Get the Funds from a Fundraiser

You go to a LOT of hard work when you put on a fundraiser. You deserve to get a lot out of it. No matter what size of event you are planning or how many volunteers you have to work with, there is a way to make it pay off.

Mysteries have an infinitely flexible format. They give great added value to fundraising events. Any fundraiser you think of – we can add a mystery to it. Mystery Factory has a number of ready-to-go events that you can purchase or we can work with you to create an event specifically tailored to your unique situation. Everyone remembers – and appreciates – a good time. Give us a call.

• You can have a mystery and clues completely on paper and played at lunchtime in the office or at any event throughout the day. Sell solutions sheets for a 50/50 prize.
• Mini mysteries can be performed with one or two actors who can implicate some unsuspecting other people.
• Mysteries can also use hardcopy and physical evidence only. No need for your actors to memorize anything. Sell clues to eager detectives.
• Full performance mysteries are usually enjoyed with a dinner or appetizers. Sell tickets.

Combined Events

Mysteries are easily combined with other events. They can be run in conjunction with:

• A silent auction
• A poker tournament, a day at the races or other games of chance
• Sporting events
• Cultural events

Veggie Mysteries – Hold the Meat

Mysteries don’t have to be about murder:

• For a birthday mystery you can take the cake.
• Art openings can reveal art forgeries
• Mysteries don’t even need to be about crimes. ‘Whodunits’ can be about secret admirers, philanthropists and others who prefer to remain in the shadows.

Themes

Mysteries can be themed to any venue or genre:

• Outdoor barbecues can be themed wild west with cowboys and saloon girls or gold prospectors and mad trappers.
• Castle like buildings or tiny hovels can be themed medieval with knights in shining armour and damsels in distress.
• Big empty rooms can be made in a space station or star ship with spacemen, aliens and cyborgs.
• Big empty spaces can be themed with pitched tents into an exotic archeological dig with tomb robbers, quirky scientists and others who like to dig up dirt.

Menu Matching

Want to work around a menu? Sometimes you get a great deal on a certain meal and want use that as a parametre around your entertainment. No problem!

• Alice in Wonderland? Serve up a mad tea party.
• Feeling like Greek food? Serve up a toga mystery.
• Dishing up some Italian pasta? Serve it with an old fashion gangster mystery.
• Hamburgers & Fries? A rock & roll mystery.

Whatever your needs, there is a mystery format to match them. If you are new at this, and a little uncertain, we’ll hold your hand the whole way.