STEVEN VANCE VIOLIN & DJ ENTERTAINMENT

We hired Steven Vance Entertainment for our wedding and it was an excellent decision! The violinist and DJ that were assigned to us did an amazing job and were both professional and provided a high quality experience for our guests. Our violinist, Lina, was assigned to us later in the process but was extremely accommodating and even learned a new song for our wedding ceremony with just one weeks notice. 5/5 would recommend!

We used Steven Vance Entertainment for our wedding on 9/7/2024. We got a deal from a bridal show that included a DJ for 4 hours, electric violin for an hour, and a photobooth for 3 hours all for a reasonable price. The electric violinist, Charles May, played during our cocktail hour and he was excellent! He sent us a list of songs to chose from if we wanted and even learned two new songs at our request. Our guests really enjoyed listening to him play during our cocktail hour. Our DJ was Mike Russel. He was very professional to work with. We had a phone meeting a couple weeks ahead of the wedding where we went over the reception timeline and he made sure he knew how to properly pronounce everyone's names. He kept the reception moving according to schedule, which was a huge help! I only wish he kept the dance floor a little bit more hyped during the dancing portion of the reception. The photobooth attendant's name was Art. He was also very professional to work with. He was able to customize our photo strips to fit the theme of our wedding. The photobooth was a traditional booth rather than just an open set up with a backdrop. It came with tons of fun props. The photobooth was such a fun addition to our reception that our guests loved. We got an album of all the photo strips as well as a flash drive. Overall, the entertainment at our wedding was great and I would recommend working with Steven Vance Entertainment!

My husband and I couldn't be happier with the DJ services we were provided with. Booking with Steven Vance Entertainment was easy and we got exactly what we wanted. Our DJ was Joey and he was so awesome to work with and made our day run seamlessly. Joey knows his stuff and is a profession, fun, and communicative DJ! We did a couple new things that aren't common at a wedding and he nailed them. He also provided the exact music we wanted to keep our dance floor full. 10/10 recommend booking Steven Vance Entertainment and ask for Joey if you can!

We had an incredible experience working with our performers from Steven Vance Entertainment! So many of our guests mentioned how much they loved Aaron's instrumentals during the ceremony. DJ Mike's music got everyone out on the dance floor - so much so, that the floor actually stayed full even past the end of the night! :) Steven was also very helpful during the planning process, and helped to answer all of our questions leading up to the wedding day. We can't thank SVE enough for helping to make our day so memorable and special!

My wedding was February 10th and we went through Steve Vance entertainment and got the electric violin and dj package. Steve Vance and Susan were very helpful and responsive getting my date placed and setting me up with the violinist and dj. Michele George is an amazing violinist! She absolutely did an amazing job at playing the songs i picked out for everything. I heard her play at the IX center for a wedding expo and that’s when i knew i had to have her at my wedding! Dj Rey nailed everything! He was very responsive to all my requests and made it happen. He kept the whole night flowing smoothly and he kept the dance floor busy. He was definitely the dj I was hoping to get! I would absolutely recommend Steve Vance entertainment, Michele and Dj Rey to anyone! ❤️💃🎻

We hired Steven Vance Violin and DJ Entertainment for our wedding and we were so grateful we did! Our violinist and DJ for the night was Joey and he did an amazing job! Our guests were impressed and he made sure all our requests were met and knew how to keep people dancing! Thank you so much for helping make our dreams come true!

I always wanted to have instrumentalists at my wedding ceremony. I decided to do the violin and chello for our big day. I also chose to have them provide our DJ for us. Susan was the employee handling our reservations. She was very personable, helpful, and always got back to me in a timely manner. And when I would forget to respond to her, she kept me in check which is needed when you’re planning a big event! Her team also did the same and it was much appreciated! Our instrumentalists did a wonderful job. Juan, the lead would reach out to me about what I was looking for and was very accommodating, he would go out of his way to find something that would work with the song selections I wanted for those important moments. We received many compliments on their work and it sounded beautiful! We had Mike as our DJ. I thought I had everything figured out, then I would second guess myself a lot and Mike was beyond flexible with us. I think musically the 3 of us were a great fit based on our music preferences and understanding the balance between classy, fun, and not sloppy! He left us a CD of those important event songs for us and that was a nice gift for us to have. We would absolutely recommend Steven Vance and his team over and over again!

