We are always being asked for suggestions for themed events and “how much” does it cost? The level of cost is determined by how much you want us to do and any additional services you may require.

You may only require us to simply play music in keeping with the theme in which case you would be quoted for a normal function. We have listed below some bullet points of popular combinations and also timelines and suggestions if you want to manage the event yourself.

• Themed music only
• Themed music & DJ in costume
• Themed music, DJ in costume & basic props
• Full events management

1980's

From Madonna and Debbie Gibson to Michael Jackson.

In with the wacky hair styles and off the wall clothing.

Overview:

1981
Failed U.S. Rescue Attempt to Save Hostages in Tehran
John Lennon Assassinated
Mount St. Helens Erupts
Rubik's Cube Popular
Ted Turner Establishes CNN
Assassination Attempt on the Pope
Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan
First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Millions Watch Royal Wedding on T.V.
New Plague Identified as AIDS
Pac-Man is Extremely Popular
Personal Computers (PC) Introduced by IBM

1982
E.T. Movie Released
Falkland Islands Invaded by Argentina
King Henry VIII's Ship the Mary Rose Raised After 437 Years
Michael Jackson Releases Thriller
Reverend Sun Myung Moon Marries 2,075 Couples at Madison Square Garden

1983
Cabbage Patch Kids are Popular
Reagan Announces Defense Plan Called Star Wars
Sally Ride Becomes the First American Woman in Space
Soviets Shoot Down a Korean Airliner
U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed

1984
Huge Poison Gas Leak in Bhopal, India
Indira Gandhi, India's Prime Minister, Killed by Two Bodyguards
PG-13 Movie Rating Created
Vietnam War Memorial Opened in Washington, DC

1985
Famine in Ethiopia
Hole in the Ozone Layer Discovered
Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika
New Coke Hits the Market
Wreck of the Titanic Found

1986
Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
Ferdinand Marcos Flees the Philippines
Iran-Contra Scandal Unfolds
U.S. Bombs Libya
U.S.S.R. Launches Mir Space Station

1987
DNA First Used to Convict Criminals
Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Butcher of Lyons, Sentenced to Life in Prison
New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"
West German Pilot Lands Unchallenged in Russia's Red Square

1988
Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed Over Lockerbie
U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Airliner

1989
Berlin Wall Falls
Exxon Valdez Spills Millions of Gallons of Oil on Coastline
Students Massacred in China's Tiananmen Square
U.S. President Bush Announces That He Doesn't Like Broccoli

Party Ideas:

Invitations:
One of the most important things about organising a party is the invitation. It’s the window to your party and sets the whole mood. It needs to be novel, eye catching and full of content relevant to your party.

Search the internet for images from the 80's:

• Madonna
• Pacman
• Boy George
• Duran Dura

Try wording the invite with song snipits of the era:

“Tonight were gonna party like it's 1985” (Prince's 1999)

Youre Invited To Joe Smiths
”Just can't get enough of the 80'S” Birthday Party (Depeche Mode)

When
November 22nd “At like 8PM” (Girl Talk)

Where
“Our house in the middle of our street” (Madness)

Centerpieces and Table Decoration:

• Post images on the walls of scenes from the 80’s
• Use large cutouts of famous people. (Try Ebay)
• Scatter a few Rubik's Cubes around (Try Ebay)
• Research 80's drinks on the Internet

1980's Movies:

• My Left Foot
• Henry V
• Born on The Fourth of July
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Dead Poets Society
• Rain Man
• Stand And Deliver
• Wall Street
• Pelle The Conqueror
• Broadcast News
• Dark Eyes
• Ironweed
• Good Morning Vietnam
• Amadeus
• Mississippi Burning
• Under The Volcano
• The Killing Fields
• Starman
• Amadeus
• Educating Rita

1980's Film Stars:

• Daniel Day Lewis
• Kenneth Branagh
• Tom Cruise
• Morgan Freeman
• Robin Williams
• Dustin Hoffman
• Gene Hackman
• Tom Hanks
• Max Von Sydow
• Michael Douglas
• William Hurt
• Jack Nicholson
• F Murray Abraham
• Jeff Bridges
• Albert Finney
• Sam Waterston
• Robert Duvall
• Michael Caine
• Tom Conti
• Albert Finney

1980's Pop Stars:

• Bananarama
• Billy Idol
• Blondie
• Bon Jovi
• Bruce Springsteen
• Bryan Adams
• Cyndi Lauper
• Dire Straits
• Duran Duran
• Eric Clapton
• Madness
• Madonna
• Michael Jackson
• Phil Collins
• Prince
• Sheena Easton
• U2
• UB40
• Wham
• Whitney Houston