About this vendor
Talent City Artists is a full-service wedding entertainment company located in Chicago, IL. This team of talented DJs, musicians, videographers, and photographers is honored to serve couples as they celebrate their wedding day. They will work diligently to ensure that every detail of your event reflects your one-of-a-kind love story.
The team at Talent City Artists will match you with the entertainers that will best set the desired tone for your event. Options available include a string duet for a romantic ceremony, a suave jazz trio, or 5 Star entertainer Blake Alexander for a sophisticated cocktail hour, and an energetic DJ for your reception. These talented entertainers are ready to provide your celebration with an unforgettable performance.
Talent City Artists provides clients with a number of carefully curated packages for their wedding day. Offerings available include videography, photography, DJ, and MC services. Additionally, the team also offers photo booth rental and a magician for a truly unforgettable event.
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Business Attributes
- Asian-owned Business
- Black-owned Business
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
- LGBTQ+-owned Business
- Native American-owned Business
- Pacific Islander-owned Business
Equipment
- Audio/Visual Equipment
- Sound Equipment
Music Genres
- African
- Arabic
- Bluegrass
- Bollywood
- Caribbean
- Celtic
Music Services
- MC Services
- Recorded Music
- Sound Equipment
Planning
- Se Habla Español
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
- Ceremony
- Reception
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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4.9
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I signed a contract with Corey Sanford via Highland Preferred for a DJ package costing $2,200 for my wedding back in October of 2023. It was supposed to include sound systems for t...
he ceremony and reception, wireless microphones, dance lights, and a Photo Booth/prints for 4 hours and complimentary up lighting valued at $400 for booking.
As I walked down the aisle after being announced husband and wife, I learned that my DJ never showed up. The Photo Booth was dropped off mid-day by someone and when my wedding coordinator asked about the ETA for my DJ, she was told that she’d make a phone call, then proceeded to leave my venue and ghost us. The wedding coordinator then called the DJ that I was told would be there and he said he was not working that day. She proceeded to call and email all contacts that we had for this company, only to be ignored by all.
After the wedding I was told that Corey Sanford was the person that I needed to discuss this issue with, as he was the business owner for the DJ company. I had a signed contract (with his signature) that clearly stated that if Highland Preferred was unable to provide a replacement, I would receive a refund within five days via certified check.
Corey was nearly impossible to get in touch with, but when we did get ahold of him, he lied over and over with one excuse after another. He repeatedly told us that the money was on its way, only for us to learn that was also a lie. He gave more excuses and a sob story about his life and being bankrupt that we have proof of being all lies. Corey is a crook and he knows it. He has no remorse for robbing people and moving on as if he’s untouchable.
We currently have legal action against him as we just want our money back for the service his company failed to provide on the biggest day of our lives. He has failed to acknowledge the lawsuit, hasn’t shown up for multiple court dates and is hiding from paying me what is legally mine.
STAY AWAY FROM ANYONE OR ANYTHING FINANCIALLY RELATED TO COREY SANFORD, TALENT CITY ARTISTS, HIGHLAND PREFERRED, THE EMERALD ACRES AND ROYAL WEDDING EVENTS . YOU WILL BE ROBBED AND HE WILL SHOW NO REMORSE.
The DJ kept the energy high with an incredible playlist
I recently hired a the Talent City Artists's team for DJ, photography, videography, photo booth, LED dance floor, and upligh...
ting services for an event, and I couldn't be happier! The DJ kept the energy high with an incredible playlist, while the photographers captured every moment beautifully. The videography was top-notch, ensuring we have lasting memories. The photo booth was a hit, providing fun props and instant prints for guests. The LED dance floor added a vibrant touch, and the uplighting transformed the venue atmosphere. The entire team was professional, friendly, and attentive to our needs. Highly recommend for any event!
Very disappointed with the service we received. I spent hours creating a list of songs that I wanted played, didn't want played, and special dances. Only two of the songs on my lis...
t were played. One was out first dance and the second was the last song. I also requested an anniversary dance and there was never one played.