Joey dj’d for our reception and played a pop rock electric violin for our ceremony and exceeded our expectations. Our guests sang his praises all night long and he truly exceeded our expectations. When he told me he had everything handled, he meant it.

Beyond expectations! My fiance and I booked Steven Vance for the violin and DJ. The quality, friendly professionalism, sophistication and FUN that came along with both completely made our wedding day soar higher than ever! Thank you SO much and SO highly recommended!

Steven Vance preformed for our wedding, cocktail hour, and during dinner, and he was very well received by all of our guests. My aunt still talks about how amazing he was and what a great and unique choice it was to have a live violinist at our wedding. I will be honest, a lot of my family thought we were taking a big risk on this, but it was really great to hear and see their reactions when he started playing. We had several people ask him for his information at our wedding, and ask us for it after as well. I can't remember the name of the DJ who played our reception, but he was good. He was dealing with some family stuff the week of our wedding so communication was a little touch and go, but he had a back up DJ booked in case he wasn't going to be able to be at our wedding. Considering the situation, he did everything in his power to make it right, and ended up being able to be there in the end. All our names were announced correctly, and he kept the night going pretty well. We had a mix of young and old guests, and I think he played to both groups. He also made sure to come and check with me that an unplanned speech could happen when requested by a family member, which I truly appreciated. Overall, we had a great experience with both Steven and the DJ he booked for us.

We hired a string duo for our outdoor wedding ceremony for this past weekend and the music was absolutely beautiful! They were on cue with all of the songs that we chose and as a bride, it was beautiful to have the live music to walk down the aisle to. Thank you!

“I have never been more confident in a vendor”… Words I said to my now wife after a phone call with Steven Vance going over every last detail of our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. Steven Vance brought a uniqueness that was only matched by his professionalism and ability to put on one heck of a show. Our guests are still raving over Steven’s performance.

Since we got in touch with Steven, he made us feel we were in great hands. We chose his electric violin-Dj package and it was the best decision we made. He is an excellent professional, and a great person too. We all enjoyed him playing and my husband and I received a lot of compliments. His Dj choices were amazing and he played a bit of everything we needed. He also included some classic Italian songs he played with the violin and my husband family (that is Italian) had a blast. I 100% recommend Steven

We used Joey Molinaro for the electric violin and DJ services at our venue at Fernstone Retreat and he did an amazing job! Had great communication with our song choices and offered suggestions for various parts of our ceremony. He even danced with my new mother in law for the last dance of the night! He went above and beyond! Would recommend Steven Vance Entertainment!

Steve Vance was a great person to work with. He was very easy to work with and he coordinated everything perfectly. He found us the perfect DJ (Christopher), a trio of live musicians (John, Younga, and Charles), and the photobooth(TapSnap). Everyone was wonderful!! In particular, the music was perfect. I recieved so many compliments on the live musicians, who did a phenomenal job. The DJ was very personable and he did a wonderful job with the music, playing everything we wanted and making sure the party was perfect.

Steven was great! We hired him for the electric violin for cocktail hour and dinner. Everyone raves about him and how talented he was. Mike Greca, was our DJ and he kept the dance floor packed all night long. Highly recommended Steven Vance entertainment for your wedding. They were perfect!

We hired Steven Vances group for our wedding 10/15/22 for a violin during our ceremony and cocktail hour. We specifically worked with Ron, him and his wife were amazing to work with. They were easy to get ahold of, helpful with suggestions of songs and just over all very great to work with. Our guests absolutely loved Ron and even asked during cocktail hour if anyone had song requests- which they really enjoyed!

We loved working with Steven Vance for our wedding in August 2022. He was our DJ, but he also served as MC and provided entertainment on the electric violin during cocktail hour. Prior to our wedding day we met directly with Steven to go through our timeline so that everyone was on the same page. He also had us complete a form which included a play list / do not play list which was comforting for us as we’d been to many weddings where DJs play music that is not wedding appropriate. We were especially pleased with his MC services as he knew how to control the crowd and alert people of different events happening throughout the evening. He especially knew what to play to keep guests on the dance floor and having a great time! Steven had a lot of experience and it showed through in all phases of the services he provided. We highly recommend Steven Vance Entertainment for top notch DJ/MC services.

