Head Table Dilemma

Do you have to sit on the stage? Could you leave it open or put the band/DJ there instead?
Do you have any pictures, that could help us see the size of the space.

Do you have to use the stage? If not, then I would just have a sweetheart table on the floor. If the stage is necessary, then I would just sit the married couple next to one another all on one side of the table, so that there aren't people backing their chairs toward the edge of the stage (because that's a disaster in the making). I'm not sure why it's more difficult to sit the couples together? You don't have to have a groom's side and a bride's side to the table.

this is what the area looks like

My fiancé and I were just in a wedding were all the bridesmaids were dating or married to the groomsmen. The bride and groom had a similar layout and used a head table on the stage. They sat all the bridesmaids to the right of the bride and all the groomsmen to the left of the groom. All the wedding party couples were therefore sitting apart for dinner. I don’t think any of us questioned it or had any concerns, especially as we were only sitting down for dinner.

We were in the same boat but a smaller venue. We are doing a sweetheart table with 2 round tables on each side of us with the bridal party and their spouses/sig others split evenly

I had a kings table for my reception and honestly, it was nice because I didn't have to look at my guests. Everyone's eating, and you're not putting on a show, but having everyone face each other at the kings table was nice and sparked more conversation among us than if we were just looking out at everyone.


I know you said you were unsure about it because it'd be hard for you to see your guests/ them to see you, but there's plenty of time for them to see you otherwise, and seeing and talking to all your friends at the kings table is way more fun.

Skip the head/kings table because attendants don’t enjoy being on display. Seat them together at tables among the guests. Go with the sweetheart table but not on the stage. Reserve that for your dj.

We have a stage too and we are doing a bridal party head table. We are sitting all the significant others together at other tables. It is really only for dinner and after we eat idc where anyone goes. It was easier for us to do it that way with having a total including us of 14 people, if we did a sweetheart table we would need 2 more tables on top of the 13 we already have and would have made things really tight for space on the floor.

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Well that's what I would do, except there would only be 3 significant others at the table, the rest are coupled up or married in our bridal party. I can put two of them with other family or friends but there is 1 significant other that won't know anyone else and I have no where else to put him. I think we've decided to do two round tables with a sweetheart table in the middle and have the bridesmaids and the girls on one side and the groomsman and the guys on the other.