St Patrick's Day - or Paddy's Day, to use its less formal name - is on Thursday March 17th, and while the occasion is known for its raucous celebrations, there are plenty of ways to put banqueting furniture to good use in order to mark the date, particularly if you have a large Irish contingent in the local community or among your membership or customer base.
Of course the most obvious way to celebrate St Patrick's Day is with alcohol, and if you are licensed to serve this, you are likely to find any Irish brands in greater demand than usual for 24 hours.
Banqueting furniture can help you to cater for the crowds, whether you increase your seating for one night only, or simply set up some extra trestle tables so people have somewhere to deposit their empty glasses without leaving them on window sills and where they are more likely to get knocked over.
Setting up banqueting furniture outside can transform an outdoor area that normally goes unused into a party space - while if you have been following our suggestions, any permanent outdoor furniture you have in place should have had a spruce-up a few weeks ago ready for the first big days of the spring season.
If you are not licensed to serve alcohol, or you simply want a less raucous day or evening, there are plenty of other ways to engage with Irish culture for the day.
A family-friendly option might be to host a face painting or fancy dress day, and give any younger visitors a shamrock or leprechaun design - just be careful not to offend any local Irish customers by making your day too stereotypical.
Or you could hold a Talk Like a Leprechaun Day - inspired by the annual Talk Like a Pirate Day - and reward anyone who places their order in convincing leprechaun lingo with a discount or free gift.
St Patrick's Day is generally a very fun day, rather than any solemn kind of observance - so be creative in how you engage with the date, and make it an enjoyable one for your customers and for yourself too.