I used Adagio DJ for my wedding for 150 guests, with them covering the ceremony and reception! I loved getting to meet our DJ, Preenon. He read the music vibe well, and fully trusted his abilities. It was great to come to Adagio to cover everything we wanted in our wedding and they made it happen. Our guests complimented the music throughout the night, and when speaking with family following the wedding. read more

Adagio stood out to us from the beginning with Jay's positive and professional communication and their glowing community reviews. For every couple's review you read, I'm sure there were hundreds of guest comments about how awesome the DJ was! We loved their online profile for building a playlist and Jay's extensive team of DJs, knowing that we'd be matched with someone awesome who would enjoy playing our music for our special day. Speaking of... Anna knocked our reception out of the PARK! She was so fun and excited on our phone call talking about the playlist and our special dances. She even helped us with some special surprises including playing the Father of the Bride theme when our reception space was revealed, to playing a recording of my husband and I singing together from high school during dinner. Anna created a great balance between upbeat and slow songs, modern to oldies, and our dance floor was full the ENTIRE night! Her positive and professional attitude on top of her incredible skills absolutely made our reception the success that it was. Thank you, Anna! read more

Adagio has been very easy to work with in very challenging times for anyone in the event and wedding business, Jay and his staff have conducted themselves with the utmost professionalism and respect to couples that are having to rapidly change plans in the pandemic. We appreciate the flexibility offered and highly recommend their services. read more

Ouch Adagio has some less than stellar reviews! I am sure it depends on whom you are working with one-on-one at the company that reflects your personal experience. I want to say that they did an amazing job with my daughter's wedding! We originally met with DJ Drew who is personable, funny, professional, and easy on the eyes for this old cougar. We really wanted to book him as our DJ after meeting with him but he already had a gig booked for the day of the wedding and we were not going to move the date around just for that so he recommended his coworker DJ Troy. I did not schedule an additional meeting with Troy as I just trusted that he would show up and do what we already requested and he did without hardly any instruction or interruption to us on this big day. I did not get to pick too many of my own songs out for the suggested and preferred playlist as at the end of the day I am the mom and it was the kid's wedding not mine. I used to host as an on-air announcer for a major country station on Saturdays a few years back so I am pretty picky when it comes to my expectations of a DJ. I loved how professional and smoothly everything ran. I was pleased that during the ceremony we could hear the vows and the sound quality was excellent even though it was outside by the river and wind was blowing. The music during the ceremony was flawlessly executed! The dance floor was hopping with the tunes that the age group that was dancing wanted to hear. Consider this mama bear very happy and think Adagio Djay Entertainment was a solid choice for quality and value. I have been to several other weddings this summer and the DJ/music sound and lighting were disappointing. I think too often people don't put much thought into the sound and music and pick somebody out of a hat or as an afterthought which I think is a huge mistake as it truly sets the tone for the entire event. read more

Adagio Djay Entertainment - First Dance - DJs Near Me - Saint Paul, Minnesota

My experience working with Adagio has not been great. The owner Jay is frustrating to work with and often lacks flexibility. I would not recommend booking with Adagio. Learn from my mistake and expand your search. Choosing the right vendors to work with is critical to a successful event. For me, working with Adagio has been a complete headache. read more

We Looooooved using them for our wedding! The DJ (Zachary) loved his job, you could tell by his enthusiasm! He played all the music we requested on their easy, online planning list. He was spot on at announcing things, and also asked us before playing any requests from the guest, just like we requested. I would hire them again in a heartbeat! read more

This place is horrible! Will not give us our money back for a wedding that won't happen!! We are canceling 4 months in advanced because of COVID. How inconsiderate!!! read more

Ryan, We wanted to thank you for the amazing job you did providing music for our wedding. You absolutely nailed it; everything from set-up to helping with the guitar performance, to playing the right type of music and even your attire was spot on! Excellent job. We didn't want the night to end, so we think that's a good sign. We'd recommend you any day to anyone! Warmly, read more

They are "preferred client" of D'Amico catered spaces so we used them for our wedding at the Mill City Museum. Our DJ did a fine job communicating with us before the wedding and playing fun / danceable music. However, the DJ missed a critical set-up issue that resulted in inaudible speeches and toast for the majority of our guests. The P.A. system was not working properly and guests could not hear the toasts, nor could her announcements of other wedding related activities, resulting in confusion. How can Adagio be a preferred client of D'Amico by making such an easy mistake? If our DJ noticed this issue before hand she could have set-up anther speaker system and avoid the situation. I called Adagio's owner Jay to talk about potential resolutions, this is where the ball took an ugly bounce. He was petulant and unprofessional over the phone, diverting blame to everyone else except Adagio. Terrible customer service, especially from the owner. Avoid at all costs, especially for an event as important as a wedding. I am going to write to D'Amico recommending they stop using them as a "preferred client". read more

