If I could give 0 stars I would. This DJ was horrible. He played the worse selection ( not even what was selected). His equipment malfunctioned several times during important dances and announced nothing. Unprofessional and unprepared! To top it off HE BROUGHT A DATE read more

Where to start... I filled out 3 forms that included the names of my bridal party, parents names, couple names, how interactive I wanted the DJ to be, the songs I absolutely wanted played at the reception, and a timeline of the reception. The "dj" was not dressed for a wedding, he showed up with a random female with him. He was more interested in her than my reception. Right before our grand entrance, he had to grab the coordinator as he didn't have anyone's names (including myself and my groom). Again this information was on the forms I filled out. He played the wrong song for multiple important dances (mother/daughter as my father has passed so I wanted a special dance with my mom, and then I did a mother/daughter dance with my daughter). Both songs were wrong so I had to run to the booth and tell him he had the wrong songs. He was not interactive with the crowd at all. He didn't announce anything, he did nothing but press a button and flirt with whoever the woman was with him. Oh! And because she was there the catering fed her a meal as we are required to feed the dj so we ended up paying for an extra meal that was not planned. He continued to cause the speakers to squeal loudly causing my guests to cover their ears multiple times. The speeches were supposed to be at 7pm (written on the timeline they had on their website as a required form) and he never started them. My photographer had to go and remind him it was time for speeches/toasts. After he was reminded he held out the microphone and wiggled it at my husband for him to come get it. He was supposed to announce the speeches and toasts not wiggle the microphone at us! He played the cha cha slide twice back to back. And never once played a song I had added to my music list. At the end of the night he approached my husband and I and told us per our contract it was required that we make a quick video about the dj. We both said we weren't comfortable doing that but again he reiterated it that it was in the contract. We were intoxicated by this point of the night and didn't have said contract on hand so we did a video. He was not satisfied with what was said and had us record two more after the first one. When he realized we weren't going to say exactly what he wanted he left it alone. As most know, after a wedding things move quite quickly. Since I didn't reach out in the 3 day limit according to the contract nothing could be done. However, because of the video, I have been accused of lying about the service provided. I remained respectful when talking to the owner (Dave...not a woman owned business btw). He was rude and nasty and continued to throw the contract in my face about the 3 day policy but never answered my questions about who the extra woman was, why we had paid to feed her, how any of this was professional, and how we did not get the service we paid for. This was such a horrible "DJ" service. I do not recommend anyone hire them. read more

To start I will say Dave was a really cool guy, and very responsive to any questions or concerns I had. The DJ he assigned us (Jarrod) was amazing he made us feel so confident that we didn't have to worry about anything and he would make sure we had a great wedding! All around A++ service and couldn't have asked for a better DJ experience for our wedding! read more

Wish I could give Zero stars. There should be a legal investigation into this scam of a business. Dave is an absolute liar. I'll be submitting a BBB complaint. Thought we had at least resolved some of the issues on the back end after fact but then never got the partial refund for him not bringing the package we paid for and he, in writing, told me he would follow up with the venue owner because she had a lot of bad things to say, but he just chose never to follow through. The owner's husband and other attendees had to set up, tear down, move, and set up again he gear because he ( Billy) was so out of shape he couldn't move his own gear. Grift. Lawsuit waiting to happen. Will be making some reports to the States AG office TODAY based on the sea of reviews I am now finding echoing my exact experience. No accountability. GARBAGE DJ service and horrible business acumen. read more

Literally ruined my wedding reception. Dj showed up 35 min into our reception starting. Had multiple problems with them following their own company's portal instructions as far as dances, music requests, and timeline. Was formal reception showed up wearing jeans and a tee shirt. Pronounced our name wrong after going over it again just before they announced our entrance. Totally skipped us doing a toast and thanking our guests for celebrating with us. Was a disaster. Reaching out to owner of company was a waste of time, will not do anything to compensate for all that was wrong. DO NOT USE NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY LOOK PROFESSIONAL ON WEBSITE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO RISK YOUR SPECIAL DAY BEING RUINED LIKE OURS! read more