For our ceremony music I requested instrumental hymns to be played while walking down the aisle and before the ceremony and that is not what was played at all.
It was very expensive to not be listened to at all, and be incredibly disappointed on my wedding day.
WONDERFUL, PERFECT experience!! Corey made my wedding (ceremony and reception) all that I wanted and MORE! He was always very detailed and professional and organized during our con...
versations and steps leading up to the wedding day. He arrived early, was very professional, nice and excited to make my day perfect, as he did. He didn't mispronounce any of the names, played the exact music that I requested at the right time and on point. He got the vibe going and had everyone on the dance floor throughout the night, dancing and having a great time. All my guests complimented on how great the DJ was and the music he played and how fun the photo booth was. Corey is a true master at his profession and did an amazing job! I definitely recommend him to anyone that needs DJ, up lighting, photo booth, LED dance floor and limo. HIRE COREY IF YOU WANT YOUR WEDDING TO BE EVERYTHING YOU EXPECTED AND MORE!!
Words can’t express how happy I am that Talent City Artists were a part of our special day. Not only are they extremely talented musicians but they were constantly making sure that...
everyone was engaged and enjoying themselves. I had quite a few special requests and they granted them without hesitation. People are still telling me a week after our wedding how amazing the music was and how they never wanted to stop dancing! We had a DJ, a trumpet player, percussionist, and drummer. Fusion is the way to go! Thank you so much!
It was such a pleasure working with Corey and the Talent City Artists team! We feel so lucky to have had them as an integral part of our special weekend. The artists truly made our...
ceremony and cocktail hour so stunning and memorable, and our guests spoke so highly of the artists on strings. We look forward to working with Corey again soon!
Talent City Artists are very professional.
Great service and musicians would definitely hire them again!
I met Corey through work, and when my husband and I got engaged, I immediately reached out to him.
I had seen him and his team in action, and knew they would be the best team to hi...
re for our day!
A few days before the wedding, Corey called me to go over the music selections, questions, and even provided helpful feedback on timing, intros, etc. We went over everything and we were set!
Fast forward to our wedding day and everything went off without a hitch. Corey, the DJ for our wedding, was FANTASTIC!
The dancefloor was packed all night and we danced the night away.
Corey, our dream day couldn't have been as wonderful as it was without you!
THANK YOU!!!
We hired Talent City Artists for our wedding this April and they provided us with an amazing DJ, Photo Booth and LED dance floor. I would highly recommend Corey and JT for your wed...
ding..
Talent City Entertainment is amazing!! Especially DJ Corey and our MC Brian!! They made sure they got everyone on the dance floor and that we were having a good time the entire nig...
ht!! The booking process was very easy, and I loved the client site where I could add my own playlists for them and just add the song names and artists. They did both our ceremony and reception music. I loved that they bring could hear the whole ceremony no matter where they sat. Would highly recommend them for weddings!
DO NOT HIRE TALENT CITY ARTIST!!!!!
Worst company to work with, and that's on God.
I came across Talent City Artist at a Bridal Expo for my wedding back in October.The crew that w...
as working the event that day, reeled us in with their amazing presentation of fireworks and music. I even spun their "Fun Prize Wheel," where I had won the Buy 1, get 1. Working with this company, leading up to my wedding was a nightmare! The whole way, it was ridiculous!
Wedding Day is a girl's biggest dream to have everything go as perfect as possible, and this day was my worst nightmare becoming a reality.Corey was very laid back when we had first talked with him to go over what we wanted for our wedding day, and the free photo booth we had won the day of the Bridal Expo.
He was very agreeing to what we wanted for our special day, he even assured us about our theme we wanted.
