Philip Harvey

With 17 years of experience, our number one aim is to ensure your event is one you cherish for a lifetime. We bring venues across Kent to life with everything from sparkling LED Dance Floors and elegant Illuminated Letters to interactive photo services and unique video guestbooks.

Philip Harvey, owner of Twenty20 Event Entertainment
Couple sharing their first dance under illuminated M&M letters as guests watch

Do You Really Need a First Dance? Tradition, Stage Fright, and the 60-Second Fix

For many couples, the single most anxiety-inducing item on the wedding schedule isn’t the public vows or the speeches. It is the first dance. The thought of stepping out alone into the middle of a spotlighted dance floor, swaying awkwardly in silence for three and a half minutes while eighty pairs of eyes stare directly

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White LED dance floor with uplighting at Winters Barns

The “Slow-Burn” Evening: Why Weather, Climate and Room Flow Dictate Feature Usage

At 8:15 PM on a warm August evening, a newlywed couple glances across their reception room. The first dance finished fifteen minutes ago, but the dance floor has thinned out and only two people are using the selfie mirror. A sudden wave of panic sets in: Did we waste our budget on entertainment nobody wants

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First dance with illuminated LOVE letters at Winters Barns

The 12-Hour Shadow: How to Actually Choose Your Wedding Photographer

When your wedding day concludes, the flowers will wilt, the meal will have been eaten, the music will fade and your attire will be packed away in a box. Months of careful planning, budgeting and styling will suddenly be behind you. Of all the suppliers you hire, your photographer is the custodian of everything else

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Photo booth and props table set up in a venue before guests arrive

Why We Keep Showing Up: The Real Reason We Never Stop Improving

If you ask a marketer why a brand like Coca-Cola continues to advertise every single day, the answer isn’t that people don’t know who they are. It’s because they want to remain present, active and top-of-mind. For us in the event industry, that philosophy isn’t about size or market share, it’s about care and continuity.

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Close-up of DJ decks and controller

From Zero Experience to A&E: Why I Hung Up the Headphones After 14 Years

In 2008, I had what most people would consider a safe, successful career working in marketing at Mercedes-Benz. Then, during the global financial crash, I was made redundant. Sitting on gardening leave with no job, I took a step that made zero sense on paper: I booked myself onto a one-week DJ course. I’d always

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Twenty20 photo booth and props table set up at a wedding fair

The 90% You Don’t See: Why a Great Event Experience Starts Months Before We Ever Turn Up

There’s a common misconception in the event industry that our job begins when our vans roll into a venue driveway and ends when the last photo strip is printed. To an outside observer, hiring a Photo Booth, Selfie Mirror or 360 Booth looks simple: we turn up, unload the gear, run the equipment for three

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