About this vendor
Sugartown Industries is an award-winning DJ company providing stellar soundtracks for weddings and events in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, DC, Baltimore, Delaware, Virginia, and beyond! Priding itself on providing clients with unique, creative, but accessible music selections for every type of event. Tapping into a wide-ranging repertoire ranging from obscure indie and 80s to current hip hop, disco, garage rock, classic soul, mainstream dance, and more, collaborating with clients to craft a one-of-a-kind celebration.
Sugartown Industries' mission:
- Your party is about you and your guests, not the DJ. - Announcements are minimal and directional.
- The music for your event is selected with your individual tastes in mind. Each playlist is unique and carefully designed to represent you.
- Line dances are avoided -- unless you specifically request one!
- No lighting, banners, inflatable guitars, or props are ever brought to your event.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Equipment
- Sound Equipment
Music Genres
- Classical
- Country
- Dance
- Disco
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz
Music Services
- MC Services
- Recorded Music
- Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
- Ceremony
- Reception
Reviews
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out of 5.025 reviews
Do yourself a favor and hire Colleen (Sugartown Industries) right now. From the first meeting, Colleen was thoughtful, patient, and incredibly well organized. In our introductory c...
all, we spent an hour discussing the desire flow of the event, room acoustics, and musical styles. She also provided us with planning documents to help narrow down song choices and construct a musical timeline for the day. During the reception -- from cocktail hour to our all-out dance party -- every song was spot on. Our guests had an absolute blast. Thank you for making our day so very special!
We can't say enough about how amazing Colleen is. From start to finish we were blown away by her positivity, patience and wisdom. She was so thorough and enthusiastic in helping m...
ake sure we had the perfect music for our big day. Our hope was that the dance floor would be full the entire party- and it was! Guests wrote to us the next day to say their legs and feet hurt from dancing so much. She also made sure the music we most wanted to hear was played and also gave us what seemed like a million other fantastic songs to choose from. With Colleen's thorough questions before our wedding, she was able to create a blueprint which made it seem like the vibe of the party was tailor-made to our personalities. If you are searching for the best DJ for your big event, look no further than Sugartown Industries
Colleen is amazing and gave us the perfect wedding dance party. She was a dream to work with, so on top of everything and great with planning the wedding day schedule to ensure max...
imum dancing time. So many guests came up to us after to sing her praises. She’s the best!
DJ Crumbcake was awesome! She was immensely knowledgeable about our venue and went way above and beyond the role of DJ helping to advise us on our seating chart, based on the acous...
tics of the room. (That way we were able to ensure the old folks didn't get blown away by the speakers!) She was excellent to correspond with, and has mastered the art of bringing great energy to a party without making herself the center of attention. Huge bonus for us that she already had a list of cheesy/overdone songs she usually doesn't play unless requested, which were basically all the songs we would have put on our "do not play" list. Felt like we were all seeing eye-to-eye from the start. We are so appreciative for everything she added to our day and so lucky to have found her!
After booking my wedding venue, the very next vendor I confirmed was the DJ. I mean, this is a big decision, almost as big as choosing your spouse. I am SO happy I chose Colleen ...
and Sugartown Industries. She gave me, my husband and our guests the best dance party we could've asked for. She knew how to perfectly read the room, made sure everyone felt included in the party, and didn't bat an eye when we threw her some last minute curve ball requests. Almost every single guest, young and old, commented on how great the music was. Everyone says the food and the music make a wedding, but really it's the music and Colleen brought it.
I highly recommend her and am looking for the next excuse to throw a party with a DJ so I can hire her again.
DJ Colleen is brilliant! Our wedding was DIY and we leaned heavily on the information Colleen provided to us during one of our early calls. Based on her experience, she formatted ...
the schedule for us and things went so smoothly. Her song lists and recommendations were exactly what we were looking for — plenty of crowd pleasers without venturing into lame wedding territory. She accommodated all of our odd requests and transitioned between them all exquisitely. People danced all night and everyone had such a great time! She absolutely crushed it. Please use her for your wedding!