I just had to share that our experience with Adagio and Gary was AHHMAZING for our wedding last Saturday at Carlson Towers. I can't even begin to tell you how perfect Gary's personality mended with ours. He played music our guests loved, everything was on point with our ceremony music, he announced the names beautifully and had such a wonderful energy. A DJ at a wedding can often make or break people's enjoyment level. Lucky for us, we picked right by picking Adagio and by YOU picking Gary for us. He truly helped contribute to a perfect day. read more

We used Adagio for the DJ services for our wedding on May 19th 2018. Overall we had an excellent experience in working with this company and the services they provided were absolutely perfect. The entire planning process was very easy, and all of the Adagio staff were there to help us with any questions we had along the way. The day of our wedding, Dan did an outstanding job in setting-up and running the ceremony and reception. We were very pleased with Dan and how professional and fun he was to work with. This company definitely went above and beyond to meet all of our needs and we would highly recommend them to anyone looking for DJ services. Thank you! read more

Planning process was easy and user friendly. Online planner helps to coordinate all songs and times for your event. Evan was our DJ and was phenomenal. He helped make our day so special and was ready to accommodate any requests. Evan was able to read our guests and play music that was appropriate for all portions of the ceremony/reception. I would highly recommend Adagio and be sure to ask for Evan! read more

Our dj was on time and had everything set up in both our ceremony and reception locations before our guests arrived. She checked in with me before the wedding with last minute questions and updates. The ceremony went smoothly and we were happy with the intro and exits of songs (things like fade ins and outs). For the reception however, we were really hoping for more variety. Before the wedding, we filled out a playlist for our dj to work with and play music from. We also had a discussion with our dj on the phone about the feel and plan for the night. We had a good amount of "oldies" on our playlist, but also new songs which are my husband and i's favorites, and more popular with our friends. Over the phone, it was discussed that the dj would start the night with oldies, to get the older crowd dancing. We were fine with that and agreed to the idea. But we didn't realize that the whole first 3/4 or half of the dance would be dedicated to the oldies. We felt like very very few of the newer songs were played, and were really bummed about this. The dj also played same artist songs back to back, which we thought was an odd choice. We still had a good time, as it was our wedding, but we were really bummed at the lack of variety for our dance. read more

Who demands a "standard 20% tip"? Adagio. According to their spammy emails that we received even though we already booked with someone else. Glad we didn't go with them. "Regardless of what any wedding expert or article says online, one thing's for sure: DJs like and depend on getting tipped. Even if their DJ company tells you that tipping is up to you as a consumer, your DJ is working for a tip. For many people in the service industry--DJs included--gratuities and tips are a significant portion of their income. Because we want our staff to stick around, we make sure to mention the standard 20% DJ gratuity during the booking process. " Sounds like you're paying your DJs poor wages and expect the consumer to make up for it. The DJs are not waiters, they're not getting paid below minimum wage. And to ignore all of the other advice and just demand money is gross. read more

I attended a wedding last month that completely blew me away. I must say that Adagio Djay Entertainment played a huge role in making this such a special event. Their djay was on fire the entire time and made the experience very memorable. He played the right music and kept the energy high! I think everyone was really impressed. Really good times. Oh and the lighting was sick!! These guys set up all sorts of amazing lighting to set the mood and make the event a real party. That was a nice touch. Highly recommend Adagio! read more

For the overall cost of the service, our DJ did a very dissapointing job. DJ Doug did not follow through with the expectations discussed over the phone to play more current music and prioritize guests' requests. The DJ did not follow-through with the MC and do the boquet toss, bride and groom exit, and announce other key parts of the wedding night as expected. The DJ was disrespectful to the bride and groom when they both told the DJ to mix the genre's better and prioritize guests' requests as was discussed on the phone. The DJ quoted saying "I need to build it...I'll run out of music..." Absolutely wrong and the same older genre of music was being overplayed, instead of mixing in 2-3 songs of different genres within a reasonable amount of time to play music that all age group guests love - overall, the song mix was overplayed of the same genre and did not match the must plays that was discussed and outlined online. The DJ Doug was not attentive but on his cell phone all night. The lack of respect and lack of follow through of the expectations was surprising for such a reputable company. No excuses. The overall effort and service was half of the total cost of this service. Stay away from hiring DJ Doug. I am sure that Doug is not representative of the other staff. read more

