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Get my availabilityAbout Elevate wedding DJsA wedding DJ from Elevate Entertainment runs the music, the microphone and the timeline as one person, your DJ and MC. Every booking includes state-of-the-art, premium-grade equipment, dance floor lighting, a 150,000-song library, a planning meeting, the MC and the Performance & Show-Up Guarantee; sound production, event lighting, live musicians and the photo booth are add-ons. Behind that are 20+ Elevate-Certified™ DJs, 4,000+ events, 18 awards, a 9.7 NPS and 4.9★ across 1,058 verified reviews.
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Ratings as of August 4, 2026 · Photo: The Bardot, 2025, Jefferson May Photography · Lauren and Evan at The Bardot
What is included
A wedding DJ, or wedding disc jockey, from Elevate Entertainment is one Elevate-Certified™ person who runs both the music and the microphone, so your DJ is also your Wedding MC. The six things below come with every booking, on every tier.
Additionally, Elevate Entertainment serves every client, weddings and corporate events alike, with add-ons such as sound production, photo booths, event lighting, live musicians, the DJ-Band Hybrid and special effects. Here’s what our couples frequently book.
46% of our events
Sound production
Grandma can hear the vows. Mics on the officiant and on you, clean sound to the back row, and extra speakers wherever the room needs them.
Sycamore Creek Ranch, 2025 · photo Sheri Holloway Photography
30% of our events
Photo booth
The one favor guests actually keep. Five formats, a real attendant, prints in hand.
Greenhouse Two Rivers, 2024 · photo Jenna Lynn Photography
Nearly 1 in 5 of our events
Lighting
The room in your colors, and your photos come back finished instead of flat.
Sycamore Creek Ranch, 2025 · photo Stem Visuals
Live musicians
Live players set the ceremony and cocktail hour before the floor ever opens.
Integrity Hills, 2026 · photo Madison Thompson Photography
Special effects
Cold Sparks, Dancing on a Cloud and CO2 cannons, staged where they belong in the night.
The Bardot, 2025 · photo Jefferson May Photography
DJ-Band Hybrid
Live musicians play over the DJ’s set: band energy with DJ coverage.
Greenhouse Two Rivers, 2025 · photo Kyla Taylor Photography
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Hour by hour
An Elevate Entertainment wedding DJ runs the night in order as one person who is both the DJ and the MC: the ceremony when you add sound production, then the cocktail hour, dinner and the toasts, and the dance floor.
When you add sound production, your wedding DJ runs it before a single guest sits down. Mics on the officiant and on you, the processional cued to the second, and live ceremony music from Ceremony musicians where you want it.
Your wedding DJ sets the cocktail hour at a level people can talk over. The same person checks the timeline with your planner or coordinator and lines up the wedding party for the entrance.
Our wedding DJs are MCs, and they run the entrance, the toasts and the first dances from the microphone while dinner music stays under the conversation.
Your wedding DJ opens the floor and reads the room in real time, from the first dance to the last song. Guest requests come in through JukeJuke™ from their own phones, and the DJ curates them live.
One night told in order, from the planning to the last song: Lauren and Evan at The Bardot.
Your DJ
Your Elevate Entertainment wedding DJ is one of 20+ Elevate-Certified™ DJs across four tiers: Premium, Elite, Exclusive and Artist. Every DJ trains in Elevate U before running a night alone. Every tier carries the Performance & Show-Up Guarantee. Every tier is Elevate-Certified in the same 12 disciplines of DJing and MCing. The higher the tier, the stronger the DJ in all 12 and the more experience behind them: Premium DJs deliver a great night, and Artist DJs are the best we have in every one of the 12.
Elevate-Certified™ means your DJ passed Elevate’s own training. DJs train in Elevate U on the 12 core disciplines of DJing and MCing, for weddings and corporate events. The program runs four months, and experienced DJs move through it faster. Nobody skips it. Every DJ then passes evaluations and successfully DJs a first event, and then becomes Elevate-Certified™ and starts DJing for clients.
Premium
An Elevate-Certified™ DJ and MC, trained and scored at real shows before running a night alone. Tell us your crowd and your plan. We match you with the right DJ from our big pool of Premium DJs.
