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Brilliant Event Lighting is a family-owned and -operated wedding lighting company based in Encinitas, California. Professionally trained film lighting expert Scott McBride has more than six years of experience in the lighting industry. He believes that beautiful lighting provides a fun and romantic ambiance for weddings. He is dedicated to delivering a world-class lighting experience for both the couples and their guests, that fits any budget. Brilliant Event Lighting provides its services throughout the local areas of San Diego and La Jolla.

Services Offered
Brilliant Event Lighting offers expert design consultations and complete assembly and disassembly of the lighting equipment. In addition to weddings, the company also offers lighting services for parties, corporate events, and other special events. Its lighting services include:

  • Accent lighting
  • Chandeliers
  • Hanging decor
  • Lanterns
  • Monograms
  • Pinspotting
  • String lights
  • Uplighting
  • Wall wash
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following does starting price include?

Audiovisuals
Chandeliers
Clean Up
Dance Floor Lighting
Day-Of Coordination
Delivery
Hanging Lit Decor
Lanterns
Monograms
Outdoor
Pinspotting
Setup
String
Uplighting
Wall Wash

Which of the following does your most popular wedding package include?

Audiovisuals
Chandeliers
Clean Up
Dance Floor Lighting
Day-Of Coordination
Delivery
Hanging Lit Decor
Lanterns
Monograms
Outdoor
Pinspotting
Setup
String
Uplighting
Wall Wash

What lighting services do you provide?

Accent
Audiovisuals
Chandeliers
Dance Floor Lighting
Hanging Lit Decor
Lanterns
Monograms
Outdoor
Pinspotting
String
Uplighting
Wall Wash

What decor services do you provide?

Delivery
Event Design
Event Planning
Setup
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Reviews of Brilliant Event Lighting

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Brilliant Lighting, based on the reviews, is highly recommended for wedding lighting. The team, led by Scott, is praised for their professionalism, responsiveness, and helpfulness throughout the process. Many reviewers were impressed with the beautiful lighting setup for their wedding receptions, describing it as magical and creating a perfect ambience. The team's extensive experience working with various wedding venues, including Bali Hai and The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, is mentioned as a comforting factor in ensuring a smooth setup process. Overall, Brilliant Lighting receives high recommendations for providing exceptional service and creating a stunning atmosphere for weddings.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Brilliant Lighting, based on the reviews, is highly recommended for wedding lighting. The team, led by Scott, is praised for their professionalism, responsiveness, and helpfulness throughout the process. Many reviewers were impressed with the beautiful lighting setup for their wedding receptions, describing it as magical and creating a perfect ambience. The team's extensive experience working with various wedding venues, including Bali Hai and The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, is mentioned as a comforting factor in ensuring a smooth setup process. Overall, Brilliant Lighting receives high recommendations for providing exceptional service and creating a stunning atmosphere for weddings.

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Kate L. Sent on 06/22/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful Ambiance

Many thanks to Scott and his team at Brilliant Lighting for providing the market lights for our wedding reception space. His work behind the scenes made for an amazing ambience and added the perfect mood for our reception dinner. His team was fast and efficient and the setup and teardown was completely worry-free. Aside from the amazing service, one of the other reasons we went with them was because they have extensive experience in working with our wedding venue (Bali Hai), so we had a lot of comfort in knowing that the setup would be a smooth process. Thank you again Scott for your help in making our special day amazing!
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Kristen W. Sent on 09/12/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful string lighting

We had a wonderful experience with Scott and his team. From the beginning, we had a bunch of questions on choosing types of lighting for our wedding - whether to do string lights, moon balloons, pinspot, etc. and Scott was very, very patient and informative through the entire process. He is professional, punctual, and the lighting setup went smoothly. They looked wonderful as well! Thank you, Scott! We can't recommend you and your team enough! :)
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Katharine S. Sent on 11/26/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Magical Night Thanks To Brilliant Event Lighting!

We worked with Brilliant Event Lighting for our wedding and they perfectly executed our vision to create a magical evening! We had an outdoor wedding at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe on the croquet lawn, which served as a blank canvas for our twinkle lights. We worked with Scott and he could not have been friendly, responsive, patient, and helpful in providing different design options for our lighting structure. We ultimately decided to have a truss structure with light draping and twinkle lights across the top and sides. It was beautiful during the day and magical at night. We felt like we were dancing under the stars. We could not have been happier, and it was perfect!

We highly recommend working with Brilliant Event Lighting. Thank you, Scott & Team!
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I worked with Scott of Brilliant Event Lighting for the first time at an all outdoor Fashion Show to benefit orphans who desperately need it in Tijuana, Mexico. Scott is the consummate professional, from inquiry to day of, going above and beyond and ensuring I didn't have to double check his work- his team was on top of it. He was realistic and competitive with his bid and achieving the vision for the night. It's a small project to install lights for an outdoor show with a long runaway. BEL showed up dressed professionally, their equipment was in top notch form and they really 'lit up the night'. I never had a concern about them. Guests were impressed with how beautiful everything was and, as an event planner, realize that lighting has that WOW factor to take your event to the next level. Thank you Scott and the BEL team for your dedication to your craft and our cause. You guys rock!

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