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Chicagoland/ Lower Michigan / South Bend / Northwest Indiana
About this vendor
The Party People are a local family owned and operated full time professional entertainment company that offers DJ, Lighting, Photo Fun, Drapery, and Videography services at the highest level to wedding, corporate, holiday, birthday, school, graduation, and any/all events. Call 219-309-1242 today to see how you can experience the Party People Difference!
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Equipment
- Sound Equipment
Music Services
- MC Services
- Recorded Music
- Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Wedding
- Reception
Reviews
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3.6
out of 5.028 reviews
We hired Party People for my wedding on 9/20/24. Meeting with Chris you can tell he was very excited and that made us excited. Party People offers A LOT. There was a small communic...
ation issue but Chris explained and everything was fine. I was VERYYY particular about the music for my wedding. I had specific remixes and covers I wanted and wanted a Turkish segment and pop punk segment. I was very detailed with my notes so I was a bit nervous but literally everything went PERFECTLY!! Chris got everything right, all the right songs played at the right time, he tried to squeeze in all my must plays. I had guests telling me he was great. Truly had the best time. He was a WONDERFUL DJ!!!!!!!!!
Very professional definitely brings the party the DJ equipment is phenomenal just a very cool experience. Dance the night away. The big screens are breathtaking. Photo Booth is s...
o much fun. I’d definitely hire them again.
I had really high hopes for this DJ because during the consult they seemed very professional and easy to work with. I was very disappointed with the music the day of my wedding. I ...
spent a lot of time requesting songs on my "must play" list that I knew both families would love to hear. I'd say a little more than half of my special requests never got played. My father - daughter dance was the wrong song. My dad is a huge Jimi Hendrix fan and I wanted to dance to "Angel", but they played the song covered by some other artist. I was so disappointed when my dad remarked on it in the middle of our dance, I wanted it to be a special for him. The photo booth was nice, and yeah people danced, but I was looking forward to alot of music that was never heard, it was mostly the more generic song requests that got played.
BUYER BEWARE - DJ Chris Pahl is unprofessional and completely incompetent. Would not recommend!
DONT DO IT!!!! Chris and his mom and this bogus business is a joke!! Their equipment sounds like garbage and they over promise and underdeliver!! BUYER BEWARE!!! They have poor rat...
ings for a reason!!
Would recommend! One stop shop for decor and dj services. The Sparkulars looked fantastic at our event.
We used Party People for videography, and we couldn’t be happier. It was very affordable for our budget. Our highlight video turned out amazing. My 3 year old niece who was a flow...
er girl in my wedding watched it and said it made her cry. I highly recommend Party People for videography.
Chris did an awesome job filming our wedding video. We purchased the 3 minute video and he fit all the highlights of the day into it! He was very professional and easy to work with...
and easy to get ahold of! Highly recommended!
DONT DO IT!!! This guy barely played the music he was told to play NOT TO MENTION HE SITS DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH FAMILY AND TAKES HIS SWEET TIME EATING A MEAL THAT WE DIDNT TELL HI...
M TO EAT. WE PREPARED A MEAL FOR HIM AND HE DECIDED TO EAT A 3 COURSE MEAL FOR AN HOUR.... AND DECIDES
TO TALK SHIT ABOUT THE BRIDE AND GROOM TO THEIR OWN FAMILY!!!!!! We HAD FAMILY COMING UP TO US SAYING HOW RUDE HE WAS!!!! We HAD A SPECIFIC PLAN ABOUT NOT PLAYING SONGS WITH CURSING AND THAN HE GETS A REQUEST AND PLAYS “BACK THAT ASS UP” at a wedding like are your crazy!!!! THAN THE FATHER OF THE GROOM ASK TO PLAY A SLOW SONG AND HE TELLS HIM NO.... however PLAYS BACK THAT ASS UP SMH!!!! Brides AND GROOMS DONT DO IT!!!!!! HE IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY OR THE STRESS. THE COMPANY DIDNT TELL ME MY DJ WAS THE OWNER WHOM I DIDNT WANT UNTIL 3 weeks before the WEDDING!!!! THEY ARE SO DISORGANIZED 😕 AND AS THE BRIDE I WAS THROUGHLY 😔 DISAPPOINTED!!!!!! They remixed SONGS that WERE NOT asked TO BE REMIXED LIKE HOTLINE BLING DRAKE AND BACKSTREET BOYS EVERYBODY WHICH ARE NORMAL SONGS!!!!! HE DIDNT INTERACT WITH THE CROWD AT ALL!!!! HE HOUNDED US TO GUVE HIM A REVIEW AFTER OUR WEDDING AFTER WE ALREADY TOLD HIM NO ONE TIME....PLEASE TAKE MY ADVICE !!!!YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!! DONT DO IT!!!!!
We had Chris for our wedding & he was great! The dance floor was packed all night & the music was great. He was easy to contact and work with. Highly recommended!