Please beware of this company! The person on the phone sounds professional but they sent out an inexperienced person. We could have done better with an iPod! His inexperience showed many times. He was rude and didn't know what he was doing. Very disappointing! read more

We used Elite Signature for our June 2023 wedding and the DJ was a major disappointment and Dave was awful to work with in the aftermath. We were left feeling like we were duped and taken advantage of. Our DJ, Koen, had the wrong songs for the bridal entrance and the recessional, didn't have working mics for the ceremony, cut off my wife and her dad's first dance song, and refused last minute to do any kind of emceeing (which he and the website both said we would get). Giving credit where it is due, he did work with us to have outdoor first dances and an indoor dance afterwards. Dave was nice to work with before the wedding, but when we went back with issues his demeanor was totally different. We were a few days late to the game with contacting him (wedding and then a very early international flight the next morning to start our honeymoon). He offered a very small refund of $100 when we told him the issues, then immediately got nasty when we requested more. He accused me of trying to take money from his kid's college fund, and even suggested to my wife that we should've just kicked the DJ out of the wedding and called to get another (seems a bit unrealistic to pause an evening wedding for 2+ hours in my opinion). We opened a case with the BBB just to have something documented, and Dave's response was filled with multiple lies that I had email chains to prove. Elite Signature DJs does not provide "Professional" DJ service, and does not care about you or your wedding one bit once they have your money. Words can't express how bad our experience was. read more

Do not recommend. They got almost everything wrong and tried to shift the blame off on everyone else. Terrible service.

MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THEM OUT WITH BBB CINCINNATI - THAT IS WHERE THEIR BUSINESS IS REGISTERED. BBB CHICAGO DOES NOT HANDLE THEIR COMPLAINTS. I trusted that a moderately priced DJ couldn't screw things up if I was really specific in my instructions. WRONG. I contacted them 6 times during the 6 weeks before our wedding to tell them I was going to provide a USB with all the songs we wanted to play and I just needed to know how to get it to them. They finally got the DJ to call me 10 days before my wedding. I overnighted him the USB with our songs and an instruction sheet telling him what to play for the last song of the night, what kind of music we like/don't like, how to pronounce peoples names, ect. DJ Mark called me the Monday before my wedding at and I asked him if the instructions and name pronouncing made sense and he said he would let me know if he had any questions. Wedding day: During cocktail hour I stop over to see if he has everything or has any questions, he says no. As we are lining up to do introductions we quickly figure out he "never saw" the instructions sheet in the package with the USB. I about had a panic attack. My Husband was so pissed he almost stopped the introductions to go into the hall and yell at DJ Mark. It was awful. But it gets worse. I had to get up from my dinner to interrupt DJ Mark who was chatting away eating with other vendors to do toasts that should have already been done. We had 3.5 hours of dancing time. Our USB contained 2 hours and 45 minutes of "must play" dancing music and 45 minutes of "suggested" music. Needless to say not only were "must play" songs not played, but three times my husband or I had to tell him to turn whatever song he had put on off. We didn't want requests, but he took them. He obviously didn't even listen to the songs we sent to know if they were fast or slow because the whole night was choppy and all over the place. He would stop songs abruptly before they were even over and it would be silent. It was all around terrible. This is from one of our other vendors: We did want you to know about a couple more issues regarding your DJ. At dinner, he made comments about your music choices and the song you wanted to start your dancing to. He said your choice of Michael Jackson's "Starting Something" was bad and that he really thought no one would dance to it. He also said you wanted songs played in the order you gave him. We both noticed his lack of enthusiasm. When "open" dance was ready to start, he just stood there. I was the one who went to find you to get the dancing started. Then, he commented again about how no one was dancing and just stood there. I again came out to get you. During dinner, we asked him how long he had been a DJ and if he still liked his job, his answer was, "not when I have brides like this." I know us telling you this has to be upsetting. I am sorry you have to work with vendors like this. Just for the record, you were a great bride to work with! read more

