Anyone having a wedding with no dance floor? What’s your plan?

I went to a wedding reception last year that there wasn’t any dancing or a dance floor anyway.
Guests just mingled amongst themselves. There was a photo booth.

Awww congratulations!! My advice would be to have a ton of activities for your guest to be able to mingle around and what not. Also see if you can still have some type of music playing around in the back ground so your guest can interact with☺️ The main importance is to celebrate you and your Fiancés union and I’m sure that’s what your guest will be looking forward to 💓

I would say it's game time! Trivia/Jeopardy, shoe game, Simon Says (at tables), card games, board games, etc.

While I love dancing, if I walked into a wedding and saw a pile of games at every table, I'd be entertained for hours!

View Quoted Comment I second this! Anything interactive would be good (vs those wedding receptions where ppl do a long video or slide show - not very engaging).
OP I hope that you find an idea that sparks joy for you, and whatever decision you make i hope you feel great about it. We're in this dumpster fire together 😉 😂 😭

You could have games that guests do at their seats like trivia or I spy. You could also hire a comedian rather than a DJ as a form of entertainment or have karaoke.

I had this exact predicament. Only dancing in Ohio is allowed 10 on the floor at a time with social distancing. However no standing while eating or drinking. 95% of my guests are over 50 and I didnt want it to be like a dinner party. That is exactly how I know it would be. I decided to have a ceremony only outside everyone will he invited and I will also have zoom fir those that cant or dont want to attend. After we are inciting 20 people to our hime for food and drinks. There are no restrictions on gatherings at our homes. I am losing 3,000 in deposits the most 2150 for the band. I thought of fighting them because the contract only says act of god nothing about a pandemic but Im just tired and have no energy for it. I actually feel pretty good about the choice. We all have to pivot our plans its not going away anytime soon. When there is a vaccine in 2021 it will take about the entire year to get people vaccinated starting with the healthcare and vulnerable first. The thing that annoys me is alot of it seems political. Lets see what happens after the election if we have all this in place. Like we cant not have sports etc etc for 1.5 years!

Our wedding is August 8th, but we postponed the big reception we were planning and are getting married in a small ceremony instead. Since you're outside, can you set up a bunch of lawn games for people to play? I really like the trivia and board game ideas too, although I'm having a hard time visualizing how board games would work with centerpieces and place settings.


Also, I think the rule is technically, "no dance floors," and not, "no dancing," so you can probably get around this if you really want to include dancing as an activity. You could set up a bunch of small spaces by marking them on the ground (with wedding-colored stones or whatever your venue allows) and tell people to only dance with the people they came with.

I’m in MA as well, we have been waiting for 2.5 years to be married. I think his no dance floor rule is a little bit to much considering it’s not a nightclub lol. I spoke to mY venue yesterday and they don’t even know if they can allow a first dance or photos/vows without masks. If that’s the case I will for sure postpone to next year, but if I can at least have my ceremony and a dinner mask free I will do that and have my big party next year. You could definitely do some games and have music in the background! Best of luck it’s tough here in MA

We are moving forward with our August 29th wedding. No dancing but I think we are okay with that. What's most important? Wearing my dress and having my dad will me down the aisle (we already legally got married on our original date). We are doing mad libs at each place setting during our lunch. Then we move into a lounge area with a live 3 piece band. We will have wooden table top games and trivial pursuit cards at each of the tables. I'm still debating a caricature artist. I'm also working on Ben and Jerry ice cream cart for dessert since we won't be having cake.

My venue has listed no dance floors as a restriction and I’m so torn. On one end I really want our first dance, the father/daughter dance and the mother/son dance. My FH’s mother can’t be here due to her living in Mexico and the restrictions on international travel so my mom is going to take her place. On the other end I just want to be married already, we’ve been waiting for almost a year and a half! Checking with our venue coordinator to get more details and waiting for a response. I really do like the idea of having games at each table though! Is the whole no dancing thing a deal braker for some of you?

I'm in the same boat- wedding planned for October 18 in Massachusetts, everyone is traveling in from all over the U.S. With the guest number restrictions and no dance floor, we're trying to pivot where the money we've already deposited will go towards seeing as a lot of what we were paying for was many more people and DJ/photographer for 8hours. We decided to move forward with our wedding as planned because tbh, I don't know what next year will bring and for all we know, some of the vendors and/or venues may be closed or bankrupt due to the shut downs. In lieu of losing all of our deposit, we are moving forward and able to have a first dance/special person dance and trying to find other things to occupy/entertain our guests. I think the games are a great idea, even a photo booth. We're trying to scale back now seeing as our original number is now down to 1/4 of what we planned, and reallocating the money towards things our family and friends will enjoy along with us. Best of luck, and appreciate all the tips too!