Ideally, the venue where you will be exhibiting your work will also be organizing and paying for food and drinks for the opening. However, it could happen that the venue is open to having an opening but does not want to take care of the catering. So in this case, it will be your job to do that. You will have to define a menu and include the budget for it. Here are my tips for the catering. For the menu, go for finger food.

It is the easiest to set up and will keep your budget down. For the rings, I will recommend having some bubbly wine or champagne, water and produced to make sure to fit the tastes of the guests. setup the food and drinks with enough time and avoid last minute stress. Make sure you have to re glasses presentation plates, utensils and napkins etc. When it comes to serving to keep costs to a minimum, prefer either self service or voluntary helpers, like friends and family, and maybe even yourself if required. You can eventually have records to paid waiters or helpers if this is within your budget.

Having music at your show is a personal matter. So choice is yours as well as the organizers. I'd like to share with you my experience on music during an opening. I have had show openings, both with and without music. I personally believe that having background music puts a nice and joyful mood to the show. If you have the possibility to want to have music, I recommend having something that will make your guests feel good They will.

Therefore in my eyes a playlist with some smooth jazz, house music or even Latin music, played at a decent volume will work best for this kind of even. Now, if you're sure is a photographic exhibit on punk bands, it might make sense to have punk music in the background, but then you will have to check that it is loud enough to allow your guests to be able to hear each other. If having a playlist is not your thing, and maybe having a live band could be an option. This will definitely cost you more