To All Future Brides, My experience is one that I would pray that no other bride will ever have to live through. DJ Mike and Elite Signature DJs was the worst decision that I made during my wedding process. Attempting to save a few hundred dollars was a serious miscalculation on my part and I wish that I would have paid the extra money to get a true professional to mc my one and only wedding reception. The first conversation with DJ Mike was unpleasant and I thought that maybe I was just having a bad day or I was being emotional & misread him because I was stressed/exhausted over the wedding. I was sorely mistaken. This man was the most unprofessional,disrespectful,rude,obnoxious,sarcastic,cynical, sorry excuse for a DJ that I have ever seen. I asked for formal dress.Instead he attended my reception in sloppy attire that I wouldn't walk my dog in (oversized red long sleeve shirt 3 sizes too big, baggy black pants and scuffed shoes). I honestly believe he did this on purpose because I texted him a single change request the night before my wedding. My fiancé wanted to come into our reception to a different song,based upon his response the next day, this was a unreasonable request. His attitude was horrible the day of, he had a heated argument with my wedding planner, he told her that "My wedding was a sinking ship and he was ready to get off!" and he was openly rude to my guests that stopped by the booth. This is completely unacceptable behavior and my wedding coordinator reached out to inform the company of this the next day; they made excuses instead of making an attempt to rectify this horrible situation that I had to experience on my special day. If you know like I know, select a reputable DJ that knows how to treat a paying customer, understands the value of quality service and professionalism. Don't try to save a few dollars and have your reception ruined by an overzealous ego driven DJ that could care less about your one special day. read more

We recently used Elite Signature DJ's for our wedding in Milwaukee, WI. They were fantastic to work with and extremely professional. Dave Kruger was my first point of contact and set everything in motion. He answered all my questions and was extremely transparent when it came to the contract. He checked in frequently, sent a timeline to be filled out for the event and had an easy to use portal for song selections to be played on our special day. He lined us up with DJ Rick Szablewski, who didn't have much to work with in terms of music that we liked in advance and he completely killed it when it came to our night. He kept the party going and had an amazing flow the entire evening. We cannot recommend Elite Signature DJ's enough. If anyone is looking for a company to DJ an event, I would recommend looking no further. read more

If I could give no stars I would, where to start we set up a play list it was ignored. My husband asked if they dj knew how to mix and blend he said he did... NOPE he hid behind the speakers never mc'd at all we danced when he played 3 of the 30 songs we selected. He sucked to the point I sat down and told the groom to get him out. The party upstairs was jamming so we went there. We wrote elite and never received an apology, however my husband was told by kristie claiming to be the owner that she isn't about customer service....really that's clear. DON'T USE THIS COMPANY I COULD HAVE FLOWN A REAL DJ IN FROM MARYLAND. INVEST IN A SOUNDBAR AND PLAY YOUR go on the Cincinnati bbb website. We told him no request he announced on the dvd im taking request... I think they want to ruin peoples weddings Update 2/13 we got our wedding video dj tommy is horrible if they give him to you say no pay more get a real dj they overcharged us we have a voicemail saying they want to make things right then refused to give us our money back horrible company.. read more