A Starwars wedding theme, Corey even offered that he would give us a Star Wars background for the photo booth. Everything leading up to my special day seemed like it would go smoothly and have zero issues, my whole day was ruined and a total nightmare that my husband and I will NEVER forget. Our wedding day got taken from us especially since Talent City Artist Photographer lost most of our wedding photos!!! Corey showed ZERO remorse for what had happened to our wedding photos. He kept pushing our meeting aside because of "family emergencies," yet his stories on instagram said differently. Corey is supposed to be the boss man of this whole company yet he wasn't around to take charge of the damage that was done and his way of fixing things was offering us a "anniversary shoot," at a restaurant. I LOST MEMORIES to the most important day of my life and all he was willing to do was take us to a restaurant to take pictures of us eating? LOL, no thank you.I lost my Grandpa a month after my wedding and all of the last photos I had with him are now gone. You can never replace those.
My husband and I hired two photographers for my wedding day and they were both late for the first shots of the Bride and Groom, and if that wasn't the worst of it they were then 40mins late to the Park location where we were going to take our bridal party photos! Their photographers had zero direction and even one of them was very creepy and even perverted, where they made many of us feel so uncomfortable. Disgusting behavior and attitude that day from many of the vendors we had booked with Talent City Artist!The DJ that Corey had given us was not prepared for our entrance track at all.
Dj did not know how to do his job or work a crowd.
We had a whole playlist ready for our DJ to play for our wedding that night that my Husband and I worked on for months using Corey's website to make the DJ's life easier but he played whatever he wanted because he only played 5 songs that were on our 10hrs of play list.
Our photo booth person we had that day was rude and unprofessional.
Pictures we got from our day were pitch black and no Star Wars background like we were PROMISED.My husband and I were very patient from the start with Talent City Artist but after taking months and months to get told that most of our photos of our wedding were gone was extremely disappointing and frustrating!
After everything that had happened, all Corey did was threaten that he gave us "free shit."No, I won that free photo booth fair and square buddy. Maybe check with your employees before you go threatening your customers about that.
Working with Talent City and Corey Sanford was a great experience. We booked for $2200 and he offered us a $500 Uplighting package for free and kept our dance floor packed all nigh...
t. We give Corey 100 stars
We worked with Corey to plan our wedding in March. We couldn't have had a better experience. 1,000 thumbs up. All the guests are still raving about their experience so be ready for...
some phone calls a lot of our friends are getting married soon.
Friendly, Affordable, Flexible
We hired Corey to be a DJ for our March wedding and he was so wonderful to work with! He was extremely flexible when it came to creating music playl...
ists and we could just tell that he was 100% committed to making our day go perfectly. Very professional and affordable. Thank you so much for being part of our special day!
SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM!!!!!!!
Corey and Talent City Artists should be ashamed of themselves. For starters, I am an October 2023 bride. I booked Corey back in 2022 for videography and...
photography services. I saw great reviews and went for it. I was severely wrong.
1. Corey never told me my photographer until the week of my wedding
2. Thankfully I trusted my gut feeling and hired another photographer for my wedding who did an amazing beautiful job.
3. I asked for my deposit back bc I did not go for TCA photographer due to unprofessionalism and not following up on multiple emails..Corey said yes he'll send it. Never did. It's about to be February. There's 500$ he kept for himself.
4. He told my nice videographer that I only want a highlight reel of my wedding, even though I bought a package that was my full wedding being recorded. He is very disorganized and fails to communicate anything.
5. He has had multiple employees quit because he is scamming wedding couples left and right.
6. My church mass was the most important aspect for my mom, which now I don't have memories to watch with her.
Don't book for the love of God. Save your money. His business is no good and I will never recommend him for anything. If I can give 0 stars I would. You have made other couples wedding nightmares come true. I now have no video of my wedding because of his scam ways. His website and services are still up but best believe it's still a scam.
Do NOT hire COREY and since you don't know if you're going to get Corey or Chris, do not hire this company.
1) They told us on our wedding day that our second videographer wasn't c...
oming, breaking our contract.
2) It's January and we have yet to receive our full-length video.
3) The photo booth was lined up wrong so all the pictures were off center. We have a bunch of off centered photos now- yay.
4) He played the wrong song for our bridal party walk in. He played a song I specifically asked him not to play.
