Micro Wedding: Music / no dj no band

Could you request that the restaurant plays a lost of songs that you want?

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Thanks! That's a good idea but it's a small restaurant, our friend's the owner and she will be there just making sure that everything's running smoothly.

A phone/iPad, a nice speaker and a playlist is all you need for background music for 30 people at a restaurant.

I agree with the PP. Do you have a nice speaker? If not you can get it off Amazon at a reasonable price.

View Quoted Comment Instead of paying for a dj, I suggest to borrow or buy a good speaker and download a list of songs from a music app.

I agree with others. If you have a speaker you could just make a playlist

I had a small wedding with 25 people, and my reception was at a small restaurant. They had their own speaker system where I could just connect to my phone and play a Spotify playlist for background music. So I didn't need to hire a DJ. I agree with the other comments, just get a nice speaker that connects to your phone/ipad!

Agree with previous comments! We canceled our DJ after scaling things down to about 35 people.


For the ceremony, we hired a violinist and cellist duo. For the reception, since it was still a relatively large space, we rented a speaker system and mic from a local company. We controlled the music with my husband’s tablet. There were some hiccups, but nothing major!

For our 15-guest wedding reception we had a soloist for cocktail hour and background music the venue played on their speaker system. Worked great!

Thank you all!! I was feeling nervous about creating a playlist but you've put these worries to rest lol. I hadn't thought about a soloist but sounds like a great idea