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Universal Light and Sound Equipment Rentals provides sound and light services for a wide range of events in New York City. Regardless of the type of venue, ULS is committed to providing high-quality equipment and great customer service to add extra style to your wedding and ensure that everything runs smoothly. While preparing for your event, you won’t have to worry — ULS engineers will work independently to complete installations, allowing you to focus on other aspects of your big day. ULC started at a grassroots level in 1993 before expanding in 2007 to provide custom lighting design and stage rentals. With reliability as the driving force behind what they do, Universal Light and Sound Equipment Rentals wants to turn your vision into reality.

Services Offered
Universal Light and Sound Equipment Rentals provides a range of light and audio services. The following lighting services are available:

  • String lights
  • Uplighting
  • Chandelier
  • Paper lanterns
  • Pinspots
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Universal Light & Sound is highly praised for transforming venues with creative, affordable lighting that elevates mood and photos. Reviewers highlight the helpful venue-specific planning tool, responsive communication, flexibility, and seamless setup/breakdown. Uplighting, string lights, and disco/mirror balls consistently impressed guests. Highly recommended.

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Universal Light & Sound is highly praised for transforming venues with creative, affordable lighting that elevates mood and photos. Reviewers highlight the helpful venue-specific planning tool, responsive communication, flexibility, and seamless setup/breakdown. Uplighting, string lights, and disco/mirror balls consistently impressed guests. Highly recommended.

Judd
Judd Sent on 05/12/2026
5 out of 5 rating

Would give 10 stars if I could!

Mark and his team jumped in on short notice to create a beautiful ceiling design and installation, all at an incredibly reasonable cost. Will upload photos once we have them, but everything was just so elegant and beautiful. Really first rate all around!
Madeleine
Madeleine Sent on 05/18/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful lighting!

Universal Light & Sound did a phenomenal job at our wedding at Hamilton Loft! We loved their tool that was specifically designed for our venue so we could map out what lighting we wanted where. As a winter wedding, we knew we didn’t have much natural light so we were heavily relying on the lighting to create the cozy mood we wanted. The team was so responsive and absolutely delivered on our vision. Everything was beautiful. We can’t recommend them enough!
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Jordyn Sent on 01/20/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The best lighting and sound company!

Universal crushed it for us our entire wedding weekend! They were amazing at coordinating for both our rehearsal dinner and wedding party/ceremony. We had 0 technical issues and everything worked out beautifully. We give them a 10/10!
Kira
Kira Sent on 01/07/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Best Lighting in NYC

I had an incredible experience working with Universal Light and Sound, especially with Mark. From the start, he was so attentive and responsive via email, making the entire planning process stress-free. I came to them with a clear vision but a relatively small budget, and Mark went above and beyond to make it happen. He worked with me to ensure every detail was perfect, and on the day of the event, everything went seamlessly. I couldn’t have asked for better service or a better outcome. I would absolutely recommend Universal Light and Sound to anyone looking for professional, reliable, and creative lighting and sound services. Thank you, Mark, for making my vision a reality!
Ellie
Ellie Sent on 12/27/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Highly Recommend!

High quality and professional work! So glad we used Universal Light and Sound for our wedding day.
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Tiffany Sent on 12/18/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Lighting elevated the mood and was a must have!

If I had one piece of advice for any future brides, it would be to not skip lighting! I am so glad I went with ULS for my wedding at the Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The uplighting in the cocktail hour and reception space made the atmosphere so cozy and inviting and really elevated the evening. While I did not get to meet Mark in person, he was also prompt and easy to work with over email, and he was even flexible when our venue required us to move away from an original plan that included outdoor string lights. Overall, I’d recommend ULS for your special event - especially if it’s happening at BBG.
Shreya
Shreya Sent on 12/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

working with ULS was great!

ULS is the best lighting vendor to work with in NYC! They are affordable, flexible, accommodating, and so lovely to work with. They did the lighting for us in a very complex two ceremony day with many vendors to coordinate with and they were amazing. highly recommend working with them for your wedding lighting needs!
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Emily Sent on 12/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Helpful and wonderful

Getting our lightning done for our wedding with Universal Light and Sound was so easy and convenient. Prior to the wedding we had a great conversation with one of their representatives who was very helpful in terms of what lightning we’d need to set the atmosphere how we wanted it to be. We felt very comfortable with the whole process. On the day of the wedding itself it went so smoothly we didn’t even notice them! The lighting was beautiful and the set up and break down was seamless. I’d strongly recommend ULS to anyone who needs their events lit.
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Shanice Sent on 12/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The best lighting and equipment rental in the business!!

Universal Light and Sound really helped us to bring the vision of our wedding to light in the open concept space we rented to host our wedding in Brooklyn, NY. Mark was prompt with his replies, really knowledgeable about advising us about the various options, and patient with my millions of questions about which lighting options would work best with the venue that I rented (because they’ve serviced clients there many times before). He always thought about my budget which is a godsend when you’re managing everything as a DIY bride. There were expensive options I considered that he advised me against because he knew my venue already came equipped with the same thing. Setup was timely and takedown at the end of the night was as well which was important for our venue that needed everything out by 2am. In sum, Universal Light and Sound was more than a vendor but a trusted partner when the stress of our wedding was at its peak, they did everything to let us know we were in great hands. Thank you Mark and the full ULS team.
Kimberly
Kimberly Sent on 12/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Worth it!!

Mark was very responsive and easy to work with. We did uplighting and string lights outside the Palm House at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I was unsure about whether or not I needed lighting, but I’m glad I added it. The photos are beautiful.
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