Steven Vance was incredible! We reached out to him about a year prior to the wedding and got all the contract and deposit taken care of very quickly. Fast forward to a month before our wedding was able to wrap things up and discuss day of plans very easily. Steven performance with his violin was amazing. My family absolutely loved every bit of it and kept telling me through out the night. It definitely made it magical. Steven also was the DJ for our reception and did another outstanding job. If you need a DJ/Violinist for your event or wedding I would highly recommend!

Steven was AMAZING! He played the violin for our ceremony the electric violin for cocktail hour/dinner. Our guests raved about how fantastic & entertaining he was! There was a great combination of oldies & newer music, so everyone was pleased! DJ Mike was also awesome & got everyone dancing! I highly recommend using Steven Vance Violin & DJ Entertainment!

Awful service. Photobooth broke for some time during our reception & they failed to do the right thing

We hired Steven Vance Entertainment for our wedding this past Spring. Although Steven was not available on our day, he and his staff were responsive to our emails and worked with us to find a DJ that suited our needs. DJ Mike served as the DJ for both our ceremony and reception. He was courteous, made an effort to pronounce our names correctly (half of the wedding party was Chinese American) and for the most part played what we had requested. He was also able to work with us despite there being a drizzle/rain at our outdoor ceremony. Unfortunately, he played the wrong song for our recessional, despite our reviewing it with him beforehand and sending over the planning sheet that was provided by Steven Vance. He played one of the postlude pieces instead (which we had considered for the recessional but was not our first choice). We also felt that the grand entrance could have been handled better, as we had wanted to have the party enter one by one, but he called them out as couples. To be fair, this was not discussed beforehand and probably should have been. Overall, we had a great wedding and these small hiccups did not interfere with our enjoyment of the day or the music. We do feel that the quality of DJs working under Steven Vance may be variable and want others to be aware. We were surprised that our DJ only received 50% of our total payment with the rest going to the company.

Steven Vance Entertainment was amazing. Steven was very prompt and we spoke with him directly to plan everything. DJ Anthony was great to work with. His only concern was to make sure we were happy. He listened to our suggestions and provided helpful recommendations based on his experience. He listened to our music wishes and was able to put together a great party based on those wishes.

Steven Vance played the pop rock electric violin for our ceremony and cocktail hour. Steven did an amazing job and played a variety of music that everyone enjoyed. We loved having his music to highlight our special day. DJ Matt played our reception music. Matt kept us on schedule and there was never an empty dance floor. We are grateful for having both of them at our wedding to entertain our guests.

Thank you Steven Vance entertainment! Our wedding (April 30 2022) was spectacular with the help of Dj Mike! He did and awesome job with our ceremony and reception! We r so grateful and blessed to have Steven Vance Entertainment Dj for The Grand Estate at hidden acres! We love you guys!

My husband and I knew we wanted “something unique and special” incorporated into our wedding and Steven Vance and his Pop Rock Electric Violin performance was just that and more! The week of our wedding I let Steven know we needed a VERY specific version of a song played for our first dance because we were surprising our guests with a choreographed dance and he played it spot on! Our guests are still raving about his performance during our ceremony, cocktail hour and dinner. If you want your guests, months later, still talking about how awesome your wedding was book Steven Vance ASAP! We had DJ Nacho who we also booked through Steven Vance Entertainment provide DJ services during our reception (this was a wonderful and convenient feature to have both performers booked through one company). He kept the party going and all of our guests out on the dance floor! We had a unique bridal party entrance that went to the starting lineup of the Chicago Bulls and DJ Nacho outdid himself with the script we gave him! Both Steven Vance and DJ Nacho were extremely professional, great entertainers, and executed our requests flawlessly. We couldn’t be happier with our experience!

We were happy to secure Steven Vance's strings trio for our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. Our guests were treated to a sensational offering, and we have memories we'll never forget for the beautiful music during our processional. The trio was a big hit and the perfect way for us to transition from ceremony to dinner/party. We can't thank them enough.

