Old West Reenactors Cowboy Poets Country Bands Country Line Instruction Gun Spinning Jail-and-Bail (for fundraising) Hayrides Pony Rides Petting Zoo Rope Trick Artists Western Shows
Crafts & Interactive Art	Anime Portraits Boas Christmas Ornaments Fans Flip-flops Hand Animals Hat Decorating Hat Making Interactive Art Jewelry Boxes Jewelry Making Kite Making Ladies' Gloves Mask Making Men's Ties Murals Parasols Picture Frames Piñata Making Puppet Making Rice Writing Sand Art Street Chalk Art Sunglasses T-shirts
Disco Flashback	Cirque Contortionist on Disco Ball Disco Show Band Disco Dancers Disco Rollerskaters Go Go Dancers Disco Stiltwalkers Disco Lesson Human Disco Ball Dancers and Contortionists Social Dancers Disco Props & Backdrops Lookalikes such as John Travolta to mix and mingle, perform a stage show, and pose with guests for photo opportunities.
Fantasy	Costume Characters Fantasy Characters Hat Making Human Statues Human Tables Props & Backdrops
French Moulin Rouge	Can Can Dance Shows Candy Girls French Gypsy Jazz Bands Harlequin & Pierrot Character Human Strolling Tables Mimes & Human Statues Moulin Rouge Show Nicole Kidman Lookalike Satine Character Strolling Characters Stiltwalking Parasol
Futuristic / Modern / Glow Parties / Light Parties / LED Parties	Airbrush/Glitter Body Artist Body Painting & Crafts Caricature Artists Cirque Shows (futuristic) Cirque Spheres Cosmic Speed Painter Futuristic Cellist Gift Wall Human Tables (future theme) Human Statues (futuristic) Laser Harp Show Laser Light Show LED Dancers LED Drumlines Mimes (robot or future theme) Mirror Dolls Music as Sculpture with Dance Photos with Instant Social Media Uploads Robots (interactive) Robots on Stilts
Games & Videos	Interactive Game Shows: like Jeopardy Music Videos: complete with song choice, wardrobe, hats, glasses, guitars, mics, drums, keyboards, tambourines, on a Chroma-Key set with thousands of digital effects. Music Head Videos: This type of Video is a green screen opportunity for your guests to be superimposed onto professional dancers' bodies as they lip-sync to hits such as "I Will Survive. It's hilarious, mesmerizing and the hit of the party. Each guest receives a DVD copy of their star performance. Also add a surfing simulator for more gaming fun.
Gatsby Theme	Music: Roaring 20s, Swing and Jazz Singers & Bands Flapper & Charleston Dancers Flapper & 20s Dancers Candy Girls Celebrity Lookalikes Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Laurel & Hardy etc. 20's Hair Dressers 20's Props & Backdrops 20's Human Tables Elephant & other animals for meet and greet Cirque style performers (aerial ribbon artists, contortionists, acrobats, fire performers, etc.)
Greeters	Candy Girl Champagne Wall Gift Wall Cirque Performers Holiday Characters Human Statues & Mimes Human Tables Living Candelabra Lookalikes Red Carpet Girl Roller Skating Waitresses Stiltwalkers Talking Paintings Tuxedo Greeters
Holiday	Animals Acapella Singers Candy Girls Candy Sculptor Choirs Craft Making Handbell & Dickens Carolers Holiday Characters: Santa, Mrs Claus, Frosty, Elves, Green Santa Holiday Dancers Holiday Comedy Show Holiday Theme Bands: Heralding Trumpeters, Toy Soldiers, North Pole Express, White Tuxedo Holiday Music & Comedy Show Holiday Pianist Human Snowglobes Ice Sculpting Show Jewish Bottle Dancers Living Holiday Ornaments Mask Making Mimes - Custom Themes Pirates Singing Christmas Carols Stiltwalkers: LED Frost, Elf, Fairy... Strolling Tables - Custom Themes Victorian Organ Grinder
Hollywood or L.A. Theme	Andrews Sisters Show Ballroom Dance Lessons Big Band Orchestra Body Painting Candy Girls Celebrity Lookalikes Chorus Girls Dancing with the Stars Show Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis Show Flashback Hair Do's Glitter Body Artist Graffiti Artist Jazz Dancers Jazz Singer / Pianist Kicklines Paparazzi Photo Booth for photos with the Stars Rat Pack Show: Frank, Dean and Sammy Red Carpet Character Swing Band Swing Dancers Swing Instruction Shoe Shine Guy Theme Human Statues Theme Human Tables Theme Props & Backdrops
	Lookalikes Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Laurel & Hardy, Mae West, Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Boop, Betty Grable, Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Rosemary Clooney, Joan Crawford, and James Cagney