You want a full dance floor and a night that runs to plan, and you are happy for us to pick your DJ.
Elite
Hosts who earned the step up from Premium at real shows. They run the event, keep a full timeline moving and fix problems before you see them. More experience than our Premium DJs. You choose your DJ, and we hold your pick for your night.
Your night has a full run of show, and you want to pick the host who keeps every part of it on time.
Exclusive
Wedding and corporate specialists who perform only for Elevate, averaging 4.9 stars across the reviews that name them. They plan with you and shape the night around your vision. Even more experience than Elite. You choose your DJ, and we hold your pick for your night.
You already know whose name you want on your night, and you want that DJ to build it around your vision.
Artist
Our headliners: industry veterans with 10+ years and 1,500+ events behind them. Advanced MCs who read and steer the room, with signature mixes and relentless energy. Booked when the entertainment is the event. You choose your DJ, and we hold your pick for your night.
The party is the reason your guests will remember the night, and you want a headliner running it.
If something changes
Every Elevate Entertainment wedding DJ booking, on every tier, carries the Performance & Show-Up Guarantee: if anything ever changes, a DJ matched to your booked DJ’s energy and skill, plus full equipment backups. Booking is one date check, one 60-minute design session, and one exact number.
The guarantee
We guarantee we show up and perform your event. Every booking, on every tier, is matched with a backup DJ and backup equipment. Our show-up record is 100%, and the guarantee is in your contract.
Added on top
Elite, Exclusive and Artist go one step further. You choose your DJ, and we hold your pick for your night.
How booking works
Enter your date above. You get a first answer on the page, then a proper check against the calendar for your city and your event.
Your free Entertainment Design Session: 60 minutes, video or phone, with the team behind 4,000+ events. Bring what you have pictured, and leave with a complete plan.
A real, itemized quote for exactly what you choose. Or skip ahead and build your quote online any time.
Pricing
Experiences begin at $1,500
Prices start at $1,500. Most couples spend between $2,500 and $7,500. Highly produced events can run up to $25,000. Where your night lands depends on how much of it you hand to one team: the DJ and MC alone, or the sound production, the event lighting, the live musicians and the booth with them.
Your exact number comes out of your session, built around what matters most to you.
DJ or band
Book the DJ-Band Hybrid from Elevate Entertainment if you want both: a band’s energy on the floor with a wedding DJ’s coverage of every song and every moment. A DJ alone covers the whole night and every request; a band alone brings live players and takes breaks; the hybrid layers up to six live musicians over the DJ’s set.
| On the night | Wedding DJ | Band | DJ-Band Hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous music | Yes, every hour of the night | In sets | Yes, the DJ carries the whole night |
| Requests | Any song, on the spot | What the band knows | Any song from your DJ; the musicians play what they know and take requests through the DJ, by ear |
| Breaks | None | Between sets | None, the DJ plays through |
| Footprint | One booth | A stage or risers for every musician | The booth plus the musicians’ positions |
| Volume control | Full, from the booth | Live drums set the floor | Set from the booth |
| How it is priced | One performer’s fee | A fee per musician, plus their sound | The DJ’s fee plus each musician you add |
What sets Elevate apart
Three things are different about an Elevate Entertainment wedding DJ: JukeJuke™, the Elevate-Certified™ standard every DJ is scored against before running a night alone, and one team on one contract for every part of the night.
Your guests send requests from their own phones in real time, and your DJ decides which ones play and when.
How JukeJuke works →There is no license in this industry, so we built a standard. Every Elevate DJ is scored against it before they run a wedding on their own.
What certified means →Whatever you add to your DJ and MC, the sound production, the event lighting, the live musicians or the photo booth, comes from one team on one contract, so nobody hands the night off at the door.
Wedding entertainment budget →Real nights, real rooms
Elevate Entertainment wedding DJ nights look like the rooms below: real weddings in Kansas City, Springfield and Southwest Missouri, every venue and photographer named. Nothing here was staged for a brochure.
In their words
Couples say their Elevate Entertainment wedding DJ built the timeline with them, kept the dance floor full and made the process easy. Filter them by topic, by DJ or by your venue, and read the rest on the reviews page.
