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Firefly Event Services is a full-service lighting and design company based in Roanoke, Virginia, near the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. This versatile business strives to share the load and ease the stress of the wedding journey, working closely with your wedding planner, caterer, and venue. With over 20 years of experience, this talented team is more than ready to take your unique vision and help turn it into a memorable event beyond expectations.

Services Offered

Firefly Event Services provides all-inclusive packages that fit most budgets, ranging from basic and mid-range to something more customizable. The dedicated team will listen to your ideas, offering professional and expert opinions based on realistic budget expectations at the chosen location or setting. From here, you will have access to their impressive inventory, which includes items such as:

  • Beautiful chandeliers
  • Table decor
  • LED twinkle strand lights
  • Market-style lighting
  • Monogram and image projection
  • Specialty ceiling decor
  • Pipe and draping dividers
  • Backdrops

What you'll love about Firefly Event Services

These professionals have helped many couples to realize their dream celebrations. You can read about this in the Review section of their storefront.

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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following does starting price include?

Chandeliers
Clean Up
Delivery
Hanging Lit Decor
Outdoor
Setup
String

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

Chandeliers
Clean Up
Delivery
Hanging Lit Decor
Outdoor
Setup
String

What lighting services do you provide?

Accent
Chandeliers
Hanging Lit Decor
Lanterns
Monograms
Outdoor
String
Uplighting

What decor services do you provide?

Clean Up
Delivery
Drapery
Event Design
Setup
Venue Selection

What decor items are available?

Backdrops
Candles/Holders
Chalkboards
Signage
Table Runners
Vases

Reviews of Firefly Event Services

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Fire Fly Event Services, particularly Aubrey Franklin, received glowing reviews for their exceptional work in transforming wedding venues into magical spaces with beautiful lighting and draping. Clients appreciated Aubrey's responsiveness, creativity, and professionalism throughout the planning process. The team was commended for exceeding expectations, being easy to work with, and delivering stunning results that left guests in awe. Many reviewers highly recommended Fire Fly Event Services for weddings and praised Aubrey for his dedication in making each event unique and memorable.

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Fire Fly Event Services, particularly Aubrey Franklin, received glowing reviews for their exceptional work in transforming wedding venues into magical spaces with beautiful lighting and draping. Clients appreciated Aubrey's responsiveness, creativity, and professionalism throughout the planning process. The team was commended for exceeding expectations, being easy to work with, and delivering stunning results that left guests in awe. Many reviewers highly recommended Fire Fly Event Services for weddings and praised Aubrey for his dedication in making each event unique and memorable.

Shanna
Shanna Sent on 06/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Game Changing Lighting

Firefly Events was my favorite vendor I worked with for my wedding, and that’s saying a lot because I had a total varsity squad. I added string lighting above my reception space as an afterthought, and I’m SO glad I did! Aubrey listened carefully to my half-baked ramblings about wanting “swoops of string lights” and gave advice and much-needed creative direction and ultimately created a twinkling dream. He transformed a large, open, vaulted ceiling of a rustic lodge into a romantic dream space. I literally gasped when I saw it and I love every photo from that part of the night because of all the warm glowing light falling on everyone and quietly dramatic twinkles in the background.

Aubrey was so kind and proactively communicated with me and went above and beyond to accommodate my and my venue’s schedules and wishes. Firefly Events is absolutely the vendor you want to bring your vision into reality and to be so supportive throughout the process!

Kathy
Kathy Sent on 10/15/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Decor magician

Fire Fly Event Services were excellent!! We contacted the company at the recommendation of our wedding planner. Our contact person was Aubrey Franklin and he was fantastic! From my first phone call with him, I knew he could implement our decor vision for my daughter’s Mountain Lake Lodge wedding. He listened to our ideas and added his own throughout the process. Aubrey provided photos, revised photos and transformed the Barn into a romantic and elegant space. The bride, groom, their families and guests complimented the beautiful room!
I highly recommend Fire Fly Event Services without reservation!
Emily
Emily Sent on 10/14/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Aubrey is the best!

