Divorce parties in Nashville are a real booking. Not a joke I invented. People want a living room, a few friends, and a night that is not a sad bar. I will book it if it is 21 and over, private, and not a scene. Agency since 1989. I still pick the dancer.
If you are throwing one, keep it small enough that everyone in the room knows why they are there. That is the whole tone.
Private house, not a public statement
We do not do restaurants. We do not do a honky-tonk. We do not do the three-foot rule. Not an escort service. Metro permit rules still apply. The show is inside a house or a hotel suite you control. Street clothes in the hallway. Door shuts. That is it.
If someone in the group wants to film a “revenge” clip for the internet, the answer is no. This is a party for the people in the room. I will cancel if the point is content, not a night.
How I staff it
Tell me the vibe. Funny and light, or actually a party. I pick from the Nashville roster I have, not a collage. Singles start at $275. Two-girl shows start at $500. Two-hour minimum. A bartender at $400 for two hours is a good add if you do not want the guest of honor stuck pouring.
If you want female dancers, say so. Male entertainers exist too. Do not make me guess. I danced 36 years. I can hear when a group is booking the wrong energy.
Headcount and the friend who overdoes it
Small is better. Ten people who like each other beats thirty people who came to gawk. One person is the booker. One person meets us at the door. If an ex is “definitely not coming” and then is in the driveway, that is your problem to stop at the sidewalk. We are not security.
Website since 2007. 21,400-plus events. I have seen nights that were kind and nights that were mean. I will not send someone into mean. If your invite language is cruel, I will pass. You can still have a party. You cannot have my roster for a roast that is going to get ugly.
Timing so it feels like a night, not a stunt
Food first. Show second. Or a short set and then you keep the house. Do not put the entertainment in the first ten minutes while people are still arriving with bottles. Give me a window. Give me a city. East Nashville, The Gulch, a Franklin house, I need the real pin.
Nashville strippers for a divorce party are still a private show. If you want Nashville strippers and a clean night, call with a headcount and a door. That is the booking.
What I will not staff
A roast that is going to get cruel. A room where somebody is being dared. A public restaurant. A “just come to the bar.” If the point is humiliation, I pass. You can still have friends over. You cannot have my roster for that.
Keep the guest list to people who like the person. That sounds obvious. It is not. Divorce nights collect hangers-on. Cut them. Ten people who will laugh with her or him beats thirty people who came to stare.
If there are kids in a custody schedule, they are not in the house. If an ex is “probably going to show up,” that is a security problem you own. I will not put a performer in the middle of a driveway argument.
Music facing in. Door shut. Phones if you must, but not a content shoot. I will stop a booking that turns into a content shoot. This is a party. Treat it like one.
Keep the speeches short. Keep the guest of honor in the room. Keep the mean jokes for a different night. I will send someone into a living room that wants a party. I will not send someone into a living room that wants a fight.
If you are booking this as a kindness, it shows. If you are booking it as a stunt, that shows too. I have been on this number a long time. Call me with the kind version.
If you want a bartender so the guest of honor is not playing host, say bartender. If you want a show, say show. If you want both, we stack them. Do not ask a performer to also run the drinks. That is how both jobs get worse.
Keep the playlist at a house level. Keep the toasts short. Keep the night inside. I will handle who walks in the door. You handle who is already on the couch.
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