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Four Wedding Services You Can’t Do Without

Staying on budget while planning a wedding creates a challenge, but prioritizing the wedding services you truly need to create an unforgettable matrimonial moment makes things easier. When planning your wedding, there are some must-have services that you simply do not want to overlook. Here are the top four wedding services you do not want to overlook.

1. Photographer

Hiring a photographer tops the list of needed wedding services because this individual or team of professionals documents your engagement, wedding, and reception. Some photography companies offer packages that include coverage of your wedding shower, bachelor party, and bachelorette party. According to Wedding Wire, 90% of couples hire a wedding photographer.

2. Florist

A florist or floral designer provides one of the most memorable wedding services because everyone experiences it. Most couples choose to match their flower colors to those of the bridesmaids’ dresses and groomsmen’s cummerbunds. The sights and smells of these floral arrangements create the ambiance that underlies and reinforces the romantic setting. A florist often brings the vases, planters, stands, and other decorative elements as a part of their overall design scheme. Some of these wedding professionals provide archways or other entry points covered with vines or flowers.

3. Baker/Caterer

Following your magical wedding, turn to a caterer who also bakes wedding cakes for the food at your wedding reception. Finding these combined wedding services does not take as much research as some might think. When contacting caterers initially to determine availability and menus, ask if they bake wedding cakes. Many caterers do hire staff bakers so that you can combine the two needs and contract just one service provider for both needs.

4. Professional DJ

Create an unforgettable reception by hiring a professional disc jockey (DJ) to spin records at your wedding reception. The wedding services provided by professional DJs extend to emceeing the event and entertaining guests with rapport and humor. DJ services typically include a professional digital sound system, as well as dance floor lighting, disco lights, and uplighting that transforms the reception venue. Some DJ services provide initial lighting or write your name in lights at the reception venue as a part of the dance floor décor.

Book an Award-Winning Professional DJ in Chicago

Since 1998, An Enchanted Evening has performed at more than 6,000 events in the Chicagoland area. Those standout performances have earned us over a dozen industry awards in the past decade, including The Knot’s Hall of Fame Award and Wedding Wire’s Couples Choice Award. We’ve won The Knot’s Best of Weddings Award nine times in the past decade!

No matter where you plan your wedding in the Chicagoland area, it is essential that you choose the DJ services that provide more than music. Our top-quality wedding services engage guests, encourage fun and dancing, and help create a celebratory atmosphere for your marriage. Call us today at 847-490-1000 to plan the music and entertainment for your wedding reception and book our DJ. Our team has various services that can help transform your wedding and ensure your guests remember it for years to come.

10 (Other) Ways to Entertain Guests at a Wedding Reception

As wedding DJs, we love an awesome wedding dance, but we acknowledge there are other wedding entertainment ideas that put a reception over-the-top. This list of the best wedding reception entertainment ideas is the perfect complement to a good wedding dance—and give even your non-dancers options for fun.

Photobooth

Silly props and a chance to take the ultimate wedding photos—what about this wedding entertainment idea doesn’t sound like a good time? A photobooth is the ultimate draw for guests who want to take a break from the dance floor (especially when you use these tips for renting a quality photobooth). It’s also a great way to add more touches of your wedding theme with fun wedding props and frames.

Table Games

Table games are a great way to entertain guests during dinner—and keep them guessing throughout the night. Our favorite table games are personalized, like trivia and crosswords about the couple. If you want to make the game a group event, have the DJ make announcements about the table game periodically during the dance.

Coloring Table

This wedding entertainment idea is a hit with your youngest wedding guests—and might even be a draw for older guests. Even if your older guests don’t pick up a crayon, every parent at your wedding reception appreciates free entertainment for their kids.

Flash Mob

A flash mob is a fun surprise guests’ll be talking about long after the wedding reception is over. If you decide to include a flash mob in the night’s events, make sure you talk to your wedding DJ about recommendations for taking the surprise to the next level.

Interactive Food Station

An interactive food station is a great way for guests to mingle and enjoy. When adding an interactive station to your wedding reception entertainment line-up, make sure you strategically position the table (or tables) in an area where guests can enjoy—without getting too far from the dance floor.

Tasting Stations

A tasting station is the perfect choice for a couple who loves local flavors—and wants to bring it into their wedding reception. Your guests’ll love to enjoy local ales or wines at this unique wedding reception entertainment idea (and you’ll love to select the ales and wines for the occasion!)

Yard Games

Yard games are a guest favorite—and not always just an outdoor one. If your indoor venue allows an indoor set-up, your guests’ll love to play ring toss, corn hold, or bowling in between rounds on the dance floor.

Fireworks

Fireworks are an unexpected surprise that guests’ll love! If your venue allows you to include a firework show, make sure you ask your wedding DJ for a big announcement that draws guests out to watch.

Advice Table

An advice table brings out the serious and unexpected from guests. You truly never know what you’re going to get, but it’s always interesting!

Dance Floor Games

Even if guests don’t love to dance, they’ll love dance floor games! If dance floor games are one of your top choices, choose a wedding DJ who can take the fun and games to a whole new level.

Complete Wedding Entertainment Checklist

wedding guests having fun dancing at wedding receptionThe days of hiring one wedding entertainer for your wedding is over.  Today’s wedding guests can look forward to so much more; you can meet (and exceed!) their expectations by choosing from this list of wedding entertainment options (or ask us for ideas!).

Main stage entertainment

____DJ (find a good DJ with these tips)

____Band

____DIY (here are the pros and cons of DIY wedding music)

Off-stage fun

____Photo booth (tips for finding a quality photo booth here)

____Glow-in-the-dark bowling (in the hallways?)

____Face painter

____Celebrity impersonator or mascot to circulate

____Fireworks (only if allowed)

____Interactive food table

____Foosball or pool table

____Yard games (especially at outdoor wedding)

____Photo stand-ins

Table entertainment

____Crossword puzzle using clues that tie into your theme

____Coloring pages (especially for young guests)

____Have guests make their own wedding favors

____Trivia cards

____Advice cards (for guests to give couple tips)

____Wedding-libs

____Hangman