Absolute Entertainment Santa Fe

considered! Vicky has been extremely understanding and candid during this tricky situation of the pandemic we faces ourselves in. I would recommend Vicky and team hands down for the best customer service in the industry! Although we have not yet had our wedding, I am already thrilled with Absolute Entertainment. Thanks, Vicky!

e big day, we used their very easily and streamlined online system to let them know which songs and types of music we would want. It was easy to request songs for the party, but also really convenient to put together the soundtrack/processional/recessional for the ceremony as well. Vicky was an incredible MC (no corny DJ stuff here) and helped to run the reception flawlessly. We partied and danced hard! I would recommend Absolute Entertainment for any party!

string quartet and also for a mariachi band to take all the guests around the santa fe plaza and then they continued to play for cocktail hour. First off, if you plan to get married in Santa Fe, on or close to the Plaza, YOU MUST HAVE A MARIACHI BAND PARADE! It was seriously so fun and all the guests LOVED it! Such a fun way to kick up the energy and start the party. The mariachi band and strings were so spot on and professional. Had no issues with either and really enjoyed working with Vicky. Highly recommend for any musical needs!

non-traditional wedding (i.e. our "first dance" was a karaoke duet that Vicky helped coordinate!). Highly recommend booking Absolute Entertainment!

rofessional, patient, had great suggestions, and overall terrific to work with. Our niece sang a piece with the string quartet and Vicky was able to help us match it up to the key our niece sang--example of her amazing, detailed service. The live strings were truly everything--so elegant and memorable of our day. Thank you, Vicky & Cielo Strings!

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es so much work in Santa Fe that her understanding of the hospitality market is unparalleled. I would recommend Vicky to anyone who is looking for great services, but also great advice.

te our vision for the evening. They were patient with our questions and knew the questions to ask us that we hadn't thought of ourselves. Absolute Entertainment made what seemed like a daunting event easy, seamless and fun! Vicky and Chris handled the entire reception, MCing the dinner, toasts, and dancing. Their years of experience in the music industry, equipment and commitment to creating the evening we wanted gave us complete confidence to relax, let go, and enjoy our magical night. The Speers have worked with all the other vendors in Santa Fe, and were able to coordinate and cooperate together. I hope that everyone getting married in the area will be lucky enough to have Absolute Entertainment on their team to make the evening perfect. They really are the best! Elizabeth and Chris

ess set-up, provided great music and were generally helpful the entire evening. I was very worried about having a cookie-cutter evening. I felt they listened to this concern and did everything in their power to make the evening special. Vickie is an excellent communicator and shared her experience to help guide my big day. I found this very very helpful. There were so many items I hadn't even considered that she brought to my attention. Finally, I booked two bands through them. Both showed up on time and both played quite well. I was told by multiple guests how great the music was. I would recommend Absolute in a heartbeat both for weddings and bookings.

they did such a fantastic job at the wedding it made everything that much better. Not only did they play great music but Vicky as the MC was amazing! She made everything run so smoothly and did such a good job with timing and coordination it took everything off my plate on the day of so I could just enjoy. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a DJ/Band for your event!

presence and made it so fun and lively. Brian was willing to work with my husband and I with anything we wanted to do during the wedding and was very accommodating. I would definitely recommend AE for anyone who wants a very exciting and upbeat wedding!

re day would run and everything was perfect. The music was great and kept the dance floor full all night long.

k with! Vicky made sure that the music for the wedding and reception was everything that I wanted. She communicated very clearly and never took it upon herself to make any decisions without making sure it was what I wanted! Great people/couple to work with! :)

our cocktail hour, and a flamenco show during our dinner reception. They were all so talented and entertaining and added a lovely background to an already beautiful wedding!

