Dear Wedding Skulls

I have a question. We want to do something fun at our reception that doesn’t involve dancing. We don’t dance and neither do our friends. Do you have any ideas for a gothic/steampunk wedding that doesn’t have dancing?

I sure do! You shouldn’t be surprised to know this is a common question. For every person who loves tapping their feet, there’s at least two who find it abhorrent. Non-dancers are rife in our gothic/heavy metal subculture because we tend to be the socially-awkward, ambivilent individuals.

Without knowing too much about your wedding I can’t offer any specific ideas, but here are five suggestions for dancing-free entertainment at a gothic/steampunk wedding.

1. Computer Games.

For the geek couple! Set up a massive Dance Dance Revolution station or a singstar / rock band stage. Watching your grandma trying to strum along to ‘Through the Fire and Flames’ on guitar hero will totally make your whole wedding, I guarantee!

2. Parlour games

Parlour games are perfect for the indoor steampunk wedding. I’ve found a great website of parlour games for all you Victorian lovlies.

3. Exhibit / Attractions

At our wedding, we paid for our guests to travel through four haunted attractions. The actors picked on us – especially me. I got chased by two chainsaw-weilding maniacs through the haunted forest. It was awesome.

If your wedding is at a theme park, guests can go on rides or just walk around and enjoy the evening. You could also have a museum/gallery wedding – always something to look at in a museum!

I’ve seen photos from one couple who had their wedding in a zoo, and another who were wed under an aquarium dome. Their guests loved exploring the animals after hours.

I also heard of a steampunk couple who married on a historic train which took all their guests on a four-hour train trip with delicious food and music. How rad is that?

4. Other Entertainers

Have a look at Rachel and Matt’s Moulin Rouge meets Tim Burton wedding – they had dancers and entertainment all night! What about belly-dancers, modern dancers, trapeize artists, clowns, magicians or comedians? I’m sure if you ask around you’ll find some talented friends willing to step up!

5. Outdoor Games

Your gothic cemetery picnic needs a few black-ribboned hula-hoops, a black frisbee and a lawn-bowls set, and your guests won’t miss the awkward dancing.