Party people made our wedding ceremony and reception so special. Everything from the lighting to the music, the photo booth, and the videography were more than I could’ve imagined...
. They were very professional as well, very easy to contact and communicate with. Allow Party People to add that extra “WOW” factor to your special day.
The music was great and I feel like Chris truly put in the effort to see what type of music and atmosphere we wanted for our event. It was also nice to get to meet with him before ...
to get a dialogue going. Lastly the photboothe we used to amazing pics. He quickly responded to emails and messages. I never felt worried during the process.
Every single one of our guests told us how amazing the music was all night long! We didn’t utilize the song requests or must play songs, but Chris came through and put together an ...
awesome one for us! The lights were beautiful, we were shown pictures beforehand so I was extremely happy with the way they turned out. Anytime I had questions, either him or his wife would call or email me back appropriately, which I greatly appreciate! I would definitely recommend
Chris and his crew did a beautiful job for our wedding! Chris spent a great deal of time preparing for our event and it was certainly evident--songs that I didn't even think to cho...
ose for our playlist ended up being played and it was awesome! We had 5 display screens that showed music videos during dancing and they kept the energy level up the whole time. Sadly, we lost my mother in law weeks before the big day, and I called Chris to tell him I wanted to do something special. He had me send him a few photos and he put together a beautiful photo montage in her memory--it was so lovely. This company truly knows the meaning of customer service and went well above and beyond anything we could have ever asked for! Thank you guys!
Chris and his crew did a wonderful job at my daughters wedding last September thank you.Darrell R.
All I have to say is WOW!!!! When searching for my DJ, I went to bridal show after bridal show, searched online and spoke to some of my girlfriends that had previously gotten marr...
ied. When I met with Party People and seen that they offered not ONLY DJ services, but also up-lighting and photo booth's, it minimized my list of things to do, and was so excited to book them! My wedding was a few (almost three) weeks ago and I am still getting texts, Facebook messages and emails about how much fun our guests had at our reception. The DJ was so much fun, music was on point the entire night and the introductions made my husband and I feel like movie stars! Our room looked phenomenal with the all of the lights! At first I thought it was going to be too much, but it turned out better than I could've ever imagined! The photo booth too was a big hit! I think in one of the slides, I counted 17 people in it AND our reception room was in the background of all the pics! I am so grateful to the Party People for making my wedding the best day of my life!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!! Your company is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
I was appalled by this "DJ" service at our wedding. Not only was I made to feel unimportant and insignificant during the planning process, Chris was rather demanding when it came t...
o selecting a playlist (most of which were not played during our reception). During our first meeting, he seemed to be so interested. However, between the upselling and lack of communication, it felt like a chore to hire this company.I hesitate to use the term DJ as essentially, I could have had the same effect plugging an iPod in. I'll start from the beginning. After being given phonetic explanations of our bridal party's names, and checking them 3 minutes prior to introduction, she still mispronounced them...and I'm not quite sure how you mispronounce KYLIE, but it happened. You couldn't hear her over the level of the music during the introductions, leaving my new husband and I unsure of when to enter. She played about 30 seconds or so of our first dance song during our cake cutting, played another random song clip, then finally out cake song,with apparently little to no understanding of her equipment. Emcee skills were minimal at best, making basic introductions and announcing our first dance and the father daughter dance. Beyond that, there was no engagement with our wedding whatsoever. She gave no thought to what the audience may want during the reception but spent plenty of time on her phone and hitting the bar. During open dancing, 2 songs played twice (neither were on our playlist). A member of the bridal party finally had to ask her to play something slow. The uplighting was set so far away from the wall that people were tripping, including a member of the waitstaff who fell directly into me (we purposely booked a room much larger than we needed so people wouldn't be tripping over one another or anything else). As if the service weren't horrible enough, our "DJ" showed up in an entirely inappropriate outfit. We requested, per our client form, for our DJ to wear a suit. Ours however showed up in a short, tight skirt, and a tight, low cut top. If it isn't already abundantly clear, I would NOT recommend this service to anyone.
I have to agree with others on this review. The first time I met Chris, he was so excited to be apart of my day. I felt confident with my decision. Shortly after, he began tryin...
g to upsell me on every aspect of his packages offered. As much as I would have loved to spend thousands on DJ and lighting, it just wasn't possible and he rarely ever accepted no for an answer. After filling out the client request forms, he asked very few questions to make sure we were on the same page. My introduction song was wrong, even though it was specified in the comments section. My dads speech was skipped. His sound system didn't accurately fit my venue and many guests were unable to hear speeches and prayers. My uplighting was suppose to be yellow and looked green. He charged for cake pinspotting that was over 60 feet away from my cake and was unable to be seen. He was extremely rude during his set up to a friend since I was kid enough to allow him to set up during my rehearsal time. He basically put on a play list and spent majority outside smoking cigarettes. Songs I put on my "must play" weren't played. When confronted at the end of the night, it wasn't much more than a shrug and I'm sorry! Very unprofessional, and not someone I would recommend when trying to throw an elegant wedding.