Interactive	CRAFTS - guests make it 3D Chalk Artist Baseball Art Body Painting Christmas Ornaments Flower Pot Painting Hand Animals Hat Decorating Hat Making Interactive Art Jewelry Boxes Jewelry Making Kite Making Mask Making Murals Necklace Making Painted Crafts Picture Frames Piñata Making Puppet Making Rice Writing Sand Art Street Chalk Art Surfboard Art T-shirts Wax Hands		ARTISANS - party favors Action Photo Book Airbrush Painters Anime Portraits Calligraphy Caricatures (Digital or Regular) Chinese Fan Art Hairdressers for theme hair styles Hidden Name Art Letter Art Origami Papel Picado Photo Booths (with costumes) Silhouettes
	INTERACTIVE - guests interact, sing, dance and take home party favors 3D Chalk Artist American Idol Party Animals (meet, greet & photos) Anime Portraits Body Painting Custom Songs Comedy Improvisation Shows Cowboy Bail & Jail Dance Lessons Drumming Workshops Dueling Pianos Game Shows Gift /Champagne Wall Human Fountains Human Statues (that pop to life) Human Rock Human Plants Music Video Making Murder Mystery Theatre Painted Crafts Rope Trick Artists Rose Petal Greeters Sand Sculptures & Castles Social Dancers Star Gazing Surfing Simulator Treasure Hunts
Italian Bella Roma	Accordion Players Glass Blowers Italian Music & Dance Troupe Living Statues (Classical) Opera Singers Organ Grinder & Monkey Renaissance Quartet Singing Waiters Show Talking Paintings Violinists
	Celebrity Lookalikes (Italian): Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin was born Dino Crocett, Rat Pack (Frank, Dean, Sammy, Madonna was born Louise Veronica Ciccone, Bobby Darrin was born Roberto Cossotto, Sophia Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolon, Tony Danza was born Anthony Iadanza, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta, Leonardo DiCaprio, Danny Di Vito, Joe Mentegna.
Italian Venetian Carnival	Carnival Mimes Cirque show Venetian Carnival theme Opera / Popera Singers		Live Painters Policia Character Talking Paintings Venetian Mask Artists Violinists
July 4th Patriotic	American Idol Party American Roots & Rock Band or Guitarist Andrew Sisters Tribute Show Band on Stilts Beach Bands Broadway Show Country Bands & Dancers Dancers: American Heritage, Country, Dancing with the Stars, Rockettes & Swing Dixieland & Bluegrass Bands Hayrides & Carriage Rides Jazz Bands Lookalikes American Heritage of American Icons John Wayne and his "Why I Love America" Show, Betty Boop, Bruce Springstein "Born in the USA," Abraham Lincoln, etc Patriotic Candy Girls Patriotic Hat Making Patriotic Human Statues Patriotic Human Tables Patriotic Clear Sphere Cirque Artists Patriotic Caricature Artists Patriotic Crafts Artisans Picnic Fun & Games Roaring 20's Sax Band Stiltwalkers: Statue of Liberty and Uncle Sam Surf Bands Tribute Bands: Beach Boys and other American Bands USO Swing Band V-J Day Photo Reenactors Western Shows: Cowboy Storytellers, Cowboy Poets, Old West Reenactors, Stunt Shows, Trick Roping, Bull Whipping, and Gun Spinning
Latin Fiesta / Mexican	Animal Education Shows Basket Artists Face Painters (Latin Theme) Folklorico Dancers Gourd Artists Latin Storytellers Latin Comedians Lookalikes (Latin) Mariachis Mexican Paper Flower Makers Papel Picado Artisans Piñata Making Workshop
Mambo / Salsa Nights	Bilingual Emcees Bilingual Comedians Marionette Show	Salsa / Mambo Dance Performances Salsa / Mambo Orchestra Salsa Instruction Social Dancers
	Lookalikes: Lucille Ball, Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Carmen Miranda, Ricky Ricardo, Selena & Shakira
Mardi Gras	Brazilian Bands Brazilian Dancers Carnival Mimes Carnival Stilt Walkers Carnival Cirque Performers Mardi Gras Mask & Bead Making Dixieland Bands French Jazz Bands Jesters Zydeco Bands
Middle East Arabian Nights Moroccan	Ambient Characters: Cleopatra, King Tut, Beggers, Merchants, Nubian Slaves & Greeters Arabic Comedian Bands (Middle Eastern) Belly Dance Shows (Snake Dancer, Sword Balancing, Lit Candelabra, Gypsy Tambourine, Stick Dance, Veil & Isis Wings) Exotic Animals		Dancers: Belly Dancers, Bollywood, Hindi Film, Debke, Egyptian, Lebanese, Iranian, Saudi Arabian, Moroccan, American Tribal & Surrounding Arabic Countries Disc Jockey (Arabic) Fire Artists (Middle Eastern) Jugglers (Middle Eastern) Knife Thrower Martial Artists (Middle Eastern) Snake Dancer Sword Swallower
Motown	Motown Band Lookalikes
Nature Entertainment	Fire Shows Human Fountains Human Orchid Human Plants Human Rock Human Music Box Human Statues Ice Sculptures Ice Show Stilts with Fantasy Puppets Vine Stiltwalkers Water Curtains