Do not trust the high ratings on the WeddingWire or the Knot for this company.
I wish I could rate communication and the service the day of separately. We were not put in touch with our actual DJ until three days before the wedding, which was a little stressf...
ul. We weren't 100% sure what to expect. Fortunately...
DJ Juan was INCREDIBLE. He unleashed something feral in us and kept everyone on the dance floor until midnight. He took some unusual requests (karaoke, a coin toss to change our last name, a medley for our family dance) and did a wonderful job. He will forever be a legend in our household.
DJ Corey performed in excellent fashion for our wedding. He is a true pro. From start to finish, Corey was responsive, attentive and worked well with a musician we hired to play g...
uitar for the ceremony. Our guests all had very positive feedback about the music selections and general flow of the event. Thanks, Corey - we really appreciate the your keeping our party going!
Corey and his team are PHENOMENAL. Not only was Corey responsive and helpful during the wedding planning process, but he truly went above and beyond to make sure everything was run...
ning smoothly and according to plan. There was not a single guest who wasn’t on the dance floor the entire night. To us, music was the most important aspect of our wedding day and Corey blew us away. I would highly recommend Talent City Artists to everyone!
Corey was recommended to me by a family friend who is a party planner and has high standards! She was so right, Corey was so easy to work with, and never added any stress to my alr...
eady stressful wedding. He kept the flow of songs going, even knew what songs to play for my Greek husband's family, and kept the schedule of the wedding on point so I didn't have to think about a thing on the night of my wedding. The dance floor was packed until midnight and everyone raved to me later about how fun the dance floor was! BOOK HIM!
Corey at My Chicago Wedding DJ was incredible to work with from the very start. We could tell right away he has a passion for what he does. Every conversation prior to the big day ...
was around our needs and how we wanted to make our ceremony and reception perfect. He and his assistant (Paola!) played exactly the style of music we love and asked for. The dance floor was packed all night long! It was an absolute party. We are thrilled we chose My Chicago Wedding DJ. Highly highly recommend for anyone reading this! They are the best.
Corey was absolutely wonderful with our wedding. He takes the time for a phone call the week before to plan out your wedding vision and is very flexible. Corey played all of our "m...
ust play" songs and was very approachable and friendly with song requests. Corey went above and beyond our expectations by arranging sound in our cocktail room and even send us a google album of pictures and videos he took! I would 100% suggest Corey if you want a really good energy and vibes DJ for your wedding reception!
They were the best! Eduardo knocked it out of the park for us.
My husband and I booked DJ Chris Hodson with Talent City Artists and I cannot recommend him enough! We booked him for our ceremony, reception, and a photo booth! We had an online p...
ortal that helped us to plan timelines and give song requests. DJ Chris was incredibly responsive with emails and we set up a phone call a week before the wedding and he gave suggestions and support for us. On the day of the wedding, he had everything set up for us and we did not have to worry about a thing! We had printed photos and they even gave us a photo book of all of the pictures that people took! Such a great company and DJ to work with!
Stop whatever you’re doing and hire Highland Preferred!!!! We had DJ Chris for our wedding and Paola for our photo booth and they are an incredible team!!!
From the moment we had...
our discovery call we knew they were the perfect fit for us. Chris’s enthusiasm is contagious and his excitement over our Star Wars theme had us even more excited for the big day! Chris had so many ideas on how to enhance our big day, discussing our ideas with him really helped us visualize the event and figure out the order of events.
The music was INCREDIBLE!!!! Chris made seamless transitions between songs and we had multiple guests come up to us complementing the playlist and expressing anticipation over what song was coming on next. He even free styled a remix of the Imperial March to Yeah! And it was a pretty epic moment that had everyone stunned on the dance floor. At one point, Chris even sang a song for all of the couples and his voice is amazing. Chris is beyond kind, professional, and genuine. The passion he has for his work oozes off of him. Besides being busy with DJing, Chris did some videography as well, he showed us a brief clip at the end of the night and we cannot wait to see the rest of it! This was an unexpected surprise for us and we are so excited!!!