We hired Steven Vance Violins Trio and Dj for our cocktail hour and wedding reception. We were so pleased with the violinists and the DJ, Mike Greca, was excellent as well. Our guests were so impressed. Steven Vance was very helpful as we were making our musical selections and we would recommend him for those wanting a wonderful musical experience for your wedding day!

A couple of years before my husband and I got married, I went to dinner at Houlihan’s with my mom, and Steven Vance was playing the electric violin during happy hour. My mom and I couldn’t get over how lovely it sounded and how talented he was, so we grabbed a business card on the way out and talked with him for a few minutes. When it came time to planning our wedding, I instantly remembered Steven. When I told my then-fiancé, he made the connection that one of Steven’s violinists had also played at his dad and stepmother’s wedding. How could we ignore all of those signs? We reached out to Steven right away and booked an electric violinist (Ron Molinaro – the same violinist from my in-laws’ wedding!), DJ (Mike Greca) and photo booth (Art Campbell) all through his company. It was so simple and very reasonable for all of that entertainment for the evening! Ron did such a beautiful job during the ceremony and happy hour, and our guests couldn’t say enough about how he clearly enjoys his work. Mike kept everyone out on the floor all night long, and he played all of our favorite songs we requested. Our guests loved the photo booth, and Art provided us with a wonderful album and flash drives of all the photos taken that evening. We can’t say enough good things about each of them, and we would highly recommend Steven Vance Entertainment for your next event!

We booked Steven for a string trio and to also DJ at our wedding, and can't say enough good things about our experience. The string trio played beautifully during our ceremony, and Steven was so accommodating in helping us find the right music. He was such an entertaining DJ, and played exactly the type of music all night that we were hoping for. He made the entire process incredibly smooth, and we got so many compliments on his work from our guests. I would recommend Steven to anyone - he is the real deal and we will absolutely use him again in the future! Thanks again for everything, Steven!

We wanted the Steven Vance experience for our wedding and we are so happy we did! Our guests absolutely loved the electric violin during cocktail hour and dinner. Everyone kept raving about how amazing the music was! As a DJ he kept the dancing floor happy and jumping, and even played some stranger requests that our families really loved. We didn't have a wedding planner and were a little lost, but Steven was very supportive and helpful. I am very glad we had him with us on our special day!

We were so happy and pleasantly surprised with the smooth and easy process with Steven Vance. It seemed like a nightmare to try to arrange every different performer and service for our wedding, but Steven Vance made that super easy. We booked a DJ, violinist, photo booth, and uplighting together for a very reasonable price. All were very professional, responsive, and great to work with. Would highly recommend Steven Vance!

The music was wonderful! Both the violinist and DJ were great! Several of our guest mentioned how much they loved the music. Both were on time and handled everything in a very professional manor. I would definitely recommend them!

We hired an electric violinist for our wedding ceremony and Steven Vance was 100% the right choice. Charles exceeded our expectations, giving many suggestions for prelude songs, as well as learning our song of choice for the bridal precessional. Look no further for ceremony musicians!

We booked our DJ through Steven Vance Entertainment for our wedding on 9/24/21 at National Aviary. We had DJ Mike Greca. He was awesome! Steven was easy to work with for booking and planning. Mike did a very professional job coordinating announcements and emceeing; as well as getting everybody’s names and respectfully making sure who everyone was! Mike was so personable with our guests and bridal party. We gave him a very general idea of the music we wanted, 90s and 2000s pop and hip hop, and he nailed it!

We hired Steven Vance as a violinist and DJ. He was amazing! So many of our guests commented on his ability to play so many modern/pop songs on the violin from memory. Several of our guests asked for his card to book him for their own events. During dinner, he played a wide variety of songs that kept all our guests happy. He was also great as a DJ, keeping guests on the dance floor all night. If you are looking for a mix of live music and DJ, this is your guy!!

We hired Steven Vance for acoustic violin for our ceremony prelude and recessional, electric violin during dinner, and DJ services for the reception. This was absolutely the BEST decision. Not only was Steven responsive and thorough with all of our questions in the months leading up to the event, but he really kept the party going. We've received so many compliments on his professionalism and the beauty of his violin pieces. We highly recommend Steven Vance for any and all of your musical needs for your wedding or any event.

