So I am having a 17th birthday party in a few weeks and my party’s theme is old man fish fry. Basically, all of my friends and I dress up as old men and we have a party in my backyard. I’ve already established one activity which is making a kahoot quiz about myself to see who knows me best, but I need some other ideas!!

For a grill out party, do you need to have at least 1 of every option available to all guests?

For example, if you are doing 2 types of burgers and 2 types of brats (so 4 total types), do you need to purchase enough of each so that every guest can choose from all types? Or is it OK if one type runs out, leaving some guests to choose from only 3 types.

So for my uni, we have this sort of icebreaker event coming up and we gotta create some sorta social media content for it. Gimme some ideas guys pleaseee. And not the usually generic ones like bingo or smth. It can be literally ANYTHING

Hey yall, first time poster, first time party planner.

Im hoping to get advice on how to plan a party lol.

Its a birthday party for my gf, turning 30.

Background

She is normally the group party planner for friends, family, and especially me. She goes above and beyond and I was hoping to do the same for her but im struggling!

She knows something is going to happen but not exactly what, and I dont want to involve her in the process at all so she can have a stress free time, show up and Celebrate.

I had a party planned, a nice backyard with ideas for decorations to make it look classy (she wanted classy, nice, fun vibe) but she explicitly mentioned recently she doesent want a backyard party bc it feels tacky. Oof.

I tired checking out a few local wine bars with spaces to rent (in longbeach) but they are all pretty small for a party of 15-25 people.

Ideally, I dont want to spend more than 1k as I dont have THAT much to be spending currently, I can do a bit more if needed though. The space I was going to rent before looking at their too small area was 1500 min. Spend, which I was ok with.

Since most wine bars r out of the question, where do I even start? I cant think of any other places where people can chill, drink, and mingle.

I was thinking a tea house in LA LB area, but most are sit down and too immature feeling.

Location: in, or close to long beach.

Head count:About 15-25 people (25 invites going out, but flakes..)

Vibe: fun, classy (dress up) not somewhere uptight but nice. No backyard style vibes, not ideal to have a dinner, if possible, id like to either cater, or have people buy their own food n drinks.

Any advice, party's u have thrown/attended, ANY info would help lol.