This guy is completely unprofessional and unorganized. He presented well the first time I met him but after that all down hill.
Draping looked terrible..it looked like he hung a c...
ouple of white canvas dropcloths from Home Depot. Nothing like he showed me. Turns out he decided to "double drape" which was not the sheer backdrop he showed me, without asking me if that was OK.
-He played some ugly "live" version of our first dance song we have never even heard!!!! MY HUSBAND AND I WERE SO SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED WHEN THIS SONG STARTED PLAYING FOR OUR FIRST DANCE!!!
- He did not provide the promised light show during the dancing. Argued with me that he did, but then why are there are no pictures that show the promised lights??
- I had to follow up with him repeatedly to get our contract, make arrangements, etc. He waited until two days before to even look at our song list. Probably the reason why the wrong first dance song was played.
- He helped himself excessively to our popcorn and cupcake table, which were there as the favors for our guests. Without even asking at all. When we confronted him about it he basically told us we were uptight and silly. He said he asked around and "my dj ate too many cupcakes" is a lame complaint. How insulting!
I gave him the chance to address our complaints and all he did was argue and insult.
Horrible!!! This was the worst part of our beautiful wedding. We spent $3000 and could have had a better Dj if I hooked up my iPhone to a speaker. Chris played songs from our "no n...
ot play" list, he didn't play songs from our "must play" list, and he added in songs that were not put on any lists and were not requested by guests! He was incredibly rude to a guest who was helping my videographers set up a slow motion video booth, probably because he was mad that we didn't spend more money on his expensive photo booth. The kicker was that he and his assistant left the dj booth unattended for an extended period of time!!!!! Totally unprofessional, and for the amount of money we paid we were completely dissatisfied with the services he provided. We spent over $3000 on this dj and it was the worst part of our wedding. Stay far away, there are so many better options in the area!!!
Every girl has a vision and a dream for her wedding and party people made my dream a reality! The lighting made everything so magical. They made all of the lights flash as they sai...
d our names and gave us the Bulls intro that we wanted. It was the best day of our lives!
Party People provided so many lighting choices and options for our wedding reception. The custom monogram was just what we were looking for. Chris was able to work with us even whe...
n we unexpectedly changed our venue just two months prior to the big day. He provided what we envisioned regardless of the unexpected surprise. He provided all of pur requested songs, and the music videos were a really cool addition to the dance floor!
I am horrified at how my wedding turned out. The service I received wasn't worth anything. I would have rather had NO music than what I had received. My introductions were done ba...
ckwards, the "dj" is NOT who I was told was coming, my intro music was not used, NO ONE could hear any of the music we played to our first dances, and I really think my wedding was ruined just because of this company. Please do not waste any money on these people! I don't know how they can call themselves professionals when they show up in jeans and a t shirt and don't even know how to use the equipment. He had no clue! My wedding day was ruined because of this service. Screeching broke everyone's eardrums as soon as he got on the mic to do anything. The guy that Chris had thrown in to do the job he told me he would do was not even a DJ! He was a bartender at BDUBS! I DID NOT pay $2100 for a bartender at bdubs to DJ my wedding. Everyone complained.
We hired the DJ, photo drop and lights. The lights were great and most of the music was what we wanted. There were issues with the photo drop not working right, so there weren't as...
many pictures being done as we had hoped. There were issues with timing and things not being ready on time. There were also repeat songs.
Chris from Party People was amazing! He kept everything at the reception on schedule and paid attention to every detail. The dance floor was never empty! He also did our up lightin...
g which looked great! They have a great online music selection program that guides you through your music selection process with ease! A big thanks to Chris and Party People for making our night so special!
They were ok, nothing too great. He didn't play a lot of the music we had pre requested and didn't have much energy.
Chris Pahl was very helpful and very willing to do whatever we needed and he was pretty affordable. He did a great job playing music through dinner and then through the rest of th...
e dancing, but when the dance party opened up he didn't stick to what we requested and even repeated two songs twice. However, his lighting is GREAT. We got a huge deal on 20 uprights that made my reception look amazing because he wanted to have some great promotional pictures for his website. In the end, he used 32 lights and was careful to run by the introductions list with me to make sure he could pronounce all the names correctly (it was a very diverse wedding party) and that he put them in the right order. Overall, I expected more than what I got but it was great customer service and quality for the most part.
Since they aren't located in South Bend I did most of my planning over the phone and through email. I didn't really hear anything on final plans until I called the week of my weddi...
ng which made me a little nervous but everything I had requested was setup and working when we needed it. The DJ was very fun and guided me through when we should start doing what at the wedding (ie the dances,speeches, bouquet toss, etc) which was very helpful. They provided equipment for both the ceremony and the reception. I was very satisfied with their services.
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Chicagoland/ Lower Michigan / South Bend / Northwest Indiana
Party People Entertainment