• separate room for:
  • catering
    • try to strike deals for discounts on food. Offer promotion on flyer/etc & have menus + special coupons available
  • merch tables for (local) vendors
• have decorations
  • lighting -- wall, stage, and dance floor
  • frog machines
  • wall hanging
  • table covers
  • at DJ/sound booth

Entertainment

• go-go dancers
• circus freaks / acts
• nonprofit organization / science presentation
• bands
• DJs
• livestream via Icecast + PeerTube
  • cameras on
    • Myself, equipment, crowd, 2x on stage, speakers, entertainers
• XMPP MUC
• newsletter
  • sign up, E-mail ASAP about events + ~2wks early & day before/of
• guestbook
  • leave notes for other attendees
  • short survey w/ (nick)name/alias
    • how often attends events
    • primary & secondary reasons for attending i.e. specific DJ, band, simply location/time/price
• have thick paper for privacy covering up other people's info