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Modern Era Weddings Pittsburgh
Signature Wedding Weekends: Classy, Fun, Memorable
Florida, Pittsburgh area, Washington D.C. area, Nationwide
Travel area: No travel restrictions See details
Greg went above and beyond for our wedding! Not only did he give us an amazing planning experience, but his execution and professionalism were outstanding. Since he has officiating experience, he even offered to talk to our officiant since it was his first time officiating. He was an instrumental part in making sure our day went smoothly.
Sam gave us the best experience we could’ve asked for! We are at the age where everyone is getting married so we have been to our fair share of weddings and listened to a lot of DJ’s. In Summer of 2024, we attended a wedding where Sam was the DJ (we weren’t even engaged yet) and we knew we couldn’t go with anyone other than him! Fast forward to when we were planning a wedding, Sam was the first thing we were sure about/booked! Sam had our dance floor BUSY all night and I still have people weeks later telling us how our dance floor was the best one they’ve ever seen! We are so happy we went with Sam/Modern Era Weddings. My now husband and I keep joking around saying we want to throw another party just to have Sam DJ it again. We had the time of our lives and are so thankful for the insane job he did.
About this vendor
Michael Willis
OWNER
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AWARD WINNER (16X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
Modern Era was built on a simple gripe: too many great couples get handed the same tired wedding. The shuffle-play DJ. The mic hog. The dead floor by 9:30.
That's not what Modern Era does. They throw a party. A real one. Live-mixed all night, dialed to your crowd, loud where it should be loud and dead-quiet when you're saying your vows.
They're also the team that built the Signature Wedding Weekend, because your best people flew in for more than four hours on a Saturday. Welcome party, ceremony, reception, after-party, farewell brunch. One team, one vibe, start to finish.
What They Bring
Signature Wedding Weekends: the whole weekend covered, not just the reception
DJs who actually mix: live blends, no pre-recorded mixes on autopilot
MCs who run the night and get off the mic
Live musicians and custom entertainment lineups
Luxury photo booths: designer backdrops, no cardboard props
Lighting and effects: uplighting, sparklers, CO₂, cold sparks, dancing on a cloud, confetti
Full production for multi-space venues and packed timelines
💎 The Signature Package, from $2,500
No nickel-and-diming. Here's what's in it:
- A dedicated DJ and MC for the whole event
- Ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, after-party
- Backup gear on-site and a backup DJ locked in
- Unlimited hours. They leave when the party's over, not when the clock says so.
- Wireless mics and ceremony sound
- Dance-floor lighting
- Unlimited planning calls plus timeline and playlist tools
- Payment plans that don't wreck your budget
💃 The room feels different when Modern Era is running it.
This isn't background music. It's the night your friends won't shut up about. More than 70% of Modern Era couples come straight from planners and past clients, because nobody sends their people to a DJ who plays it safe.
Coverage: Pittsburgh, Western PA, West Virginia, Ohio, Florida, and destinations wherever you're taking them.
✨ Modern Era Weddings, creators of the Signature Wedding Weekend.
Meet the team
- Michael WillisOwnerMeet MadMike — Owner, Lead DJ & Creator of the Signature Wedding Weekend Mike's journey with Modern Era Weddings started in 2011, when he first joined the company as a DJ in Pittsburgh. After years of perfecting his craft and building a reputation for high-energy, non-cheesy, truly personalized wedding parties, Mike took over ownership of the company in 2015 — bringing his vision for full-scale wedding entertainment to life. In 2017, after DJing one of the founder’s weddings in Miami, Mike expanded Modern Era Weddings into Florida and officially began building what would become the company’s national destination wedding footprint. Over the years, Mike’s approach has evolved far beyond traditional DJ services. His creation of the Signature Wedding Weekend system transformed Modern Era Weddings into a full-service entertainment brand — delivering multi-day wedding experiences that include professional DJs, live musicians, lighting design, photo booths, videography, and full production management for destination weddings, private estates, and resort takeovers across the country and beyond. Today, Mike leads one of the industry’s most respected luxury wedding entertainment teams, personally overseeing each client experience, coaching his DJ team, and designing custom entertainment plans that reflect each couple’s unique style, energy, and vision. Even as Modern Era Weddings has grown into a nationally recognized brand, Mike still operates by the same core philosophy that started it all: Throw the kind of wedding you’d actually want to attend — epic, personal, high-energy, and never cheesy.
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