Seatbay guide
Cabaret seating layout
In cabaret seating, guests sit round the far half of each round table, leaving the side nearest the stage open, so nobody has their back to the speaker or the show. Seatbay opens the layout with a stage and eight half-round tables of five, ready to fill.
Open the cabaret layoutOpens Seatbay with this layout ready to fill. If you have a plan started already, it opens that: pick the layout under Layouts.
When to use cabaret seating
Cabaret suits conferences, award dinners, training days and shows: anything where people watch the front and also need a table for food, drink or notes. Guests can turn to talk to their table between sessions without moving chairs.
It seats fewer people than full round tables in the same room, since part of every table is left empty. Cabaret tables in the app seat from 2 to 8.
Setting it out
Tables are staggered so that each one looks between the two in front. Move the stage and the tables to match your room, and add a bar or doors as plain shapes.
Then add your guests and drag them to seats. Keep together places colleagues or a team at one table, and keep apart does the opposite.
Questions
How is cabaret different from banquet seating?
Banquet seating fills the whole of each round table, so some guests face away from the stage. Cabaret leaves the stage side of each table empty so everyone faces the front.
Is Seatbay free?
Yes. One event or class with up to 60 guests is free: the room, dragging, rules, the chart as a PDF on A4 or US Letter, the venue’s list, the floor plan and backups. Seatbay Pro ($2.99, paid once) adds more events and guests, Seat everyone for me, place cards, table numbers, poster sizes and looks, the Find your seat link and QR code, and spreadsheet export.
Where does my guest list go?
Nowhere. There is no account, and the list stays in your browser on your own device. You can save a backup file to move a plan to another device or pass it to someone helping you.