Entertainment

Scarlett Entertainment (281.900.4176, scarlettentertainment.com) now offers site-specific outdoor aerial dancers for events. Available nationwide, the artists use aerial and ballet techniques to perform across the face of buildings and can incorporate silks, ropes, zip lines, bungee cords, and partner balancing tricks.

Guests can show off their best rock 'n' roll moves with the HariKaraoke Band, a live, four-piece band that backs amateur singers.  Performing in the Washington area since May 2010, HariKaraoke can play for corporate groups for up to five hours, offering a catalog of over 300 songs that guests can sing along to on stage via an iPad displaying lyrics.  And if a performance is truly painful, guests can bang on a gong a la The Gong Show— all in good fun, of course.  Pricing starts at $1,350 for two hours with the band for Friday and Saturday events within 50 miles of D.C., and from $1,050 for two-hour events Sunday through Thursday.

To celebrate the renovation of Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in 2007, Roy Braeger designed a vertical stage that tied into the event’s construction-themed decor and gave guests an unobstructed view of the musicians.

The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art’s 2009 ArtEdge benefit had a lighthearted feel, with childhood games and activities including a large swing set.

Digital photo booth projections, like this one from Mark van S. at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2006 benefit, have become an event staple for mixing interactive entertainment and decor.