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Joshua Drobena
Joshua Drobena
Events Director

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860 Events is a wedding DJ service located in Torrington, Connecticut.

860 Events (203 Events to some) provides bespoke entertainment services for all kinds of events, small and large. From weddings to corporate, to private affairs, to community events and festivals, we're providing CT's sound, lights, photo booths, live-streaming, and more!

Our team of professionals cover a wide array of expertise; We boast over 50 years of collective experience in professional sound engineering, lighting design, music production and professional recording, live video, and streaming, hospitality, and logistics for your wedding.

Our primary expertise is in DJing and MCing, but we’ve built an expanded wheelhouse around all things audio, video and lighting for entertaining gatherings of up to 1000 people in size. We’ll only produce services that we’d personally purchase if we were the consumer. We’re limited only by your imagination! We’re passionate about our work, and the best part is that we consider this a calling; we don’t consider it ‘just a job’. They say that if you do what you like, then you never really work a day in your life. We really believe in that.

Services Offered
This company can provide the following services for your event:

  • Free Consultations
  • Liability Insurance
  • Customized Music Library, tailored to your music tastes (Includes the famed Do-Not-Play list)
  • Professional and Interactive MC personalities
  • Setup/Teardown Included
  • Travel Included for In-State Events & Venues
  • The easiest Client Portal we have ever seen (a must-have for collaborative planning)
  • Any package with lighting also includes custom light design for every song and every moment


Additional Equipment
860 Events can also provide the following additional equipment at your event:

  • Celebrity Photo Booth with unlimited prints and social media sharing(the best value PB we've seen in CT)
  • Huge 16' x 16' LED Dance Floor (The energy of Dance Dance Revolution, in the intimacy of your private event)
  • Flat Screen Streaming / Video Projection
  • Ceremony Sound Systems (when on same premises as Reception)
  • Wireless Microphones
  • Large-Venue Uplighting
  • Live Online Event Streaming
  • Dry Ice Clouds, Fog, Haze, CO2 Confetti Cannons, Pyrotechnics, etc. (Atmospherics & Special FX Add-on)

Earth won’t wait. Neither will we.

All of our equipment is EnergyStar certified. Our power use is intelligently managed specifically to reduce energy waste from equipment idling. Our smartphone app is a convenient and paperless planning solution. We’re drastically reducing the carbon emissions from equipment transport each year, and by 2026, we pledge to completely eliminate them. These are important ways in which we work to reduce our environmental impact and invest in nature-focused solutions for your events.

“Would you like some light with that?”

We provide LED uplighting, feature lighting, and dance floor lighting (offered in select packages). All our lighting is wirelessly controlled and battery powered. And all of the lighting we control from our rig changes dynamically with your music, with custom light shows preprogrammed for each and every song that plays. Don’t just hear the music; See it and feel it.

Cover every guest’s every need.

We carefully consider the accessibility needs for every one of your guests. Every sound system we deploy provides FM transmission of the audio mix coming out of our speakers, and we provide receivers with either headphones or induction-loops for your DHH guests that have telecoil-equipped hearing aids.

This ensures that everyone can hear everything, at all times. And we provide these accommodations at no extra cost. Because inclusion should always be available, but should never come at a markup.

Special Delivery: Special FX.

Make your guests dive into the dance floor when our dry ice clouds billow across the surface. Hear their excited delight when the confetti canons pop after a penultimate toast. Capture their gaze when our cold-spark fountains tastefully highlight the pomp and circumstance of your farewell, after your wedding reception.

Indoor and outdoor safe, only 860 Events can provide the bespoke eye candy that your guests will remember for years, and your photographers will make memorable for a lifetime.

Rest assured.

We always have backup audio equipment on standby, and backup power ready to kick in anytime, automagically. Music can keep playing in the event of a circuit breaker trip or a guest kicking the plug out of the wall socket, and emergency announcements can always be made on working mics in the event of serious outages, due to inclement weather or a neighborhood surge. We’re always working hard to minimize and eliminate technical difficulties.

All of the professional services we render come fully insured (aggregate coverage that exceeds industry-standards), and we extend our policy to cover your venue as well. No CGI mascots or catchy jingles here, just peace of mind.

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FAQ’s

What is included in the starting price?

Consultation
MC
Microphones
Travel Expenses
Sound/PA System

What is included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Consultation
Flat Screen
Sound/PA System
MC
Microphones
Projector
Travel Expenses

What music genres do you specialize in?

Christian
Club
Country
Electronic
Hip Hop
Indie
International
Jazz
Oldies
Pop
R&B/Soul
Rock
Top 40

What services do you offer?

Consultation
Do-Not-Play List
Karaoke
Liability Insurance
MC
One Event Per Day
Video Projection

What additional equipment do you offer?

Flat Screen
Microphones
Photobooth
Projector
Sound/PA System
Uplighting
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Reviews of 860 Events

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4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
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Josh and his team at 860 Events provided exceptional music and entertainment for a wedding. They offered a user-friendly app for song selection and special requests, and their solar-powered equipment delivered excellent audio quality for the outdoor ceremony. The DJ ensured the reception had a great atmosphere, kept the dance floor lively, and managed the schedule effectively. Guests praised the seamless setup, variety of music, and the addition of a photobooth, making for a highly recommended experience.

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Josh and his team at 860 Events provided exceptional music and entertainment for a wedding. They offered a user-friendly app for song selection and special requests, and their solar-powered equipment delivered excellent audio quality for the outdoor ceremony. The DJ ensured the reception had a great atmosphere, kept the dance floor lively, and managed the schedule effectively. Guests praised the seamless setup, variety of music, and the addition of a photobooth, making for a highly recommended experience.

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Liz Sent on 04/14/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing!!!

Josh and Brittany were so amazing!
To begin Josh was so flexible with our change of date which was very helpful! The questionnaire he sent and app he uses was so easy to fill out and pick songs on! The night of our wedding he was attentive, energetic and got people on the dance floor! They played the perfect mix of songs that everyone enjoyed! We had a blast!
Kayla
Kayla Sent on 10/23/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The dance floor was hopping!

Josh and his assistant Brittany made our wedding day a PARTY. Leading up to our wedding day, Josh provided us with an app where we could upload all our special songs and make any requests for other aspects of the day. 860 events provided music and mics for our ceremony and were able to use solar to power the equipment instead of plugging into the grid. The quality of the audio at our outdoor ceremony was excellent. Josh absolutely nailed the vibe we were looking for at our reception and kept the dance floor hopping all night. He was communicative about the timing of speeches and helped our best man/matron of honor feel at ease with the mic. 860 events also provided a photobooth which was great entertainment for all our guests. Josh has a great DJ voice and did an excellent job balancing the need for occasional announcements without interrupting the flow of the party.
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Danielle Sent on 05/15/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Awesome app they give you for planning and selecting music

Right after booking, we immediately tried to explain to Josh that we’re not very music-savvy and that we’d be leaning heavily on his expertise in that arena. But when we downloaded their app we were up and running in no time, added our must-plays (imported from Spotify, took literally seconds) and we invited our maids of honor to take care of the rest! When we had our follow-up call with him the week before our wedding, he said our bridal party picked out six hours of music more than the reception duration! We went from having no clue what music to pick or how to even begin planning this to being organized and prepared.
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