So much more than a DJ! I used Steven Vance for my daughter's wedding at The Pennsylvanian in Pittsburgh, he came highly recommended from a co-worker of mine and I would highly recommend him to anyone. He is so talented and is the utmost professional. We had him perform on the violin during the ceremony and cocktail hour which was both elegant and entertaining. He roamed the tables with his violin during dinner, taking requests from the guests at each table...so many in attendance mentioned what a special touch that was. After dinner, Steven got the party started, keeping so many dancing all night long and keeping to the brides schedule of events all night long! When I put in a last minute request from mom to the bride, he just smiled and added it to the playlist before the finale song...so professional and just an all around great pick!

We cannot recommend Steven Vance for future weddings enough! We got the acoustic violin and DJ package, and our team was everything we could've asked for. Our violinist, Jennifer, and DJ, Matt, were both so professional and attuned to what we envisioned for our wedding. I had a very specific vision for the ceremony and Steven, Jennifer, and DJ Matt were all super accomodating in order to make this dream a reality. Future couples, look no further than booking with Steven Vance for top notch services, value, professionalism, and genuine and caring people. Thank you all so much!

Steven was amazing. Our violinist, Charles May, was the talk of the ceremony and played through our cocktail hour. DJ Mike was fantastic and had everyone up on the floor dancing the entire evening. Our open air photo booth,TapSnap, was a huge hit with our guests. Micheal was incredibly accommodating to our needs. We had our favor as a magnetic frame to hold the photos strip to encourage our guests to visit the photo booth. Everyone loved the photo booth. It was fun seeing our friends and family taking pictures.

Absolutely wonderful experience with Steve Vance and team! They were patient and flexible with many date and venue changes over the last year. Nate was our violinist for our vow renewal ceremony and our DJ for the reception. He was so easy to work with, friendly, and our guests enjoyed his music selections! The strolling violin was an awesome addition to our cocktail hour as well. I would highly recommend Steve, Nate, and team! Thanks for a wonderful evening!

Steven Vance Electric Violins helped make my special day all the more special. The violinist and DJ were very professional and easy to work with. The violinist reached out well in advance to make sure the songs we had chosen were accepted and playable. The DJ made the day run exceptionally smooth!

Nate from Steve Vance’s company was AMAZING! very easy to work with. Everyone talked about the music all night long and even after the wedding.

We could not be happier with choosing Steve Vance! We did the violin and DJ and had Joey. Joey kept the party going all night. We had a small wedding and were worried about people not dancing. Joey had everyone dancing. His violin was beautiful. We got endless compliments all night on Joey's violin and DJ. Joey showed up extremely early for the wedding to set everything up. He was dressed nicely in a tuxedo. We would use Steve Vance again in a heart beat. We cannot thank you enough for being so easy to work with, responsive, and being such excellent entertainment for our wedding!

Amazing, entertaining, whimsical, beautiful, fun. We can use many words to describe Steve and his team and these are the first to come to mind. Steve stuck with us through our many changes during COVID and we're so happy he did because his work is incredible. We have the electric violin during cocktail hour and our guests couldn't have been happier and more pleased with her work! We were lucky enough to have Steve DJ our wedding and our guests didn't stop dancing the whole night!!! We had also rented a photobooth through Steve and our guests loved that added piece and were so happy to grab some extra photos. We recommend Steve 10/10!!

I couldn’t have picked a better DJ for my wedding. Steven Vance and the string trio that played at my wedding were absolutely phenomenal!!! Steven was so professional and helped me in any way he could. I had to reschedule my phone calls with him several times and he was able to accommodate my schedule. He played a great mix of songs during the reception and the string trio for my ceremony got so many compliments. I would highly recommend Steven for any wedding or event. 10/10!!

We hired a string quartet to play for our ceremony and cocktail hour and received so many compliments about how great they were! They learned a song for our recessional for me that wasn't on the list they had shared and were overall very easy to work with ahead of time. We are very happy with how everything turned out and highly recommend to other brides/grooms!

I can’t run out of nice things to say about Steven Vance and his team! We decided on the Steven Vance package and were blown away by how attentive he was and how he made our guests feel. Everyone still talks about the amazing he was! He was easy to get ahold of and really wanted to make sure he did everything we had visioned for our big day. I would recommend him to anyone!