We were very unhappy with Adagio. On their website they offer the following commitment: "Can we bring some of our own music for you to play? Absolutely." NOT! We brought in a CD containing 12 requested songs. Of the 80 or so songs DJ "Tom" played that evening, he played only 4 of the 12 requests. Adagio did not deliver what they advertise. DJ Tom apparently believed his read of the crowd was better than our own knowledge of the music and dance tastes of the guests attending the event. But Tom only knows one rhythm and 2 tempos. He demonstrated no understanding of the breadth of dance and music interests that serve the interests of a diverse group of people. This was the reason why after only an hour of his selections, there were only 8 of 170+ people on the dance floor. Many guests sat around hoping he would play something to which they could dance, but no. Tom played the songs he liked, but not the songs we asked for. Eventually most of our guests wandered away to the adjoining patio for other entertainment. What a great disappointment. If you're planning an important event, I suggest you think of someone other than Adagio, and certainly someone other than DJ Tom. read more

I met Ryan as a banquet server at ICC, he has DJ'd a handful of weddings there. I must say some DJ's I see are just loud and annoying and seem to think the night is all about them. Ryan is the opposite he puts the spotlight on the wedding couple and makes sure all their guests have an amazing time! Plus I think he plays the best music. Ryan is a good dude and an excellent DJ! Be sure to give him a shout for your next event! read more

I recently got married and used Adagio for our DJ. We had Zach and he did a wonderful job. The week of the wedding he called and got an idea of what we were looking for and on the day of followed through with everything we discussed. He made the reception flow so smoothly. We also had several specific songs that were meaningful to us and made a point to play them and worked them in well with the other material. The company also worked with me on price! I would definitely suggest using Adagio at your wedding (young and old alike will be on the dance floor)! read more

When searching for DJs and lighting I reviewed Adagio, Instant Request, and Bellagala. Instant Request was a contender for a time, but in the end what led me to select Adagio was simply the way everyone in the company talks about music and an event. They start with how the night will feel and what the guests will feel in listening to the music and seeing the lighting. A reception is more than a simple set of details that needed to be executed at a specific time. We like those details to be used towards an end (use this lighting to transform the dance after sunset, play these songs to get the guests feeling nostalgic, maintain this schedule to keep the momentum of the evening up to keep the guests hooked and lost in the fun of the event), and no one else was selling that. Adagio's approach is warmer and more all-encompassing, while remaining precise and professional. It was a fantastic balance. We worked with Jay early on. Jay has great advice to hand out and great relationships to leverage. He led us to Ned Kantar for our jazz combo for the ceremony and cocktail hour, to the Traveling Photobooth, and to Floral Logic. All were A+ vendors. We were planning our Minneapolis wedding from Dallas, and Jay made sure to keep in touch, and made us feel comfortable that everything we needed was being worked on despite us not being close by to push things along. The DJ selected for our event, Troy, really was an awesome fit for us and for our guests. It was hard to get the dancing going at first because the weather was so great outside on the patio and we had a line at the photobooth in the back, but the music playing in the background was perfect and kept people smiling. Things eventually picked up just fine. Basically, for us and our guests, the evening was a rousing success despite not having a packed dance floor all night. There was a point when a few guest told me they were leaving, and we said goodbye. Then, Troy played Apache (Jump On It), followed by song after song where we was just knocking it out of the park. They stayed for another hour and half. :) With a Sunday wedding, I was very afraid that people would leave early in the night, but Troy ensured that the entire reception space was like fly paper. People stuck around to just enjoy the atmosphere. read more