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This is the most unprofessional company I have ever dealt with. If you do not want to read this whole review, the shorter version is this: once they have your money, they only care about showing up; not providing you with a good experience. They did not even address our complaints afterward, but rather ensured they met their contracted time-slot. My wife was laughed at by the owner and her character was personally attacked after my wife, understandably, cursed over the company's actions. We have had issues with this company before, during, and especially after our wedding day. On the Tuesday before our wedding, a total of 5 days' notice, the "Back-up DJ", Bob, called my wife and said he was our replacement and he needed us to send all of the material we had already sent Elite Signature DJ's. Our contract had us submit the material through their company's site in time for them to have 2 weeks of preparation and this DJ had 4-5 days. For some reason it was on us to make sure this replacement DJ was prepared for our wedding instead of the company and the DJ originally assigned to our event. So of course the day of the wedding was a huge disappointment. It was a couple of minutes past 4pm and I noticed the DJ was nowhere in the area; he was supposed to start processional music at 4pm. Our officiant had to go find him and bring him back to the ceremony site to start playing music roughly 10 minutes past when he was supposed to; who knows when he would've started playing it otherwise. The DJ disappointed me most during the reception. The company's website allowed customization of what songs to play and when; we had sent them detailed notes of songs we wanted played pre-ceremony, post-ceremony, for bridal party introductions, and first dances. We even attached YouTube links as further reference to which songs we wanted played. He still got one of our bridal party introduction songs completely wrong! He had no idea how quiet his speakers were so we could not even hear him announce us. We also provided detailed notes of where to start and fade out songs. He even assured me beforehand that he understood the cutoff time for my Mother/Son dance song, and he still missed the cue! I had to motion for him to cut it which was embarrassing. We requested a "moderately interactive" (the second highest) DJ experience and he only spoke during the major events (speeches, dances, etc.), and you could barely hear him. I had to motion to him multiple times to turn the volume up. He showed absolutely no enthusiasm whatsoever like he didn't even want to be there. We made them aware of these complaints, along with SEVERAL others, during the contracted time frame (within a few days of the event). Their investigation into it did not even address our complaints, but rather they just ensured that he was there and played music during the contracted time frame. My wife called and complained further to Christy, the owner, with all of them being dismissed because "well your guests were drunk so their complaints don't matter", or "your guests were dancing so it doesn't matter". Our guests didn't pay for the DJ; WE DID! She actually laughed at my wife for wanting our money back. She even attacked her character when my wife, understandably, cursed at her afterward for behaving like a "shitty company". Save yourself the stress, disappointment, and utter disrespect from their owner, Christy, and go with another DJ. read more

Thank you, Elite Signature DJ's and especially WILL, for making our combination 30thBirthday/Graduation party a HUGE success!!! After searching for RESONABLY priced DJ/Karaoke service for over a week, I got an email from Elite. I called Dave (I think, I'm bad with names!!) and explained what I wanted and what my budget was. Most places I talked to would only do the "DJ" part for the amount I had budgeted. Dave was very cooperative and worked with me and my "money"!!! One DJ service I talked to wanted DOUBLE what I paid Elite!! Everyone had a great time, singing and dancing! Will is an amazing DJ!! If no one was dancing to a particular song, he quietly faded it out and another one in!!! Everyone that requested a karaoke song, were accommodated. My sons (Birthday Boy and Grad) said it was their BEST party ever!! (And this is the HIGHEST compliment a Mom could ask for!!!) THANK YOU AGAIN!!! read more

I'm not sure why they bother have you make a playlist. He just played whatever he wanted to play. He was there for our ceremony as well and played the music way before we were ready to walk down. My guests had fun dancing which is the only reason I gave them two stars. They played maybe four songs on my "must play" list. Do your research before booking, they barely communicated with us before the day. I sent him an email of every detail with the music during the ceremony , and his response was " I've been doing this for 30 years I know what I'm doing." Clearly he didn't care what we wanted. read more

DO NOT BOOK THEM! I didn't know DJ stood for Definite Jackass, but after working with DJ Mark I now understand. They cared more about the money than the client, were unprofessional, and do not listen. The company was awful with communicating with us, and did not even confirm set up times and equipment until the night before, which they got wrong. During the reception, DJ Mark sat down and helped himself to dinner and cocktails, which were not in his contract. This was fine, however we might as well have hired a friend to press shuffle on a fricken iPod, for that was how professional he appeared. Not rocket science, however our genius DJ managed to play four songs by the same artist back-to-back. Several members of our bridal party had to go up to the DJ and complain about the song choices, asked to use the mic, etc. and he was very condescending and rude towards them. If you are planning on hiring them, just don't. read more