We had originally booked Steve himself to both play electric violin for our ceremony and cocktail hour and then be our DJ the rest of the night for our May 2020 wedding. Then, like most 2020 brides, Covid happened. Unfortunately Steve himself was booked for our rescheduled date in December 2020, but he was able to find us extraordinary folks to cover both aspects for our big day. Through Steve, we booked Younga Reitz as our musician for the ceremony & cocktail hour. Let me start off by saying that Younga is such a class act and so sweet! When Steve recommended her to us, he let us know that she was able to play both Cello and Violin, so suggested it might be a fun idea to switch it up and have her do Cello for the ceremony and Violin for the cocktail hour. We went with that recommendation and are so glad we did! Younga is such a talented musician, and she plays so beautifully, on both instruments! Our guests loved her music to kick off our wedding day and thought she did a flawless job. She even learned new music for a few off the wall requests we had :) I would highly recommend her as she is a true gifted professional and pleasure to work with! We also had the great pleasure of having Mike Greca be our DJ for our reception. From the pre-planning meetings to the day of, Mike was so easy and fun to work with and gave great suggestions! He was very helpful with the precautions we wanted to take for our wedding and made it easy and organic to let the guests know what our Covid precaution expectations were. He did a fantastic job with music selection throughout the night and really was able to read our crowd and play to what they loved. He made a downsized 2020 wedding feel like a fun "normal" reception and we can't thank him enough! Not only that, he's just a great guy and really helpful. If he's available for your big day, don't hesitate to book him ASAP!!

From the very first email Steve was so accommodating! He was quick to respond to emails and answered any question I had during planning! We hired Steve to play violin for our ceremony, cocktail hour, and dinner and we are still getting compliments! Steve was absolutely wonderful and truly made our wedding unforgettable! Thank you Steve for everything!!

If you're considering live music for your special event (which we would highly recommend!) you're going to want a seasoned, talented, and consummate professional, who you can trust to help you plan and execute your vision flawlessly. So, let us save you some googling…call Steven Vance Entertainment today. Steven was responsive, professional, flexible, and was a pleasure to work with. Wedding planning can be stressful enough, even without all the extra curveballs 2020 threw our way. But, we never had to worry because knew we were in good hands. Our guests are still raving about Steven and his pianist John, and telling us how much they enjoyed their performance, and what great a time they had at the reception. Steven gave us everything we asked for, and more. If you’re looking to make your event that much more special, look no further. Thank you Steven and John for your time and your talents. We were so thankful that you could help us celebrate our special day!

We had Steven Vance perform the electric violin at our wedding 11/21 - and he was a total hit! My husband has modeled for the Today’s Bride shows in the past & the last time i went to a show (before we were engaged) i heard Steven performing and said “if i ever have a wedding - he HAS to be there!” Steven was one of the first vendors i reached out to when wedding planning - and i was so looking forward to having him be a part of our big day!! Our guests are still raving about him - and the electric violin was most definitely one of my favorite parts of the night! We also had DJ nacho for the reception - and he was awesome! Played all of our requests & kept the party going! i would highly recommend booking the violin & DJ packing to anyone planning a wedding or event! Thank you, Steven, for being a huge part of our wedding memories! Rachel & David Turner

We booked Steve Vance for our wedding day. We chose the acoustic violin and DJ package. Steve was the hit of our wedding. Family raved on about the acoustic violin during our ceremony. It was absolutely perfect for our small, COVID appropriate wedding. Following the ceremony, Steve quickly jumped into the roll of DJ for cocktail hour and dinner. He played wonderful songs and got all of our family members out on the floor dancing! We were concerned having such a small family wedding that it would be tough to get people up and having fun, but Steve knew exactly what to do! We would recommend him over and over again! Thank you for making our wedding so memorable!

Would recommend Steven Vance’s company to anyone! We booked their DJ package for our wedding and I’m so glad we did! Steve was extremely courteous through the whole process and helped us book the appropriate package for us. We worked with DJ Vanessa for our wedding and she was so wonderful. Awesome personality and truly cares about giving you the perfect day. She took time to get to know us and really listened to our music preferences and played the perfect mix of songs/genres. She had great energy for announcements and really ensured the reception transitions ran smoothly. It was an awesome experience from start to finish with Steven Vance and I’d absolutely work with them again!