College Students can be a challenging audience when it comes to entertainment; mostly, they will prefer to do something with their own group of friends rather than anything the student activities and engagement department provides, which hurts event attendance.
Luckily, at Neon Entertainment, we’ve solved this problem. We’ve spent decades working with student activity professionals all over the country in large and small schools to create unique experiences that students love. Now we can provide campuses all over the country with high-quality entertainment that encourages students to bring their whole friend group to participate in and spread the fun campus-wide.
If you are interested in ways you can have groups of students participate in your event, you’re in the right place. Based on our experience providing this entertainment, here are some ideas for events that you could bring to your college that students and their friends will have a blast participating in.
Portable Escape Rooms for Engaging Activity
Escape Rooms may be a perfect experience for college students. They are intellectually stimulating, requiring thought and effort to solve them. They are also a TON of fun to do with your friends. When we bring this experience to colleges, we get groups of friends who want to solve the mystery together, and sometimes even compete against eachother to finish the fastest.
Overall, this is a great attraction for students to participate in with a group, and a consistently beloved event among 18- to 25-year-olds, especially in the last 5 years.
Rage Rooms to Let Off Some Steam
If you just told us you were watching your best friend, armed with a baseball bat and full safety gear, smash their way through obsolete electronic appliances, like a bull in a China shop, we would say you just perfectly described a Rage Room. Through the unbreakable viewing window, friends can watch eachother smash everything to pieces and take out the stress of the college semester in a violent, but safe way.
It truly is a blast watching friends and strangers alike let their inner rage out in a fun, productive way. Students often love watching the rage room just as much as they like raging in it! Either way a great attraction to experience with your friends.
Silent Discos To Bring the Party to Your Campus
Silent Discos let college students jam out with their favorite songs alongside their friends, the whole time without disturbing all of campus with a loud concert. Students usually come to these silent discos with their friends, dance, party, and have a great time. Students have three synced audio channels they can listen to, so even if the friend group has different tastes in music, they can still have a great time at the disco with eachother!
Axe Throwing To Switch Things Up
We don’t think there’s been an event that’s skyrocketed in popularity more than Axe Throwing. 10 years ago, axe-throwing barely existed, but now we can bring it straight to your college. Students love the novelty and the unique experience of going axe throwing, which is only multiplied by doing it on campus with their friends.
We see groups of students often competing against eachother trying to hit the targets better than the other participant. It’s a great time, all kept safe by our certified axe masters, heavy-duty caging, protective equipment, and more.
Blacklight Bowling to Bring Back the Classics
Blacklight Bowling (Or Cosmic Bowling) brings the fun of a neon-lit bowling alley straight to your campus. We provide bowling balls, pins, bowling lanes, and a scoring system, while students provide the crowd. Bowling is a classic thing to experience with your friends, and while relatively simple in concept, Blacklight Bowling provides campuses with the perfect kind of entertainment for college students to go so they can have some fun after class with their friends.
More Popular Experiences Students Do with Their Friends
If none of these unique experiences are speaking to you, don’t worry; we have SO many more attractions that students just can’t get enough of. Portable Roller Rinks, Obstacle Courses, Comedians, Live Music, DIY Events, and Game Shows are just a few of the experiences we offer that get students excited to participate in events around campus.
If you are interested in bringing one of these unique experiences to your campus, reach out to us at Neon Entertainment. We know that booking entertainment can seem stressful; let us make it as easy as possible so you can provide your students with the best quality there is. Start a conversation with one of our regional agents, who will be happy to answer your questions, provide solutions and pricing, and help you choose the perfect entertainment for your next event, no matter where you are in the country. We can’t wait to hear from you!