We had a great experince with our DJ, Gary. There was some communication issues before our wedding, but the staff at Elite sorted that out quickly for us. Our DJ arrived and was set pu well before our event, and had music playing softly as our guests arrived, he played the songs we wanted during our ceremony exactly as requested, and our event went off without a hitch! Several guests complimented me on the music during the night. Gary was personable and professional, and a pleasure to work with. read more

DO NOT waste your time and breath working with this company. They have awful customer service skills. I tried to contact the owner and another member of manangement after my wedding because of the awful service I had gotten from my DJ, and they both told me there was nothing they could do, because I did not report it "within 3 days of the event." One of them even told me that he did not believe my service was bad, that I had probably spend too much on other vendors and wanted to get money back anyway I could. I was appalled!! It all started with the DJ, Mark not even calling to confirm his presence at the wedding. The day before my wedding, the office called to verify the address of the venue, which was given. I asked if the Mark would be calling to verify details with me. The representative seemed shocked that he had not called already, and gave me his cell to call him. (The company states that he attempted to call me once and could not reach me, and told me, "not sure why his number did not appear in your phone." Interesting how their office and every other vendor was able to reach me with zero difficulty!) When he finally returned my call at 10:30pm the night before my wedding, we discussed what I wanted to see the next day. Not only did he give me a hard time about my music selection being "country" and the order of events at my reception, but I asked a specific request. He was very rude, saying this was a bad idea, not one would do this, and questioned it. After he argued that my idea was not a good one for a few minutes, he went onto say that he was not bringing a cordless microphone, which was part of my contract! After informing him that I had already paid for the cordless microphone, he said he would look into it. (He did end up bringing it to the wedding reception.) The day of the wedding, Mark did not find me or my husband, I had to find him at the bar to talk to him about the bridal party entrance. After the annoucements were made and dinner was starting to be served, people started doing my 'special request.'. At this point Mark was nowhere to be found. It turned out that he had turned on a playlist and was sitting at a guest table, eating a meal that was not set for him. I was unaware that he would help himself to a plated dinner without being invited to do so by the people paying for the meal and the event. (When I told the company this, they told me I should have told him ahead of time that he was 'not supposed to eat.' I did not know that a dinner was a requirement of this vendor? That was not in my contract!). This to me was appalling, as I paid this company to actually DJ my event, not just turn on a playlist and walk away, as I could have had a friend do the same thing. After the 4th song by the SAME artist in a row, I had one of my bridesmaids ask him to please "man his station", and basically do his job. This resulted in dirty looks from him to me and my bridesmaid for the rest of the evening. (Great customer service!) Once again, I had someone ask him to just turn down the music a little when people were singing during dinner to the bride and groom (my special request), which would have been very easy had he been at the DJ table, which he was not. Again, it was my understanding that the music was HIS JOB. Once again, I guess I was wrong. Even after we asked him to turn the music down when people were singing, he returned to a dinner table and ignored the request for the rest of dinner. After dinner, Mark's made many runs to the open bar that was provided for my guests, which would not have been a big deal to me, but it is against policy for his company, which I found out later. (When this was brought up to the company, they told me that I needed 'proof', other than me, my husband, and many guests witnessing him drinking bottles of beer throughout the night.) When I tried talking with this company after my negaitve experience, I was told that I was a liar, and trying to get money from them because I overspent on other vendors from my wedding. They also asked me if we tipped Mark (we did because when we booked, we were told that it was appropriate too), and that because we tipped him, we were obviously happy with tthe service that night. I was also told that because the contract said that we could only make complaints within 3 days of the event, that nothing would happen. When I told them that I had tried to call the day of my wedding (the morning after the awful rude conversation the night before with Mark), to complain and make sure that things would get better that night, there was no one there to take the call, and there was no answering machine to take the request. Elite's response to this was "if you were calling before your wedding to complain, then you were never going to be satisfied with your service", and accused me again for only looking to get my money back. Do not waste your time, money, or frustration!! read more

