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You want to keep the people close to you happy and content and moving forward with the times. Naturally, you make plans to get together. The right NYC event begins with the right mood, and the best way to get there in 2025 is going to be to pick a theme, and make your plans around that.
Popular themes for 2025 are already emerging for your consideration, merging cultures and co-opting digital flair. The modern party is a platform for the exchange of ideas, both serious and fun, with digital options offering all new ways to “be there.” Will you host a hybrid event, remain traditional, and meet up completely face-to-face, or go all in for the virtual affair?
Themes That Work No Matter the Medium
The ideal party for 2025 may incorporate digital elements or be technology-free. You get to make that decision. Let your theme and personal preferences guide you to success.
Classic Circus Theme
Always a favorite, the ever-popular circus theme can be anchored by the right table setting. The timeless quality of the circus lends itself well to retro elements, from animal-inspired napkins and plates to good old Barnum and Bailey’s animal cookies. Add a circus-worthy game like balloon darts, or cornhole, and set up a face painting booth, and you are sure to create the perfect party – just don’t forget to book the photographer.
Take this one to the next level, and post a real-time video on social media, or include people at a distance as virtual participants, mailing ahead place settings, and giving your virtual partygoers a job to do (Is that funny relative just the perfect clown? Might your coworker be the ideal ringmaster?)
Connect your circus-themed party to an endangered species in need of protecting, and add instant cache to your occasion. You could support a non-profit close to home, or clear across the globe.
Ready to go completely virtual on this one? The virtual option is ideal for party planners whose social circles are large and scattered; the all virtual option opens up possibilities all its own, with dance parties, happy hours, and karaoke. Cyberspace is your space. Personalize it. Like to try a hologram? People, animals, and objects can be beamed into your event.
Easy Color Theme
Picking the perfect color as your primary theme may be the most inclusive and straightforward option. The color-themed party is limited to your imagination. Low-key, middle-of-the-road, or high style, a color-themed party fits the bill.
Uniting your get-together under one palette can fit your venue, in and out of season. Getting together with friends, family, or coworkers after Christmas and just before Valentine’s Day? Go with a red-themed party for the perfect subliminal transition that puts partygoers in mind of their recent Christmas and their future day of love. Keep the vibe going!
To get started on a red-themed party, make a list of your favorite red things and see where it leads. Is apple red your hue? Or cranberry? Scarlet? Mix your reds for an even richer experience. Color psychologists suggest that red picks up the energy in a room and that red is also suitable for passionate feelings. Thinking about red this way, red is the perfect color for a fundraiser, for an anniversary or religious celebration, or for a bold corporate event. If other colors suit your occasion better, calming blue reminds us of water and sky, yellow signals happiness, and green is the color of life. Follow the same steps for listing examples of your color to get your ideas flowing.
A color-themed party is easily adapted to an in-person, hybrid, or all-virtual experience. Materials for your party are mass produced or personally crafted and ready to pull together; virtual backgrounds may be applied; and distant partygoers can play along from home.
Decades Theme Parties
Appropriate for all ages, decades theme parties invite partygoers to dress for a particular time in history. Nostalgia is key.
The fifties and the seventies are popular and easy to shop for and host: Any partygoer can come up with a fifties costume and be ready for your sock hop. Similarly, the groovy seventies make a big splash with feel-good music and festive clothes. Don’t forget to complete the experience with the right food, drink, and party games. Both the fifties and seventies decades lend themselves well to finger foods of that era. Music immediately sets the tone, and trivia games, readily available, get people engaged and reminiscing.
A decades theme party can be enjoyed entirely in person, with others in attendance virtually, or hosted completely online.
What’s On The Calendar?
St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, Juneteenth. The first half of 2025 will be here before you know it, and there is always the rest of the year! Occasions arrive on personal and global schedules alike. What’s your inspiration?
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At EMRG Media, we think big from the Big Apple itself. We are New York City’s top event planners. From large-scale get-togethers to intimate experiences, we can make your party happen on optimal terms – short and sweet at the cocktail hour, extended happening in your special meeting place, family reunion, or once-in-a-lifetime shindig, or simply partying until the cows come home.
