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Event software for awards ceremonies and gala dinners

BagEvent runs awards ceremonies and gala dinners from table sales to the door. One buyer pays for a whole table and guest names follow later, each guest's registration collects a menu choice and dietary needs, sponsors and nominees get their own badge designs, and anyone unlisted can be registered and badged at the door on the night.

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EXAMPLE SETUPIndustry Awards & Gala Dinner
1 evening · seated
  • Nominations540
  • Judges18
  • Seats · tables420 · 42
  • Dietary requirementsCollected at registration

Nominations, ticket sales, and the seating plan in one place.

Common challenges

People buy tables, not tickets

A company buys a table of ten and supplies the names later — often much later, sometimes on the night.

Catering needs numbers, early

The venue wants menu choices and dietary requirements before you have final names, and every change after that costs money.

Not every guest is equal

Sponsors, nominees, judges, and press each need different access, different seating, and a badge that says so.

What to look for in awards and gala dinner software

An awards night sells tables before it sells seats, needs a menu choice from every guest, and has to look right at the door. Six checks.

  1. 01

    Table sales with names later

    A table is a group ticket: one buyer pays for the whole table at a bulk rate, and guest details can be filled in later without blocking the sale.

  2. 02

    Menu choices and dietary needs from every guest

    Make the menu a required add-on group or a form field on each guest's registration, so nobody finishes without answering, and export the counts when the venue asks.

  3. 03

    Different guests, different badges

    Sponsors, nominees and press each get their own ticket type, and badge templates bind to ticket types — the desk prints the right design without anyone choosing it.

  4. 04

    Changes right up to the night

    Guest names can be completed or swapped until the evening. Anyone who turns up unlisted is registered and badged at the desk, and while the desk is online a walk-in can pay by card QR code or in cash.

  5. 05

    Sponsor places kept apart

    A hidden ticket type only appears to someone who enters its access code, so sponsor and partner places never show on the public page.

  6. 06

    Payments into your own account

    Table and seat sales settle to your own Stripe or PayPal account with 0% platform fee, and refunds go back through the original payment method.

Your event workflow

  1. OPEN SALES
    Sell tables and seats

    Corporate tables alongside individual places, each with its own price.

  2. COLLECT NAMES
    Guests fill themselves in

    The table buyer shares a link and guests complete their own details and menu choice.

  3. BEFORE THE NIGHT
    Send the venue the numbers

    Menu counts and dietary requirements, exported when catering needs them.

  4. ON THE NIGHT
    Check in and print

    Scan at the door, print the badge, and see who is still to arrive.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. A table is a group ticket: one buyer pays for the whole table at a bulk rate, and the individual guest details can be filled in later rather than blocking the sale.

Last updated: 25 September 2026

0% platform fee on every plan — from $99 a month billed annually, with a 14-day free trial, no credit card, fair use on paid tickets (50 registrations / $500).

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