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High Performance Lighting is a lighting and power service company located in Wilmington, North Carolina. Owner Steve Peterson, a licensed electrician, and his company provide couples with high quality service and care to help make a stunning wedding neither couples nor guests will forget. They have been recognized for their more than 20 years of experience in many publications, including Southern Weddings and Martha Stewart Weddings.

Services Offered
High Performance Lighting will work with couples to design and install lighting to elevate and enhance your wedding celebration. They offer many different styles, including accent, chandeliers, dance floor, hanging decor, lanterns, monograms, outdoor, pinspotting, string, uplighting, and wall wash. Both couples and guests will appreciate the elegant, sophisticated atmosphere during a night they will cherish for years to come.

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

What lighting services do you provide?

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

Reviews of High Performance Lighting & Power

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High Performance Lighting at the Beaufort Hotel received glowing reviews from multiple couples for their wedding lighting and event production services. Julie and her team were commended for their professionalism, expertise, and attention to detail in customizing lighting designs for receptions, such as 6' Geo Square and Bamboo Shades. Reviewers appreciated the team's care for their products, ease of collaboration, and the stunning results achieved, making for an exceptional wedding experience. Additionally, Steve Peterson was noted for his trustworthiness and skill in event planning.

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High Performance Lighting at the Beaufort Hotel received glowing reviews from multiple couples for their wedding lighting and event production services. Julie and her team were commended for their professionalism, expertise, and attention to detail in customizing lighting designs for receptions, such as 6' Geo Square and Bamboo Shades. Reviewers appreciated the team's care for their products, ease of collaboration, and the stunning results achieved, making for an exceptional wedding experience. Additionally, Steve Peterson was noted for his trustworthiness and skill in event planning.

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Brigitte Sent on 08/12/2024
5 out of 5 rating

August 26, 2023 - Our Dream Wedding

Julie and her team at High Performance Lighting made our wedding weekend dream come true. HPL was a part of our welcome party and a huge part of our big special tented reception. Our August 26, 2023 wedding at the Beaufort Hotel was everything we dreamed of and all thanks to HPL for playing a huge role in this. Julie was the best to work with as we wanted different and unique items used for our lighting in our reception tent, and Julie was able to custom order exactly what we wanted. They even helped us customize our bar with a special rigging for floral as well as special rigging throughout the whole reception tent. Julie and her team knew exactly what they were doing and we knew that we would be in great hands from the very beginning. Our lighting and event production design was exceeded perfectly! We couldn’t not ask for a better experience with High Performance Lighting.
Kayla
Kayla Sent on 02/29/2024
5 out of 5 rating

So Amazing!

We are so glad we chose to work with High Performance for our wedding. Julie was great to deal with and made the rental process go smoothly. We went with the 6' Geo Square and 5 Bamboo Shades (Leyla, Harbor, Dome, 2-Stone). This was hung over our dance floor and truly elevated the room!
Meghan
Meghan Sent on 05/08/2023
5 out of 5 rating

So good! Do it

High performance was amazing. We used their square Edison board with dangly lights and it was INCREDIBLE!! They were so easy to work with and I highly recommend them! You can tell they care about their product.
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Suzanne Sent on 05/01/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Outstanding customer service

Professional, experienced and attention to detail, Steve Peterson is someone you can trust.
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Doug Sent on 03/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Professional and easy

Very easy to work with, was immediately put at ease that they would deliver on what we wanted and took into account any special circumstances that might arise (if it rained, making a tent pretty for a ceremony). Highly recommend.
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Hannah Sent on 11/15/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful Lighting Display for Our Wedding

Julie and her team at HP are the best! We had a tented reception with twinkle lights put in for a star lit ceiling look - it was beautiful and our guests were raving about it! Thank you so much Julie & team - we are so grateful.
Sara
Heather Sent on 08/30/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Green Wedding

Awesome team, very organized. Timely response to emails.
Blair
Blair Sent on 08/25/2022
5 out of 5 rating

They brought the Sparkling Diamonds!

HP Lighting made this girls dream wedding come to light! The team was so easy to work with and truly exceeded our expectations!! Thank you!!!
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Het. Sent on 11/12/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Awesome service and execution

Julie was one of the most helpful and delightful people we had the pleasure of working with to plan our wedding. And this team knocked it out of the park on the wedding draping and lighting. I appreciated see the inventory ahead of time at their showroom. They even went out of their way to make sure we got the best value for our budget, including a cost share with a wedding ahead of ours at the same venue and recommending a smaller (but still grand) floral chandelier to better fit our venue space.
Brea
Brea Sent on 07/18/2019
5 out of 5 rating

They lit up our world

High Performance Lighting did an excellent job providing all of our lighting needs for our Wrightsville Manor wedding. From the edison bulb string lights in the courtyard to the chandeliers dangling from the Oak trees where we had our ceremony, everything was perfect.
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner

Professional Network & Endorsements

9 Endorsements
Airlie Gardens Airlie Gardens Park & Outdoor Weddings

High Performance Lighting comes highly recommended by Airlie Gardens to all of our brides. We have worked with Steve and his team for many years with weddings and for our own events, Enchanted Airlie and Oyster Roast. High Performance is extremely professional to work with and will do an excellent job bringing all of your lighting needs to life.

Kickstand Events Kickstand Events Wedding Planners

High Performance Lighting is hands - down the BEST lighting and power company EVER! We trust them for all of our installations, lighting, rigging, and design elements to bring our events to life. We would be in the dark without them!

Port City Event Planners Port City Event Planners Wedding Planners

We absolutely love working with High Performance Lighting, not only do they do an amazing job at every wedding and event, they do so with smiles on there faces, and usually before anticipated time. Lighting is truly so important in the design of any wedding or event, and knowing that it is always done right with no worry or stress allows us to focus on the many other elements that need to be pulled together to make for an amazing event. We know that wonderful vendors with knowledge and experience truly make all the difference in having a seamless, stress free, and beautiful wedding day, and this is why we highly recommend Steve and his staff at High Performance Lighting.

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