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★★★★★“DJ Apollo was wonderful! He made our wedding run so smooth, and he absolutely killed it on the dance floor! I could not recommend more!”
★★★★★“Stefan was amazing! Our wedding wouldn’t have been the same if it wasn’t for him. He truly made our wedding fun!! He made sure to call us beforehand in order to get to know us better and further understand our music taste. I didn’t have to give him any recommendations, and he exceeded our exceptions! I’m so grateful for this team! Thank you for making this process so easy!”
★★★★★“We would highly recommend Elevate Entertainment for your wedding or event! They were extremely organized and very professional. We especially loved DJ Ian and our live saxophone player, Jackson. They really knew how to keep the party going and all of our guests had nothing but good things to say about the night.”
★★★★★“DJ Ian was our DJ, and he was absolutely incredible! He’s organized, energetic, responsive, and truly goes above and beyond. As a Type A bride who had a million notes and little details, I appreciated that he took the time to write everything down and made sure every single request was executed perfectly…”
★★★★★“My husband and I hired DJ Apollo for our wedding last weekend. We were relieved when he met with us prior to our wedding and he created our timeline for the big day. We were happy with our experience- from structure to the energy he infuses into an event to make sure meaningful memories are made.”
★★★★★“We booked Kassie as our DJ/host and Alaina was the attendant for our photobooth for our wedding reception, they were both fantastic! I highly recommend using Elevate for any party, they made the process easy and Kassie even took the time to help me make a schedule for the night and checked in with me to make sure I was able to enjoy the entire night!”
★★★★★“My husband and I booked Elevate Entertainment for our wedding. After discussing our options with Ian during our consultation, we decided to book with Elevate and with Ian specifically. He made us feel at ease, and we could sense that he would create a lively and enjoyable atmosphere…”
★★★★★“We had such a seamless experience with Elevate from the booking to our wedding day. Our DJ Courtney truly brought a fantastic energy to the day, we didn’t have an empty dance floor at any point during the night, it was electric!”
★★★★★“My husband and I were so excited for Elevate to DJ our wedding. When we find out we had Kassie we were super excited to meet her and after our Zoom meeting to walk through our day, we knew we would have the most perfect and smooth day! Kassie got the crowd going by dancing with everyone, the music choices- EVERYTHING! We wish we could have a wedding every weekend to party the night away with Kassie as our DJ!”
★★★★★“Elevate Entertainment is a step above the rest. Broc and his team made our wedding reception a true celebration. Broc asked us how much energy we wanted at our event and he brought it. Not only does he do his job as a DJ, but he also continued to check in with us throughout the night and ensure he was doing everything he could to make sure we were having the BEST time of our lives. Cannot recommend them enough!!”
★★★★★“We had the best experience with Elevate for our wedding in September 2023! Kassie provided ceremony sound and reception music and she absolutely nailed it…”
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Where we perform
Elevate Entertainment provides wedding DJs across Kansas City, Springfield, Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas from offices in Springfield and Kansas City, and from 2027 in St. Louis and Phoenix, Arizona. The map shows how far we travel for your venue, the ZIP check under it tells you whether yours is in range, and each market below names the rooms we know best.
We serve your venueThree hours and beyond, available on request
Venues we know
Elevate Entertainment has performed 1,145 events in Kansas City.
Elevate Entertainment has performed 1,498 events in Springfield.
Elevate Entertainment has performed 1,293 events in Southwest Missouri.
Elevate Entertainment has performed 34 events in Northwest Arkansas.
Keep reading
Beside the wedding DJ, Elevate Entertainment offers the wedding services below, each with its own page, and wedding DJ guides that go deeper on choosing, booking and planning the music.