We HIGHLY recommend hiring Aubrey for any occasion, but especially for your wedding day! From the very first time we toured our venue and saw his work, we knew we couldn’t imagine our wedding without it. Aubrey completely blew our vision out of the water and transformed our space into an absolute dream. Our guests were in awe of how magical everything looked!

He turned our venue into a whimsical fairyland filled with twinkle lights and lush greenery hanging from the ceiling, it was truly breathtaking!!

Aubrey is attentive, responsive, and such a pleasure to work with. He made the entire process seamless and stress-free.

We truly can’t recommend him enough! We’ve already been sharing his contact info with all of our friends who are getting married soon!!

Thank you, Aubrey!!!!
Rebecca
Rebecca Sent on 09/20/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Aubrey is the best!

Aubrey was awesome to work with. He was able to squeeze us into a super busy slate and was crucial to realizing the vision we had for our wedding reception. He came onsite beforehand to scope the space out and came up with suggestions and ideas that we hadn’t thought of ourselves. Just the most friendly guy possible, he got the job done quickly (tear down was so fast that I didn’t even know he had come!) and professionally. The magical evening of our dreams.

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Tali
Tali Sent on 05/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Made our whole wedding!

I can’t express enough how beautiful Aubrey’s work is. I saw a post on Instagram a few months before our wedding and I knew I needed to see if he was available. Thankfully he was, and I was absolutely blown away at how everything turned out. The reception was so magical and I felt like I was in a whimsical garden, which is exactly what I wanted. Don’t question it, book Firefly Events now! Thank you so much!
Shirley
Shirley Sent on 01/26/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Work

The Firefly team was so wonderful to work with and did an absolutely amazing job lighting and draping our venue. They coordinate well with our florist and we would absolutely recommend them!
Katherine
Katherine Sent on 10/30/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Aubrey is the best!!

Aubrey was quick and efficient. He is very responsive and has a creative eye! I would highly recommend him if you are looking into having drapes and lights at your wedding!
H
Hannah Sent on 04/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend!

Aubrey did an incredible job with designing our wedding space! I can’t imagine not having the draping or greenery. Aubrey is very professional and was so generous with his services. I cannot recommend his expertise any more!
Katherine
Katherine Sent on 12/30/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Magical and a Must Have!

Aubrey at firefly event services was wonderful to work with, and we were so happy with the finished product!

We originally weren’t planning on getting lighting or draping because we thought the reception space was pretty on its own, but decided to add it last minute. Once we saw the space on the wedding day, my family all agreed that the lighting and draping was an absolute must have and made the room so beautiful. We don’t think the wedding would’ve been as aesthetically magical without it!

Aubrey went above and beyond to make sure we were happy with the finished product. Hire them now! :)
M
Matty Sent on 12/04/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Fairytale Lighting

Aubrey and his team is AMAZING. I kept getting quoted outrageous rates (5-6k) for lighting and draping at my wedding. My coordinator suggested I reach out to him as he was very economical and wonderful to work with. I reached out last minute -- literally, it was like a month before the wedding -- and he was willing to work with me and make it happen.
He has a conference call in the beginning to get an idea of exactly what you're wanting. He then will send photo references and help you find the perfect lighting / draping for your event and its environment (we had indoor and outdoor patio lighting). He takes into consideration everything you have in mind and gives feedback and references on things you may not know or think about. When setting up, he accidently made my draping higher than originally wanted. Realizing it a few minutes after sending the pictures, he was willing to fix it without any issues. I ended up loving it even more than my original idea so we kept it how i was. I figured if that's what his mind made happen that it must be beautiful; and it was! He made our wedding reception more beautiful than i could have imagined. If you are in a pinch, or just want some awesome customer service AND lighting/ draping , please reach out to him!
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2020 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner

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