From the very first days of wedding planning, my husband and I knew one thing: We wanted our guests, of all ages and backgrounds, to DANCE. And dance they did, thanks to Colleen! S...
he was so much fun to work with from the very beginning, offered excellent suggestions logistical and otherwise, and did a fantastic job blending some of our favorite music with great surprise tracks. Don’t think twice and hire Sugartown Industries if you want your wedding to be the best party you’ve ever been to—mine was!
We had the extreme pleasure of working with Colleen for our wedding last weekend, and the experience could not have been more ideal. She went above and beyond my expectations -- ma...
king the process of narrowing in on how we wanted our music to go incredibly easy, and she actually made planning out the course of the evening easy as well! Not at all what I was expecting. She took our music recommendations and really fleshed out the set, mixing tracks we requested with some unexpected jams as well, surprising and delighting us and keeping our entire wedding on the dance floor all night long. We had so many compliments on her set throughout the evening. She also loaded in and out with minimal intrusion as well. I would highly recommend her for any event you had coming up!
Colleen was so great to work with. We had a complicated group of demands and she met each one easily while making us feel comfortable and giving us guidance when we were lost or di...
dn't know that we were lost. It was an amazing night that required dexterity, flexibility and personality from our DJ and we couldn't have been happier. Please use this DJ she will make you and your guests happy and remember your event.
We just used Colleen for our wedding in the Catskills last weekend and we absolutely loved working with her. We did all of our meetings through videochat which was very convenient ...
for us. Aside from giving us a lot of insight and suggestions regarding music, she also gave us a lot of information about our venue which is what ultimately led us to book with her after our initial meeting. Since our wedding was semi-destination, it was important for us to book vendors who really knew and understood how our venue works. Colleen provided the music for all aspects of our wedding (ceremony, cocktail & reception). She listened to what styles we did and did not want and we had the best 90's dance party that we could have ever asked for! Our guests are still raving about how much fun they had and how different the music selection was. There was never a time that the dance floor was empty. I highly recommend booking Colleen if you are looking for a DJ for your wedding!
Colleen is the best! She played our wedding last weekend at the Greenpoint Loft and so many of our guests have since reached out to me to say how much they loved the music and that...
they want the playlist! Throughout this whole process Colleen was very responsive to our emails and gave us so many great suggestions for our first dance and parent dances. We really can't recommend her highly enough!
My husband, Chris, stumbled upon Colleen’s website and knew she was right for our wedding this past November. Colleen is great to work with, and very responsive to any music/timeli...
ne questions or concerns. She had incredible suggestions on songs for certain moments for the entire ceremony and reception from beginning to end. My husband and I are Cuban and wanted to have a mix of salsa, and dance/throwback songs. There was never a moment where the dance floor was empty. People PARTIED. Everyone had the best time, and the night went off smoothly thanks to Colleen navigating the night seamlessly.
Taro is phenomenal!!! We found him through Sugartown Industries. Their list of songs they won't play (line dances, cheesy wedding standards, etc) fit perfectly with the vibe we wan...
ted. We could tell from our initial meeting that Taro had a relaxed personality, ideal for the more chill wedding atmosphere we were going for. He used several extensive lists to help suss out our musical tastes. He also worked to get a handle on the tone for the overall evening and what announcements we might need him to make. Taro expertly trimmed and timed our main event songs (processional, first dance, parent/child dance, last song). We weren't expecting a huge population on the dance floor, but Taro's groove got a large group dancing throughout the night. I personally found myself unable to resist getting out there with my friends! Many guests came up to tell us how much they loved the music, and also how much it sounded like the two of us!
Colleen/Sugartown Industries was AMAZING. Colleen is incredibly organized and provides a ton of great materials beforehand to learn your music tastes and play exactly what you love...