Paola was very communicative and responded to all of my (many) questions over the months right away! She was very professional and kind and I truly felt like she cared about our event. At the end of the day she gifted us a photo album with prints from the photo booth, there were some custom made Star Wars signs for guests to hold and a specially made personalized Star Wars backdrop for the pictures. She was so sweet and bubbly and made it easy for guests to use the photo booth.
Leading up to the event I felt like we all became friends along the journey and it was so exciting to finally meet them both in person! We cannot thank you both enough for everything you did for us. The night was a complete success and the dance floor was filled all night long!!!
Thank you x1,000,000 and May the Force be with you!!!!
The weeks leading up to our wedding on September 17th, 2022 we tried numerous times to connect with our DJ. The name of the DJ given by Talent City changed four times prior to the ...
wedding. We never spoke with our DJ but the day of the wedding at noon Corey Sanford assured us that "Edmundo" would be there. Ceremony time, there's no DJ. We scrambled to find a speaker at the venue and used an AUX cord attached to my phone - thank goodness I made playlists because I did not trust that Talent City would come through. There was no pre-ceremony music and we were incredibly stressed. My husband spent the hour before the ceremony scrambling worrying about music which cut into photos with family time. We did get a replacement DJ AFTER dinner hours after the promised arrival time of 3pm. This DJ knew nothing about us, nor our preferences for music. The dance floor was empty until the last hour of dancing. It was a disaster working with this company and we have not received any refund despite numerous attempts to contact them. Spare yourself the headache and go with a trustworthy DJ service.
Booked DJ Chris Hodson for our November 4th wedding and had Paula help with communications and details. Both my husband and I worked with them, but they specifically helped me dire...
ct a surprise gift for my husband during the wedding, which was executed perfectly! These people are kind, easy to work with, and extremely professional and knowledgeable in how to work a wedding. DJ Chris allowed us to personalize many of our music choices for the entire wedding, no matter how untraditional our selections were. He also entertained our guests not only with well selected music choices, but his singing and scooter riding as well! We had a lot of people compliment us on our choice of DJ. He didn't take over our night, but he certainly enhanced it!
Props to a DJ who went far beyond our expectations!
Rebekah & David
I just had my wedding on Saturday and Blake Alexander was a pleasure to work with! Blake made the night fun and go smoothly. He had my guests up and dancing all night long! Blake s...
ang us some beautiful songs during cocktail hour that our guests just absolutely loved! He was more than willing to accommodate when it came to special requests and he even stayed later for us! All in all I will definitely be telling any future brides to book with him
Talent City Artists was the DJ at our wedding and did a great job! They worked with all our difficult and last minute requests, they were extremely organized, every person I talked...
to leading up the big day was very accommodating and happy to help. Cory was our DJ and he did a great job. He kept people on the dance floor all night and was happy to do anything that was asked of him. Their pricing was reasonable and everyone was very happy with their performance. Highly recommend Talent City Artists and definitely request Cory!!
DJ Jack was fantastic! He was so much fun and professional. The music selection was perfect and he was willing to accommodate all song requests. Definitely will recommend to family...
and friends.
DJ Leo handled the wedding ceremony and reception introductions with professionalism, and he was also very accommodating with any last-minute song requests/changes. We would highly...
recommend him to anyone looking for a dependable DJ for their special day.
We had the pleasure of working with Jimmy on our wedding, and he was fantastic! Our guests kept telling us how much fun, professionalism, and entertainment our DJ provided! He kept...
the reception party going all night for everyone.
Talent City Artists was a pleasure to work with, and we adored DJ Chris! He kept everyone on the dance floor all night long and had the best playlist—the perfect mix of music genre...
s and hits!
Simply incredible! Talent City Artists was a pleasure to work with! Corey, our DJ, was a pleasure to work with. He was well aware of our preferences in terms of fashion. We liked h...
is laid-back demeanor, and he made our reception a lot of fun!