There was a time during the reception that I wanted to shout out, "The Bossard/Chapel Wedding Reception, where the hits keep coming!" There were times I was dancing and I said to myself, "Okay, no matter what, I'm going to sit down after this song, because I'm so tired and out of breath." But then Katie would play another long string of my favorite dance songs! There are a bunch of pictures of me at the end of the reception beet red because I danced so hard. What's a bride to do?! We had so, so, so much fun at our wedding reception dance thanks to Katie, as did our guests. Clearly, Katie is very insightful into what kind of people we were - she was very attentive to which kind of songs we enjoyed and what was appropriate for dinner music/dance music, as well as good flow and segues. The way she worked with our guests was so pleasant and professional! I had so many people on the dance floor that I never thought I would see there and it made me SO happy! Finally, I love their online planning tool. I'm a musician, so I had LOTS of opinions of what songs and what kind of music I wanted played -- there was plenty of room for me to say what I wanted, and Katie, our DJ did a great job of stringing together me and my spouses favorite songs. I highly recommend Katie as a DJ -- 2 thumbs up and 5 gold stars! I could literally not be happier with how our wedding reception dance went. Thank you! *Our DJ also asked us about what our wedding colors were and wore a matching blouse so she matched our color scheme! It's the little things! Thanks, Katie!!!* read more

We loved using them for our wedding music and the lighting of our reception hall! We had a pre-lighting consult, and that was very helpful to pick a color and style of lighting. We had Mary for our DJ and she was great. She read the crowd well, and played songs that everyone loved. I wore my hair down for the wedding and she saw that I was getting warm and that I was holding my hair up, and she came over with a ponytail holder. It was so thoughtful and sweet. The Adagio online platform was great too. You have access to all of the songs available in their music system, and you can pick which you want played, which you don't want played, etc. Music and lighting were high priorities for our wedding and Adagio was worth the extra money. read more

We are very pleased with our chosen DJ for our wedding ceremony and reception. Michael was fantastic! He was very professional, and was checking in with us often to make sure we were on schedule and to offer suggestions to keep the party going. He was also a participant in the dancing! He was not shy and came out to dance with some of our guests! We have received many compliments about him and your services. You have quite a few referrals coming your way! Thank you Adagio for making our day perfect! read more

Our wedding venue required Adagio DJ, which turned out to be the biggest downside of the venue. Their services are overpriced as is their included 18% gratuity. Both the Wedding Wire and the Knot say 10% is more than generous for a wedding DJ tip, yet we got a shaming email from Adagio Management after our over 10% tip, which was very unprofessional. We didn't even get assigned a DJ until 5 days before the wedding. The DJ kept handing out mics that didn't work (happened three times in our 5 hour event, which is ridiculous.) She missed several cues during our ceremony and reception, even though we had provided a super detailed timeline with clear instructions. Further, we had horrible communication with the office manager, it took her three weeks to get back to us after email inquiries and then when we finally did get her on the phone, which took about 5 separate emails on our part, she spent the first ten minutes making excuses for her poor communication. Overall, Adagio DJ was the worst part of our wedding. read more

We had Adagio at a wedding reception and the deejay took on a life of his own. Although people asked him to play requests he ignored them. He had on his headphones and zoned out the whole night. It was a nightmare. When I complained to the owner, he said, "the deejay said nobody would dance to your requests." excuse me, if I am paying I don't care if nobody dances but me, this is not his call. But no satisfaction. You can't trust their promises of: 1.we will listen to you 2. We will play your requests 3. We will play songs on your elected playlist. The deejay will play what he wants to-buyer beware. Don't say I didn't warn you not to use these people. read more

We had Adagio for our wedding reception DJ. I absolutely would not recommend them. They were horrible. It was the one thing about my wedding I would go back and change if I could. I was told when I signed up with Adagio that my DJ would be familiar with our reception location and that they had DJ'd there several times. The week of our wedding, I got three separate calls asking me where our reception location was. Our DJ asked me to give him directions to our reception. At the beginning of the night, as soon as we got there he tried to tell us he could only play till 11:00, per our contract. Our contract CLEARLY stated he was to play until 12:00. He had to be told by our wedding coordinator, myself, and my husband, on three separate occassions to play until 12:00. I filled out their online planner as requested. When our DJ called to go over the specifics of our event, he said that he would have all of the songs we requested for our special dances. However, the night of our reception, ten minutes before our last dance, the DJ comes to find me and informs me that 'Oh by the way, I couldn't get the song you requested for your last dance'. WHAT!?!? Talk about poor notice!!! It was our last dance and he didn't have it! Had I known this a little ahead of time, I would have brought the song. So, I had to pick another song that meant absolutely nothing to us for our last dance together of the evening. Throughout the night several of our guests came up to us and said the DJ wouldn't play any of their requests and that the music was to loud or that he wasn't announcing special dances/events. My parents missed the bouquet and garter toss, because he didn't announce it. I had to ask him on several occasions to play different music so people would get out and dance. All in all it was a horrible experiance. Save yourself the money and the headache and go with someone else. read more