. We had AT LEAST 10 guests (from across generations) come up to us at the wedding and say how awesome our DJ was. Colleen had everyone dancing and was a great MC for the evening. I think a big thing that people don't think about is how well a DJ caters to different generations in one event and Colleen absolutely nailed this.
Colleen gave us a ton of advice on what she thought would make a good wedding (above and beyond what a normal DJ might do), and we ended up using the schedule she recommended - it went perfectly!
If you need a DJ for a wedding (or anything) use Colleen and enjoy! She's the best.
Colleen was such a wonderful DJ, and a really funny and kind person! She was incredibly communicative and organized throughout the whole process. We were nervous about having a goo...
d dance party and Colleen made that happen! She played the songs we loved and kept the event running smoothly, communicating with our coordinator throughout. It was so important to have an experienced and fun DJ on our big day, everything was wonderful and fun! As a queer couple she was also very respectful of pronouns and asked what sort of language we prefer, was really refreshing. Would recommend her highly!
Hiring Colleen was the best decision we made - she knows how to throw a dance party. She read the crowd so well, and knew when to switch it up from top 40 to a string of 90s throw...
backs and then to Springsteen. Her instincts are incredible. She also helped us block out our reception to create the most natural flow from dinner to speeches to dancing - she really helped structure our party. Our guests are still talking about how insane our dance floor was, and we have Colleen to thank for that!
DJ Taro was the man! He put together a killer set of music for us and listened extremely well based on our interests. If you are looking for a DJ that really cares about the music...
and the atmosphere of the party, then this is your guy! No cheesy DJ gimicks or over-the-top shout outs, just awesome jams all night long! We loved how he provided us with a list of songs he would 'rather not play', because we are also not fans of over-played lame wedding songs. All our guests danced until our feet hurt and had a great time. Marrying a Puerto Rican girl, DJ Taro also did his homework and incorporated a perfect amount of latin salsa dance music. All and all, DJ Taro was super friendly and great to work with - highly recommend!
Colleen is a fantastic DJ. The main thing that we wanted from our music at our wedding was a fun dance party, and Colleen completely delivered. Having been to a few weddings where ...
guests barely danced, both with DJs and with bands, we were nervous about music at our own wedding. But having hired Colleen, we were in safe and experienced hands. Our dance floor was packed with guests of all ages from the beginning of the first song to the end of the very last song, which came so quickly it was hard to believe, and we got many compliments on our music both that night and afterwards. From our first conversation with Colleen we found her to be organized, responsive, and professional. She has excellent and eclectic music taste, as you can tell by looking at her song list on the Sugartown website, but she tailors the night completely to your preferences. Colleen has a great system for soliciting input from the couple and is also happy to provide as much feedback and as many suggestions as you want. She also helped us with strategizing the schedule of the night in order to get our food served quickly and to have the dance party going for as long as possible. Colleen is relaxed and easy-going as a person, and as a DJ she lets the music do the talking. Finally, she is very reasonably priced, and after the wedding she provided us with a list of every song she played so that we can relive our wedding again and again. Our wedding was an incredibly fun party, and we owe so much of that to Colleen.
We chose Sugartown Industries based on their list of songs they refused to play - it coincided with everything we hate about typical wedding DJs. They had an amazing list of music,...
incorporating so many different genres and time periods, but we were also able to request our own unique favorites as well. It also helps that Colleen is an awesome person. From the moment I spoke with her on the phone I wanted to be best friends with her. She is hilarious, super nice, and easy-going, and made us feel super comfortable about the music on our wedding day. You should all totally book her.
Taro was the DJ for our June 2015 wedding and he was great! Music was so important to us - we know that it can make or break the wedding. Taro was fantastic, and had everyone on th...
e dance floor before the salad course was even finished. He played music for all generations and really was able to read the crowd. Colleen from Sugartown was organized and helpful leading up to our big day.