From the planning stages to our wedding night, DJ Blake was a pleasure to work with. He was responsive and willing to meet with us to discuss our preferences. He delivered on our r...
equest and turned our reception into a dance party that my wife and I will never forget. DJ with five stars.
Excellent, professional service. Talent City Artists provided us with excellent DJ Leo services on our wedding day. The music was fantastic, and the team was very professional and ...
accommodating. The prices were very fair. I wholeheartedly endorse this company.
Talent City Artists and our DJ Phil left us speechless! We wanted our wedding to feel like a huge party with everyone on the dance floor. Phil understood what we wanted and deliver...
ed successfully!! I would strongly suggest this company to any future brides.
We met ahead of time to go over song selections and ensure that names were pronounced correctly during introductions, and Jimmy answered any questions I had! Corina was on top of t...
he planning process and was always available to answer questions! I cannot recommend them highly enough!
I'm so glad we hired Chris as our DJ. He provided music for the cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing, and had the perfect selection for each. All night, people of all ages were on th...
e dance floor. Chris went above and beyond to ensure that my father-daughter dance was perfect and included the verses I requested.
Talent City Artists made the entire process so easy. Paula organized an online meeting for the first time we met and was always very responsive. She made it so simple when we chang...
ed our wedding date and location to ensure we had everything we needed. DJ Corey was fantastic, and we continue to receive compliments on how good the music was!
DJ Leo is the greatest! Paula was really nice and kind throughout the entire contract process! She made it so simple for us to select Leo as our wedding DJ. Our guests had a GREAT ...
TIME with him! He was hilarious and kept our guests dancing throughout the evening. I cannot recommend him highly enough as a DJ for your event.
Absolutely incredible. Jimmy, our DJ, was the highlight of our wedding (our guests are still talking about how awesome he was). The videographers were AMAZING! Joe and his team did...
an outstanding job. We adore our video, and it is our favorite keepsake from our wedding!
Wow, that's incredible! Our DJ, Chris, was very attentive to the wedding party. He was able to read the mood and play the music that suited our requirements. I remember thinking se...
veral times throughout the night that he was doing an excellent job of selecting songs that perfectly reflected the mood of the party. Overall, excellent work!
Corey assisted in hosting a game, playing the exact songs we requested, and greatly aided in executing the timeline while maintaining the style of music we desired but couldn't pin...
point. We had the most fun at any wedding I've been to, and a lot of that was due to Corey's ability to keep things just right.
I met DJ Blake at one of my friends' weddings and thoroughly enjoyed his performance. It was great having someone with great taste and experience to make our own wedding go flawles...
sly.
DJ Leo was professional and catered to our music and overall vibe requests. During our consultation, he asked great questions and was able to take our suggestions and make the rece...
ption a lively and fun time for all of our guests. We were able to tell him about ourselves and our reception desires, and he delivered without missing a beat.
We could not have found a better DJ; Talent City Artists was an excellent choice for a wedding vendor! I hired DJ Phil for my wedding reception, and we worked with Corina, who was ...
fantastic and professional in making the arrangements. Phil accompanied us through our wedding party entrance, first dances, dinner, bouquet toss, cake cutting, and the regular dance party time that followed. Excellent work!
The best in the industry! Paula and the rest of the team at Talent City Artists were so good and made our day truly memorable. DJ Jimmy was fantastic; he mixed in some songs that w...
e hadn't chosen and replayed a few that had already played. Our video was so fantastic that we can't wait to watch it again next year!
Talent City Artists was an absolute pleasure to work with! They have an easy-to-use online planning tool that maps out all of your music choices. It was extremely helpful in determ...
ining what we needed music for. DJ Chris checked in with us a few times before the big day. He played the majority of the music we had chosen for our wedding.
Corey is a fantastic DJ, and I highly recommend him to anyone looking to have a good time! He played all of the songs we requested and kept the party going all night! When we chang...
ed the date of our wedding, our original DJ vendor fell through, and Talent City Artists came through big time.
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