DJs
Eight hours of wedding DJ and MC service designed to cover the entire day from ceremony through cocktail hour and into the reception, with three sound zones, an extended planning workflow, and a flagship level of attention to the music and timing of every moment.
What is included
Eight hours of continuous DJ and MC coverage across ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception
Ceremony sound system with a lapel mic for the officiant, a handheld for readings, and a music feed for processional, recessional, and any sung pieces
Cocktail hour sound zone for a separate area or patio so guests can hear conversation and music together
Reception sound system with full coverage of the dance floor, head table, and guest tables
Three or more wireless microphones, including a dedicated lapel for the officiant
Three planning calls before the event to lock in ceremony script, cocktail vibe, reception timeline, and music direction
Custom song edits for entrances, parent dances, recessional, and special features
Online tools for guest song requests in advance of the wedding
Setup, soundcheck, and breakdown handled without eating into the booked eight hour window
How the eight hours run
The DJ arrives early to set up three sound zones and run a ceremony sound check with the officiant before guests are seated. Processional and recessional cues are timed to the planning sheet. Once the ceremony is done, music carries the cocktail crowd into the reception space at a volume tuned for conversation. Reception covers grand entrance, first dance, toasts, dinner, parent dances, and the full dance set, with the DJ reading the room and shifting energy as the floor responds. The night ends with a planned last song.
Music range
Northern Lights Event DJs covers a wide library and tailors the night to the couple. Common genres include Top 40, Pop, Hip Hop, R and B, Classic Rock, Country, Latin, House, Dance, Disco, Oldies, and crossover for bilingual or multicultural weddings. Custom song edits are part of the workflow, including shorter cuts for entrances and parent dances. A do not play list is taken seriously, and a guest request queue is offered in advance.
About Rob and Northern Lights
Rob Flahive has been a working musician and event facilitator for over a decade, with stage time at Irving Plaza in New York, CBGB, Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and the Sun Valley Resort in Idaho. He has emceed and run team building work for Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, HBO, and Maybelline. Rob also teaches music in the public school system and works as a wedding officiant when needed. He started Northern Lights Event DJs in 2023 to bring the same musical instincts to weddings, with a focus on authentic taste, careful song matching by tempo and key, and a calm hand on the microphone.
Why this tier works
The Time of My Life flagship tier is right when ceremony audio matters as much as the dance floor, when the venue has multiple zones to cover, and when the couple wants a single team handling sound from the first reading to last call. It is the deepest tier Northern Lights offers and works best for weddings of one hundred to three hundred guests in venues with separate ceremony, cocktail, and reception spaces.
Ceremony coverage
Ceremony audio is the part of the day where small mistakes are most visible, so this tier dedicates a full sound zone to it. The officiant is mic checked privately before guests are seated, processional and recessional cues are timed to the planning sheet, and any live readings or sung pieces get their own handheld or lapel mic. If the venue has a separate ceremony location, the system can be split or moved during cocktail hour.
Sound coverage
The reception system is sized for guest counts up to about three hundred, with main speakers on stands and a subwoofer for the dance set. The cocktail zone runs from a smaller pair of speakers placed where the cocktail crowd is gathering, and the ceremony zone uses a separate set so each space has clean audio without bleed.
Planning calls
Three planning calls are built into this tier. The first runs through music taste, must plays, do not plays, and the energy you want for each part of the day. The second locks in the ceremony script, mic plan, and processional music. The third runs the reception timeline minute by minute. A clean run sheet is sent before the event so coordinators and the photo and video teams know what to expect.
Service area
Northern Lights Event DJs is based in Sunnyvale and travels to clients across the Bay Area and the rest of Northern California. Travel within the Bay Area is included in this rate, and longer drives are quoted during booking. Reviews on The Knot and on WeddingWire give Rob a five star average across recent weddings, with a perfect recommendation rate. Rob handles announcements in English and Spanish.