We had Adagio "Tom, the Deejay" for our wedding reception. It was so disappointing. He played one genre of music-his. We had taken great pains to do the online scheduler, sent the deejay a CD and followed up the night of the event with another CD of selected requests. He played 4 of 14. One guest said, "I waited all night to a song I could dance to." At one point I counted 80 guests remiaing, 8 were dancing. Yet Tom didn't change a thing to get more people on the dance floor. Adagio fell woefully short of our expectations. read more

I was the maid of honor in one of my best friend's weddings. I was very involved with her wedding planning. I know they were very leary of hiring a DJ for the wedding as other DJ experiences at other events haven't always been wonderful and they really wanted a live band. However, after making the decision to hire Adagio DJ services and experiencing their work they were was more than impressed, as was I! They were very easy to work with to set up the event. The process was seamless as all they had to do was fill out an event profile and included music they wanted to have played at the wedding. My friends found that DJ Marlon, was very easy to work with and had no problems at all finding and using all the music they had requested. Marlon was so professional and helped to make the entire day go smoothly. It almost felt like he was a wedding planner as he kept the night on schedule and worked out each and every kink with the event venue without any of us having to do a thing. He provided music for the ceremony, reception and everything in between and it was perfect! Everyone said the dance was wonderful, the music was great, and the DJ did an excellent job. Everyone was very impressed. In the end, hiring a DJ wasn't a bad choice and ended up being one of the highlights of the whole wedding experience. I would HIGHLY recommend Adagio to anyone, they were fabulous. read more

I used this company for our wedding in October of 2013 and I thought I would share our experience with this company. The management and the dj (Zach) seemed to be on opposite pages for what went on for our wedding. In the pre-planning the dj did not call us until the day before the wedding to plan the wedding dance. We filled out a pre-event planner online, however I am not sure of why that was needed since the dj didn't play half of the songs we requested on the pre-planner online. For our wedding dance we requested mostly country, oldies, and rock; for the different age groups for our wedding guests in attendance. The dj decided he wanted to go into a 90's rap medley (Including Vanilla Ice) during our wedding dance, thus causing the dance to clear pretty quickly. When we called to complain to the owner a few days after, he offered to give a small portion of the mandatory tip we paid to the dj back to us. (I thought tipping was for good service?!) In short I wouldn't recommend this company to play music at a middle school dance. We were not satisfied with this company and when we gave our feedback back to the owner he did not seem to care. read more

Love, love, love Adagio Djays! The online tools we received when we booked were very helpful to help us plan what type of music we wanted and was extremely organized. They have a large library of music, and even allow you to ask for additional music not in their library! The prices for Adagio were very competitive and we felt that we got a lot for what we paid for. We were assigned Hannah and we cannot speak highly enough of her! Even a month later, our guests are still telling us what a great Djay she was and how much they loved her music selections. She was very friendly and called us about 2 weeks prior to our event to make sure she had the feel of our event down and to clarify what type of music we like. Thank you, Hannah, for being so great!! read more

I overall had a very positive experience with Adagio Dj. Alex was amazing at answering my calls and getting back to me via e-mails with all of my annoying questions. The Dj planner was very helpful with breaking stuff down for the DJ as well as helped me plan for my own wedding. I can't say enough positive things about the DJ Zach. He was one cool dude. He was on the same level as my husband and I. He was excited with our song selections and was open to anything we wanted. Zach is someone who truly has fun and love what he does. He was so energetic and bright throughout our day it was so much fun to work with him. He was very professional with the flow of everything throughout the day. He would constantly check in with Dan and I regarding our timeline for the reception. He played every song we wanted for our ceremony and reception. As well as read the crowd for other music selections. It was such a fun day! read more

Adagio was great! Our DJ, Mary Haskins, was wonderful at reading the crowd and anticipating what we needed. They also did the music for our ceremony and it was absolutely perfect. I loved the online planner- We could write exactly which songs we did and didn't want. After we filled it out, they matched us with a DJ that fit our taste of music. For a little extra, you could pick your own DJ based on their online bio. We opted not to, but I thought that was a nice option. All in all, it was great! read more

What's a sound check? Loud feedback startling guests upon the bride entering , microphone cutting in and out during our vows, and it didn't work initially during reception. (They had changed microphones for the reception) No apologies for the mishaps either. It is a lot of effort to pick Every song on your play list for your wedding which is something that is expected from you. I think that there are better options for wedding DJ's out there. read more