Sutherland Entertainment Reviews
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Awards
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Daniel Sent on 02/14/2024Loved working with Spencer
We worked with Spencer directly for our wedding and highly appreciated his attention to detail, responsiveness, and flexibility throughout the planning process. We weren't super timely in delivering our playlists and song choices, and he was understanding and helpfully reminded us when we were getting closer to the big day. Additionally, he did a fantastic time MCing and working with our day-of coordinator to make sure the ceremony kept on-time (since our venue had a strict cut-off time). -
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Tessa Sent on 04/16/2023Hire Sutherland Entertainment now!!
Spencer was absolutely amazing throughout the entire wedding planning process. His communication and website is so clear, he follows a helpful timeline, and he knows what questions to ask to make your wedding run smoothly. At our wedding, Spencer was professional, kind, and calm. His guitar playing is stunning and his DJing was perfect. Our wedding ran so smoothly because of him. We wish we could get married again just to re-do the party :) If you are going to hire a DJ and/or guitarist, hire from Sutherland Entertainment! -
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Gina Sent on 09/18/2022Spencer made our wedding day amazing!
Our best decision for our wedding was hiring Sutherland Entertainment. Spencer was so easy to work with and gave us such good advise and feedback. I would definitely hiring him again for an event. -
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Emily Sent on 08/04/2022AMAZING - Absolutely no regrets
Spencer was the most amazing wedding DJ I've ever seen. He was professional, organized, structured, kind, and talented. He could really pick up the vibes in the room and make changes accordingly. He also made sure that we didn't go off schedule. We didn't have a day of coordinator so looking back, our wedding would not have been so seamless without him. I would 100% recommend him. I have nothing but positive things to say about him, and I have yet to see another DJ as good. I have no regrets! -
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Sean Sent on 06/28/2022Very professional and responsive
We hired Spencer to MC and DJ our wedding and were very happy with his services. Given that our venue did not have the best acoustics, Spencer did a great job making sure that we had the right sound set up. He was prepared for every minute of the reception and was careful to make sure that he got everybody's name in the program correct. With some general direction with regards to musical genres, Spencer picked a repertoire of songs that were perfect for our guests. His equipment sounded great and all of our guests really enjoyed the music and the vibes of our celebration. -
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Derek Sent on 12/10/2019Made booking our wedding entertainment seamless!
Sutherland Entertainment made the process to plan and deliver great DJ services seamless. In the "planning stage" leading up to your big day, they have an easy-to-use platform to customize your music entertainment throughout the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. Everything is reviewed and confirmed to make sure things are set up the way you like. DJ was on time and equipment was set up without any problems. -
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Michelle Sent on 10/27/2019Great service, communication, and DJ!
Spencer was great to work with for our wedding at the Brazilian Room this past September 2019. He gave us just the right amount of guidance to recommend how to have our event run smoothly, while still allowing us to make all of the decisions in the planning process. As part of the package, the forms they provided made the planning process and putting together song requests for the DJ super easy. Our DJ, Derek, was so personable and played just the right songs at the end of the night for our crowd. Also, Sutherland Entertainment is a preferred vendor for The Brazilian Room in Berkeley, so if you’re getting married there, they have a special package that’s discounted, which is a great deal. They also offer lighting services, which we took advantage of, and our venue looked absolutely beautiful that night. -
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Rachel Sent on 09/02/2019Excellent Choice for Wedding Entertainment
We are very happy that we chose Spencer and his team at Sutherland Entertainment for our wedding. When searching for a DJ for our wedding, it was difficult to know who to choose, especially when looking from out of state. My now husband set up a phone call with the owner of Sutherland, Spencer, and felt at ease and confident that Sutherland Entertainment was the right choice. Spencer is genuine and honest. Throughout the many months of planning Spencer was available to answer questions and didn’t miss a detail. Also, Sutherland was our top choice for the array of services they offer and for the reasonable prices. We were able to pick a package that fit all our needs; including, lighting, DJ and photobooth!
The lighting was perfect with amber up lighting in the reception room, string lights on the patio, colorful lights on the dance floor and more. It all looked beautiful and inviting.
DJ Cody was great at his job and kept the party moving. He was easy to work with, took our song requests and was there to help direct guests throughout the night. He was super friendly too! He was engaged with the party and didn’t miss a beat. All his sound levels and timing were perfect.
Lastly, the photobooth was a huge hit at our wedding. We are so glad we decided to add it in our package. The prime placement of the booth within the venue, plenty of fun props and prints available to print right away, email or text helped make this a highlight of the night. It was so fun to look through all the photos of our family and friends after the wedding!
Overall, we highly recommend Sutherland Entertainment! -
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Saaya Sent on 10/04/2015We picked Sutherland as a preferred vendor for the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, and we definitely know why they're a preferred vendor. They were fantastic! We picked the platinum package and it was perfect for our needs. Sutherland was quick with their responses, and their guitar player for our ceremony (Justin) and DJ and tech (Cody and Evan) for our reception were great.
We gave our requests for the ceremony (our two processional songs were Somewhere over the Rainbow and Here Comes the Sun) and Justin played them beautifully, and tied them together so well.
Before the event, I also filled out a form picking 50 of my "love" music and 25 "like" songs (as well as list songs that I absolutely didn't want played), and Cody played it all and mixed it so fantastically. Great sound quality and great lighting. Everyone was raving about the music all night!
I had been on the fence before the event about whether we should've gone with the diamond package (includes a photobooth). I think that is absolutely a great choice, and I might add that if I had to do it all over again, but I also didn't feel like we were lacking anything in the party without it because the music kept everyone going all night and it was a fantastic party.
We had an absolutely blast, thank you, Sutherland Entertainment! -
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Suzie Sent on 06/20/2012If searching for a DJ, search NO MORE. Spencer is not only the best DJ I've ever heard at a wedding, his planning skills are easy to use and he is SO organized, which in the midst of wedding planning, is a must! A DJ can make or break a crowd, Spencer did everything I paid him for and SO much more. He was attentive to our wants and needs and made everything run so smoothly! His music had the dance floor jammin the WHOLE night, and we didn't want him to leave!! This is hard to do with wedding guests of ALL ages! His flow of music couldn't have been better and we felt like he was a part of the party!! I only hope I have a reason to hire him again in the future!! THANKS SO MUCH, SPENCER!!
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Jaymi Sent on 12/28/2010We chose Spencer based on a recommendation from another vendor that told us that if we wanted a Dance Party...to hire Spencer.
Wow...was that the truth!!!
Spencer was completely professional, responsive and helpful during the planning process. He was accommodating and patient with any budget constraints and gave me a lot of great advice.
As for the day of...he played the guitar for the ceremony beautifully and then was nimble enough to switch over and make sure to play the songs we needed from his sound system for our recessional. He came and scouted our location the day before (because we hired him to play down in L.A.) and was totally fired up and prepared to make sure everything went smoothly.
He did a fantastic job of MC'ing the wedding...not talking too much but just making sure the guests knew what was going on.
He helped us pull off a fun choreographed first dance on an entirely different dance floor and even helped my husband surprise me with a serenade by having a sound system/mic ready for that... and he kept the secret!!! :D
He kept our dance floor absolutely PACKED all night!!! We thought that was going to be difficult because our dance floor was on a slant and we thought guests would not dance...forget about it! Spencer had them dancing so much that we actually pooled money together and paid him to stay an extra 3 hours (and he even threw in an extra half hour for us because he is so cool!)
You can't worry about every little song that is played...if you do, then you should have an IPOD list and hire a friend to man it. Spencer has the gift of music and the ability to read a crowd. Let him do his thing and you won't be disappointed!!!
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