We needed a dj. What we got instead was Linzee Allshouse. Linzee was very unprofessional. She complained about our music selection. She complained about our backdrop. Her attitude was terrible at best...like it was a hassle to even be there. She even tried to leave early. Finally she left some of her equipment at the hall we rented. Overall I would say she was the absolute worst dj I have ever encountered. I would never hire her again and would urge others to stay away. She was also extremely rude to both my wide and I after she read a review we gave her. read more

I would never use this DJ company again. Poor service. Terrible customer service. Too many bad things to even mention here but we were very unsatisfied with this company. Save your money! read more

I had dj Mike for my wedding reception last year. He did everything that I asked him to. I was not a bridezilla that demanded for my playlist only. My guest had a lot of fun and he was dressed well. What more can I ask for? This review is exclusively for the Skokie, IL company. read more

We were referred to this company by a person I work with. They were very easy to work with and did great follow up. The DJ was very outgoing and made some suggestions before the wedding and did a great job. The music was loud and we did have to tell him 2x's to turn it down but he did and it was fun. read more

Hiring this company was the worst wedding decision we made. Not only did he play the wrong music for our ceremony after promising us that he knew exactly what songs to play (my bridesmaids had to run down the aisle to heavy metal music!) , but DJ Jarrod continued to bother us all night long by continuously coming up to our table and asking us what we wanted to do next. That is what he was hired to do! Not interrupting my husband and I as we are trying to spend time with our family and friends. Then, there was so much dead air right before our first dance that even one of our guests can be heard on video saying, "awkward silence." He forgot to announce the cutting of the cake, so no one even knew there were desserts. On top of all of this, there was one other slow music played for the first 2 hours followed by more dead air. He left the DJ booth with no music playing at all to come ask us what we wanted to do next. My husband at this point is getting very angry and tells him to play some damn music. I had to go up to him several times to get him to play dance music. Overall, I was extremely disappointed. We contacted elite signature DJs to tell then what had happened and they have refused to respond to us. The bad reviews are right on target. I beg you to not hire anyone from this company, especially DJ Jarrod. I cannot believe that man still has a job after butchering so many people's weddings. read more

The only reason I'm giving 1 star is because I have to and because the DJ did play good music after I had asked her to. For starters, they make you do everything online and won't meet with you before your event. They have a "phone" meeting. I filled it all the online forms they told me to, they never saved. I filled out everything at least 5 times and had a "must play" and "do not play" list. We got our DJs personal email and I had started emailing her. She told me she didn't like the websites timeline and had me email her a detailed timeframe with songs, exact times, and what everything was. (I do still have the emails.) I had expressed to her how nervous I was about the event since we don't meet ahead of time. She assured me she worked in management then said 2 days before she's a professional wedding planner and if we pay more she would organize the wedding. Due to budget and it being 2 days before, we couldn't afford it. The day of, our ceremony was a mess. I walked down and we had to stand in front of the officiant for an awkward amount of time while she continued to play music. She didn't play our entrance music until AFTER we all entered the reception. She did listen when I went to her with changes and concerns, I will give her that, but she was rude to myself as well as a few other people who had gone up to her which I had found out the next day. There were also issues with the sound system which kept cutting out. At the end, she gave us a comment card to which I gave her a "fair" review due to music being played at incorrect times. The DJ went up to my mother and said "I might not get paid if I submit this review" and told her to have me write another one and the old one was never given back to me. My husband and I paid for this service ourselves and to have her go up to someone who had nothing to do with that was not appreciated. I did apologize to the DJ if there was any lack of communication on our end, which wasn't told to me, saying that I thought I had communicated everything she had asked. When we called the main number 2 days later the lady on the phone was horribly rude, blamed us, and said "well did she hold a gun up to your head? I will not refund you any of your money back." I can't get over that! Maybe if you actually MET with your clients before the event there wouldn't a lack of communication. I had no issue at the end of the night once I told her to play music for people to dance, but I would not recommend this service if you're having them do your ceremony. read more