Octoberfest	Austrian Zither Players German Street Organ Grinder German, Swiss & Austrian Dancers Oom-Pah Band Swiss, German & Austrian Alphorn Swiss Bell Ringers Solo Accordion Yodelers
Party Favors	ARTISANS artists make it for guests Baseball Art Caricatures Chinese Fan Art Digital Caricatures Hidden Name Art Letter Art Origami Papel Picado Photo Booths Silhouettes INTERACTIVE guests sing/dance etc. and take home their creation Action Photo Book Music Videos		CRAFTS guests make & take it home Christmas Ornaments Flower Pot Painting Gift / Champagne Wall Hand Animals Hat Decorating Hat Making Interactive Art Jewelry Boxes Jewelry Making Kite Making Mask Making Necklace Making Papel Picado Making Picture Frames Piñata Making Puppet Making Rice Writing Sand Art Surfboard Art T-shirts
Pirate	Pirate Bands Pirate Shows Baby Exotic Animal Petting Zoo Belly Dancers Fire Eating Comedy Show Exotic Animals Parrots, Monkey, Tiger, Camel, Elephant Knife Throwing Pirates (even Jack Sparrow.) Pirate Photo Booth Pirate Props Treasure Hunts
Polynesian Luau	Fire/Knife Dancers (or Laser LED Lei Making Luau Props Polynesian Band Polynesian Dancers Polynesian Greeters Polynesian Photo Booth
Pool Party / Under the Sea	Human Statues Mermaids Sea Creatures Rolling Globe Artists Synchronized Swimming Show Stiltwalkers in Sea Costumes Surfing Simulator Theatrical Production with Sea Creatures Underwater Photos
Rat Pack	Rat Pack Shows: Frank, Dean and Sammy Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Show Big Band Dancing with the Stars Show Ballroom Dance Lessons
Sports	Acrobatic Skating Show Aerial Skating Show Capoeira Martial Arts Airbrush Artists Caricature Artists Celebrity Lookalikes Baseball Academy Baseball Party Favors Basketball Dunk Show Basketball Hoop Stiltwalker Cirque Performers: (Aerial, Rolling Globe, Chinese Poles) Drum Lines Drum Shows		Extreme Powerboarding Extreme Sports Shows Extreme Martial Arts Show Hand Balancing Show Human Tables Ice Sculpting Show Jump Rope Shows Picnic Sports Games Rappel Tower Rhythm Gymnastics Show Rock Climbing Wall Soccer Dogs Sports Scenery Surfing Indoors Trampoline Show Unicyclists
Strolling Acts	Animal Greeters Balloon Artists Candy Girls Can Can Girls Carolers Carriage & Hay Rides Celebrity Lookalikes Champagne Dress Girls Cirque Performers (Rolling Globe, Sphere etc.) Clowns Costume Characters (Children's, Holiday, Giant Toys, etc.)		Harlequin & Pierrot Character Human Rock Human Tables Jugglers LED & Painted Dancers Mimes & Statues Opera Singers/Waiters Roller Skating Waitresses Stiltwalkers Stilts with Fantasy Puppets Unicyclists
	Music: African Drumming, Bagpipe Solo or Band, Band on Stilts, Barbershop Quartets, Dixieland Band, Drum Line Show, Fife & Drum Band , Fleet Street Band, German Oom-Pah Band, Mariachis, North Pole Express, Renaissance Band, Singing Waiters, Strolling Opera Singers, Strolling Saxophone, Toy Soldiers Band.
Summer / California / Patriotic	American Idol Party American Roots Music Andrew Sisters Singers Band on Stilts Beach Boys Tribute Band Beach Bands Cirque Aerial Artist Cirque Clear Sphere Cirque Floating Stage Cirque Pole Hoop Crafts Making Dixieland Band Fire Dancers Fire Performers Fireworks Hay & Carriage Rides Hat Making Human Tables Human Statues Mermaids Polynesian Dancers Sand Sculpting Surfing Santa Surfing Indoors Synchronized Swimmers Tropical Bands Underwater Photos Western Cowboy Poets Western Reenactors Western Stunt Shows Western Trick Ropers USO Bands
Tango Nights	Bandeleon Tango Band Tango Dancers Tango Instruction Social Dancers
Tropical Paradise	Afro-Caribbean Steel Drum Lei Making Luau Props Mermaid Natural Entertainment Ideas Polynesian Band Polynesian Dance Show Polynesian Photo Booth		Parrot Shows Polynesian Greeters Synchronized Swimmers Tiki Safari Stiltwalkers Tropical Animals with Trainers for meet and greet or Animal Education Shows
Winter Wonderland	Butterfly Mirror Dancers Disco Ball Contortionists Disco Ball Dancers LED Aerial Hoop LED Cirque Performers LED Contortion LED Cylindrical Wand LED Cyr Wheel LED Diabolo ( giant yo yo) LED Drum Teams LED Fan Dancers LED Glow and Breakdancers LED Human Tables LED Hoops LED Jugglers LED Human Table LED Poi & Staves LED Polynesian Show LED Robots LED Staff LED Stiltwalkers LED Stacked Chair Show LED Wing Dancers Snowglobes Winter Singers Winter Shows & Acts
Youth Acts	Youth Mariachis Youth Salsa Dance Troupes Youth Irish Dance Troupes