Silent disco

A headphone party — every guest gets a wireless headset with channels to switch between, and the room goes quiet while the dance floor doesn't.

Also called: silent disco, headphone party, silent party, headphones, silent rave, quiet clubbing, after party, headphone disco.

When couples book this

Usually booked about 9 months out. It moves with your date.

Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone

Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.

How many channels would you like?
Wishlist mirror of the channel_count you set once you book.
How would you like the channels run?
When do you picture the headphone party?

What to ask each candidate

Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.

Dropped off or staffed?
A drop-off rental puts distribution and collection on your side — the task keeps that from being discovered at 10pm.
Transmitter range and coverage
Matters for sprawling venues, gardens, and multi-room sites — a per-candidate spec, not a couple decision.

What settles once booked

The working details you and your vendor pin down together.

How many headsets?
DERIVED — the couple is never asked what the plan already knows. Override to size for an after-party subset instead.
How many channels?
Two or three channels is the classic move — different genres compete, and the headset colors show who's listening to what.
Who runs each channel?
When does the silent disco run?
after_curfew_continuation is the headline use: the speakers stop at curfew and the headphones pick up the same dance floor.
Silent set start
THE CURFEW INVERSION. Every other music block is capped by noise_curfew; this one reads it as a starting gun. Changing the curfew decays this to needs_reconfirm.
How do headsets get to guests?
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What times are set on the day?
One row per moment — a serving round, a pickup leg, a person's slot, a set. Each row becomes its own block on your run of show, labeled with whatever you type, so name it for whoever will be reading it.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.

How it lands on your day

Silent disco delivery & setup
Silent disco set
Commonly STARTS at the venue's noise curfew — the one music block the curfew doesn't cap.
Headset collection
Equipment load-out
Headphones dodge the noise curfew, not the building's end time — load-out still binds.
Set time
One block per row of the cell's dayof_service_times answer; the row's own label names it, and its `until` makes it a window.

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced as one flat amount.

Lines that sometimes ride along: Additional headsets, Live DJ per channel, Equipment / loss deposit.

What your vendor reads from your plan

Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, the setup, logistics, contacts.

Plan your silent disco — and everything around it

These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.

We will write when there is something worth telling you.