Sugartown Industries was great to work with. Very professional, yet fun. I chose them because I didn't want the typical DJ. They don't do a lot of MC'ing if you don't want and the...
y play different music and not the typical wedding stuff. They were very easy and professional to work with. I would describe them as chill/nice Brooklyn hipsters, rather than cheesy wedding DJ's. They closely listened to the songs we wanted them to play/not play and the songs they chose were exact ones we would have chosen. So glad we went with them!
We love Colleen! We loved her long list of songs/artists that we had to go through/circle/cross out/star/etc. She really wanted to get an idea of our taste and what we wanted to he...
ar on our wedding day. We were so happy with her! Everyone had a great time...an awesome dance party! She was super communicative during the whole process and very helpful with any questions. Would highly recommend her to any bride and groom!
I cannot say enough nice things about Colleen McHale and Sugartown Industries. I had heard one of her employees DJ at a friend’s wedding about 4 years ago, and I knew I had to look...
into her services for my wedding. Colleen is just plain cool, and she is the perfect match for music lovers and those with funky, eclectic taste. We didn’t want emceeing, lights, fog machines, garter tosses, line dances, or anything traditional of any kind, and Colleen was our DJ soul mate. She had no qualms about offering suggestions or telling us if she didn’t think something would work, which was great, but she was also incredibly accommodating. I wanted to walk down the aisle to The Black Keys? Done! We wanted to use a punk rock version of the Hora? Done! We had a day wedding and Colleen had all of our guests – even the ones that swore they wouldn’t get NEAR the dance floor – rocking out for the entire reception – even SHE was a little surprised. Half the reason I actually remember most of my wedding is thanks to Colleen – there was a great song playing at every necessary moment. If you’re looking for Not a Wedding DJ, Colleen is your woman. I would have her following me around on a daily basis providing a soundtrack to my life if I could. She’s also EXCELLENTLY priced, so if you’re working within a budget, you won’t believe the value you’re getting for your money.
Colleen was an ideal DJ. She took the time to craft not only music we loved, but also that our guests loved. She even threw in a special surprise song for us. She was beyond ama...
zing: kind, thoughtful, amazingly energetic, and able to keep the reception on schedule. She also took time to check in with us to make sure what we wanted was happening. Couldn't have been happier.
I was going to write that contracting with Sugartown Industries was the best decision I made about my wedding, but need to edit that- deciding to marry my groom was the best decisi...
on, but Sugartown was the second-best! Seriously, I cannot recommend them enough. We chose Sugartown based on an internet search for non-cheesy wedding DJs in the NY metro area. I have been to enough weddings with cheesy, overbearing DJs, playing the same twenty songs, and we knew we wanted something a little different for our wedding.
Our DJ was Mona Dehghan and from the first time we Skyped with her, we absolutely loved her. I was pretty intimidated at first because she has lots of music cred, and we have pretty mainstream taste in music. But, she was so sweet and funny and nice. What really sold me was when we told her that we wanted our wedding to just be a big dance party and she said that she wanted everyone to just have the feeling of elation all night long. That was the perfect way to sum up how we wanted the reception, too. She was really respectful of our mainstream tastes and selections and gave us some great options for different special songs.
During the reception itself, Mona was absolutely amazing. She totally got our vision and our family and friends and had everyone on the dance floor all night. It was amazing to see the generations and some very disparate groups of friends and families mixing it up on the dance floor- literally all night. She managed my sometimes overbearing family's requests so well- at one point the Irish side kept requesting Irish songs and the Italian side said something- so she played the Tarantela. It was really funny and fun- and perfectly timed.
I literally cannot say enough about Mona, she was the best DJ I could possibly imagine- she read the crowd perfectly, she incorporated all of our ten "must play" songs seamlessly, and I would recommend her to anyone who is looking for a wedding DJ that is not "typical" and cheesy but fun, classy, and energetic.
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