How to choose a wedding DJIt turns choosing a DJ into a method you can run yourself, question by question.Read the guide →
Questions to ask a DJThe question list to take into your Entertainment Design Session, with what a good answer sounds like.Read the guide →
How much does a wedding DJ costWhat moves the price of a wedding DJ and MC, so you read it before you settle on a number.Read the guide →
The wedding reception timeline, hour by hourThe reception in order, from the entrance to the last song.Read the guide →
When to bookHow booking timelines work for wedding entertainment, and what the season does to availability.Read the guide →
Wedding DJ contractA wedding DJ contract clause by clause: what it should cover and what a backup promise should say.Read the guide →
Wedding DJ red flagsThe warning signs that show up before a booking goes wrong, and what to ask the moment you see one.Read the guide →
DJ vs live bandA DJ and a live band set against each other on cost, sound and range, and the hybrid booking between them.Read the guide →
Do you need an MC if you have a DJ?What an MC does across a reception, and what changes when the same person runs the music and the microphone.Read the guide →
Can you DJ your own wedding?Whether a playlist can run a reception on its own, what it does well, and what it cannot do once the room needs reading.Read the guide →
How to plan your wedding musicHow to build a must-play list and a do-not-play list that your DJ can work from on the night.Read the guide →
How do song requests work at a wedding?What happens when a guest asks for a song, and who decides.Read the guide →
First dance songs that work in a roomA first dance list with what makes a song work in a room rather than in headphones.Read the guide →
Grand entrance songs that actually workWhat a grand entrance song has to do the moment the doors open, and how to choose one for your room.Read the guide →
Do you tip your wedding DJ?Whether you tip a wedding DJ, and how the rest of the vendor list compares.Read the guide →
Straight answers
Yes, Elevate Entertainment is a wedding DJ near you if your wedding is within about three hours of Kansas City or Springfield. The answers below cover distance, budget, a DJ already booked, replies, dates, cancellations and sound production.
Yes, if your wedding is in Missouri, Kansas or Arkansas: we serve your venue. We serve a 3-hour drive around each of our offices, and further by request. Elite, Exclusive and Artist DJs also travel from their home market when you want them, and any travel cost is already folded into the price you get in your Entertainment Design Session. For anywhere further, the date check above is the fastest way to ask.
Most couples do not book a DJ alone, so the question is what the whole night costs from one team: sound, a photo booth, event lighting, live musicians or effects with the DJ and MC, on one contract. Prices start at $1,500. Most couples spend between $2,500 and $7,500. Highly produced events can run up to $25,000. Where your night lands depends on how much of it you hand to that team, and How pricing works walks through what moves the number.
Yes, if the rest of the night is still open. Photo booth, Lighting, Ceremony musicians and Special effects each have their own page on this site; sound production is covered above under the running order. The Entertainment Design Session covers whichever parts you have not booked. If you have not signed with that DJ yet, ask them what happens if they cannot make it. Every Elevate booking, on every tier, is matched with a backup DJ and backup equipment, and our show-up record is 100%.
Yes, a real person will text you within the hour, and the Entertainment Design Session is a 60-minute conversation, video or phone, with no pressure on the call.
If your wedding date is not open on the first check, Elevate Entertainment checks your city’s full calendar on the next step: the check on this page is a first look, and Elevate Entertainment has 20+ Elevate-Certified™ DJs across four tiers to match to your date.
Every booking, on every tier, is matched with a backup DJ and backup equipment; our show-up record is 100%, and the guarantee is in your contract. On Elite, Exclusive and Artist, you choose your DJ, and we hold your pick for your night.
Yes, as an add-on. Grandma can hear the vows: mics on the officiant and on you, clean sound to the back row, from the same team as your reception DJ. Sound of every kind, the ceremony system plus any extra speakers and microphones, is what couples add to the DJ and MC most often.
Claim your time
You book your Entertainment Design Session with Elevate Entertainment in the short form here, or by checking your date first. One free conversation, 60 minutes, video or phone. You leave with a complete plan and an exact price, without any pressure on the call. That conversation is where we plan the night around your vision, the start of Your Event Made Perfect.
Complimentary · real numbers. A real person will text you within the hour.
★★★★★“My husband and I booked Elevate Entertainment for our wedding. After discussing our options with Ian during our consultation, we decided to book with Elevate and with Ian specifically. He made us feel at ease, and we could sense that he would create a lively and enjoyable atmosphere…”
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Which event are we designing entertainment for?
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When and where is the celebration?
A rough idea is fine. Peak Saturdays go first.
Choose your closest market, and either a date or the no-date box.
Help us tailor your session.
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Last step. Your details, so we can check your date.
Your designer reviews your answers before the session, so the conversation starts at your event, not at a blank page.
We need your name, a working email and phone, and the consent box checked.