ny many times. And now I know why! After working out the contract, Vicky had us fill in information about our events and make our must-play and do-not-play lists. Then we met with Vicky and Chris in person to discuss the events and fill in details. The order of events at our reception was not traditional (we did cake cutting directly after our first dance, which was the first thing we did after being announced at the reception) and Vicky was happy to accommodate our ideal schedule. I was talked back into some of the songs I crossed off the “top most requested songs of 2012”, because it was probably 1/4 of the list and apparently too many of them make your guests unhappy if they can’t request it, so I didnt argue a whole lot as long as my groom said he liked them, and they were put in a request-only list. At the ceremony, the music was wonderful and the timing was perfect. There was a point when my husband was sort of yelling during his vows so that people could hear, which made for a funny moment, but an extra microphone would have been helpful. The officiant had a lapel mic, but it just didnt pick up voices far enough away. For the reception, Chris was the DJ and Vicky MC’d, and both were very professional. Chris played a slow song after dinner where, for everyone dancing, the couple would have a year of good marriage. This was great for getting the dancing started, and from there, guests were on the dance floor 100% of the time. I found myself oddly drawn away from conversations as well because I wanted to dance to (almost) everything! I did hear some of the only if requested songs, and because I don’t like them they stuck out to me, but I know they were diligent about not playing the songs on the do-not-play list, because I had some guests tell me they wanted a song in the middle of the reception that the DJ refused to play. I was very happy with that fact and the overall results of the DJing. At the beginning of the planning process, we did think that AE was a little pricey having looked at other cities, but they are the only responsive vendor in Santa Fe, and our venue really liked them. That said, they could have easily been terrible because of the "monopoly", but they aren't- they really do care about what they do and the presentation and how your guests and you, feel. We did get a discount (little over 10%) because our wedding was in low season, March, which was nice. In the end, I am glad for every penny spent- the planning was a breeze and the events went perfectly.

in touch with Chris at the company was a bit hard via email - sometimes my emails went unanswered, which was annoying. The big negative was that the timeline for the reception got really messed up - things got really out of order, and the father/daughter dance got skipped altogether until my videographer was about to leave and I realized we hadn't done it, and reminded the DJs. On the positive side, the music was great. I didn't have an extensive must play, or don't play list for the wedding and the stuff they chose was great. I got a lot of compliments on the music (which I really had nothing to do with lol!) The DJ's dressed and acted professionally, and the lights and sound were set up well. Chris & Vicky were VERY knowledgeable in the planning session. They even edited down my processional so that my entry would fall at the right time in the music. They really thought of everything. All in all things went pretty well and I'm happy I used them.

erences before hand to make sure that we liked what they were playing! They did a wonderful job! Definitely worth the money!

book. :) We had a few minor things go wrong, that only I noticed, which is why I took off a star, but everyone had a wonderful evening and none of my guests knew that anything was awry.

s for different portions of the reception based on my musical interests. They also helped pick our the father/daughter dance, which was very, very special. Though I'll admit I still figured that the DJ that showed up at the wedding would just play whatever suited his fancy. I didn't quite believe he would play each and every song that I picked out from cocktail reception, dinner to dancing. I even sent my playlist to a friend saying "but we'll see what they actually play". I was wrong! From Built to Spill to Old 97's to David Bowie he played it ALL. The songs that remind us of each other, special times, special places or we just LOVE- he played them all. The DJ (who b/c it was kind of a crazy day, I feel bad but don't remember his name) was so attentive to me. He explained everything to me and made sure I knew what was going on and when. My guests had a blast. My new 89 year old grandmother in law didn't leave the dance floor all night. My groom, who doesn't dance, DANCED! My neices and nephews have never had so much fun. My 4 year old niece came up to me at 10:00 pm and told me emphatically that "this is the best party I've ever been to in my entire life". I couldn't agree more with her. I highly recommend Absolute Entertainment!

entually convinced them that it would work out. We were also highly pressured to have and use their live band and had to sit and listen to their musical "range." The lead female vocalist is the one running the company and highly encouraging us to use that route. We had to decline several times before we were able to move on. The mariachi band was on the older side and I don't think they played for the whole hour allotted as well. They kind of have a monopoly in the Santa Fe wedding industry, but they were pleasant to work with and reliable. If you know of good reliable musicians elsewhere, I'd go that route since you might save some money.

music selection we wanted and coordinated all the various talents! We would recommend using them for any entertainment need!

ertainer so that I didn't have to worry about the wedding day events. The DJ wasn't they best, just slightly above average or a 4/5 star rating, but our experience overall was excellent and working with VIcki was great.