What do you think of when someone says they want their party to have a "speakeasy vibe". Do you think of dim lighting, intimacy, and extravagance? Do you picture rich colors and velvety textures? Then you are on the right path to recreating the perfect speakeasy.
Name your club- The Cotton Club
the 21 Club
the Stork Club
Club Deluxe
SpeakEasy Moody Color Palette: Black Dark Brown Red Navy Blue
Deep Gray
Furniture: Velvet and Leather Couches and Chairs to create intimate conversational clusters
Dark Wood Tables
Crystal Chandeliers
Lights on a dimmer
Art Deco Furniture
Decor: Lacquered paint finishes
Frosted glass accents Crystal embellishments
Feathers
Pearls
Flowers
Oversized vases
Display books or photos of Book Titles- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ulysses by James Joyce
Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield
Apparel: Stylish and sophisticated
Suit
Blazer and Dress Pants
Cocktail Dress or a stylish jumpsuit
Dark Colors
Fedora or a Newsboy Cap
Flapper-style dress
Cloche Hat
Feather Boas
Food: Finger Foods
Lobster Canapés
Caviar Rolls
Crabmeat Cocktails
Shrimp Patties
Oyster Toast
Jellied Anchovy Molds
Radish Roses
Devilled Eggs
Savory Cheese Balls
Fruit Cocktail Cups
Ambrosia
Oysters Rockefeller
Beverages: Gin Fizz
Whiskey Smash
Martinis
Sidecar
The Mary Pickford
Old-Fashioned
Gin Rickey
French 75
The Last Word
Bee's Knees
Bacardi Cocktail
Ward Eight
Tom Collins
Monkey Gland
Hemingway Daiquiri
Music- Jazz
New Orleans Blues
Dixiland Jazz
The Count Basie Orchestra
Benny Goodman Orchestra
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Stan Getz
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Lester Young
Some fun elements to include:
-Secret password to enter
-Have a dance competition
-Create a Green entrance door, indicating a good time is to be had
-Play a 1920 movie in the background
-Have a costume contest
-When it's time for your party to end, hire people to dress up as police from the 1920's and stage a
raid
-Stage a 1920's car at the front entrance
-Play board games, especially 1920's themed games
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All photos are from Amazon, where these products are sold
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