Trivia Night Instead of Dancing?

I say do what y'all want. My FH and I aren't dancing people too much either, so we aren't doing the traditional dance floor. We will have music going for those that want to dance but we are having a lounge vibe for our reception.

If there is no dancing, guests are thrilled to get to chat and mingle without other entertainment.

If dancing isn’t your thing then don’t spend money on a dj.

We did a short game of trivia at our wedding and our guests seemed to enjoy it. It lasted about 15 minutes. I think you could do it for a part of the evening but I wouldn't do it the entire time because guests might lose interest.

We had a backyard wedding with music on an iPhone, no dancing. We had Jenga, cornhole, and bocci- they sat and talked and played Jenga. But, we also played ‘who am i’, had trivia about us, and played The Newly Wed Game. They were a huge hit!
I vote trivia 🤗 no need to have anything than background music.

A wedding with trivia sounds so fun! If that’s what you want do it!

I attended a wedding that had entertainers (belly dancers, fire blowing) and trivia games about the couple. I found it to be fun. There was a lounge area with a bar and photo booth were people went to chill while the dance floor was open. Dont see why you cant do both.

I think this is such a cute and unique idea! I say do whatever will make you and your fiancé happiest on that day.

I like the half and half idea. You’d give your guests the best of both worlds.

We are doing a half and half. My husband reeeeeally hates dancing. So we are turning our cocktail area into a board game place. We are super into board games along with all of our friends and some family. But we are also having the dancing in the reception hall.

It's your wedding so you can do what pleases you. Having said that I really enjoy dancing and would be disappointed to go to a wedding that didn't have dancing. I also don't like trivia and if that were the only activity offered I would be annoyed by it and get bored really fast. I think its fine to have non-dancing options, but if you are going to stray from what is traditionally expected (and not offer dancing at all), I would make sure your guests know.

If you have a big enough wedding you could have both dancing and trivia, but if your wedding is small I would worry that offering two things would dilute participation in both to the point where everything felt kind of underattended and underwhelming. There are a number of non-dancing activities you could include, such as lawn games, a campfire, or other entertainment that would give guests some non-dancing options but wouldn't require quite the same captive audience as trivia. I would personally avoid things that required prolonged sustained participation in favor of activities people can kind of jump into and out of pretty easily.

Have to say, I would love this. I don't like dancing, nor does my SO. I know a handful of people who are the same way but I also know some people HAVE to have dancing. I would say this is a "know your crowd" situation - maybe you could start the reception with trivia and break out into dancing soon thereafter?

The issue with trivia that goes on for a long time is that it needs an audience that is actively participating. Will most of your guests be happy with a trivia night for much of the wedding? If they don't then it won't work.

I can get the no dancing bit, and I don't think this would be a problem, your guests can mingle and talk amongst themselves instead.

Hi,

Did you end up doing this? We found a DJ that is willing to execute it but I am just wondering how it turned out logistically (paper forms at table to submit at the end or submit question by question)?

Thanks!