What Makes the Perfect Wedding Festival? Advice from I Do Festivals
Wedding season is well and truly upon us once more! We've been speaking to scores of couples looking for unique wedding entertainment for 2018 and beyond, and more and more people are attracted by the idea of a festival style wedding. We can totally see why, too! There's nothing better than bringing the heady atmoshpere of a summer festivsal to your big day.
With that in mind, we asked our friends at the awesome I Do Festivals if they'd give all you wedding planners some tips on planning an awesome festival themed wedding! Without further ado, we'll pass you over to them...
Here at I Do Festivals, we are your one-stop shop to all your festival services- everything you will ever need – we have it! The Wedding Festival Company is where it all began for SJ and her team of planning superheroes when she got married to her husband and our Financial Director, Simon, at the very first super WedFest in 2014. Now we want to share our ‘wedding festival planning’ knowledge with you! We can offer a full Event Management service to our couples in the form of different packages, made totally bespoke for each couple.
Here are our top 5 key ingredients to make your dream wedding festival.
Top-tip number 1 – Location, location, location
We spend a lot of our time in fields so we know when we find the perfect backdrop for a couple to tie the knot. Our venue team will search high and low to find you your dream field (as crazy as it sounds your dream field is out there). You have to ask yourself some silly questions like; what is the land used for? Are you about to get married surrounded with cowpat? (with us, absolutely not) Is it flat– you don’t want to be tripping over in that dress!
Top-tip number 2 – Beautiful Décor
Décor can make or break the festival vibes therefore we ensure all our props are designed beautifully in each package. Whether this is hay bales, festival flags, signage or flowers, we have the very best. Festival flags are an absolute must on your big day – they create the festival atmosphere and tie the whole site together. We love the look they bring and the arena they can create!
Top-tip number 3 – Rocking Music
The be all and end all of music festivals is the music! We have such a large range of wonderful, talented musicians that get any party started in magnificent super-energetic fashion. We work very closely with the amazing team at Tailored Entertainment. They help us choose the right festival style wedding acts for the couples depending on the style of their day. One of our favourite bands this year was Jubilee, they were out of this world and definitely put on a good party!
Top-tip number 4 – Cracking Catering
Not only can we offer all of the above amazing parts of your wedding we have our own 5 Star in-house Street Food Catering Company or the more formal Swine Waiter, which offers a selection of food choice to suit every taste. A good choice of food can keep all your guests with a smile on their face!
Top-tip number 5 – Fabulous Drinks
Our Festival Bar Company can be stocked with your choice of alcohol – if you fancied a special ale, particular cocktail or a favourite spirit, we can do it all. Our specialised bar team can organise an individual, personalised menu to suit both yourself and your guests – we ensure all guests are well looked after and have plenty of refreshments!
Whether you are after a fully engineered music festival to keep you rocking throughout the whole weekend, or a more laid-back boutique wedding. Wherever you are on the festival spectrum we can tailor a unique package to create your wedding festival.
These 5 top tips are a great way to start building your ultimate wedding festival!
