About this vendor
Universal Light and Sound Equipment Rentals provides sound and light services for a wide range of events in New York City. Regardless of the type of venue, ULS is committed to providing high-quality equipment and great customer service to add extra style to your wedding and ensure that everything runs smoothly. While preparing for your event, you won't have to worry — ULS engineers will work independently to complete installations, allowing you to focus on other aspects of your big day. ULC started at a grassroots level in 1993 before expanding in 2007 to provide custom lighting design and stage rentals. With reliability as the driving force behind what they do, Universal Light and Sound Equipment Rentals wants to turn your vision into reality.
Details
Lighting
- Chandeliers
- Lanterns
- Lighting Design & Setup
- String Lights
- Uplighting
Awards and Affiliations
4-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2024.2023.2022.2020.
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Everything went smoothly with ULS up until our wedding day. They delivered and fully set up the wrong type of uplights that were not agreed upon, and in the wrong places, then left...
the venue without double checking the final setup with us or our coordinator. They did not return to fix the mistake and we were stuck with the wrong lights.
We booked Universal Light and Sound for our wedding this past May 2025. They provided string lights and a disco ball for our reception! Everything looked perfect, and the lights fi...
t into the space of our venue perfectly and seamlessly. The tool on their website is extremely helpful to use and really helped us understand everything that we needed to know before booking. Set up was also scheduled promptly and efficiently, and we were so excited to see everything come together when we arrived at our venue! The disco ball especially, was a hit and we really enjoyed having it on the dance floor throughout the night and are enjoying how it looks in all of our pictures. Thank you for an easy process!
Universal Light & Sound did a phenomenal job at our wedding at Hamilton Loft! We loved their tool that was specifically designed for our venue so we could map out what lighting we ...
wanted where. As a winter wedding, we knew we didn’t have much natural light so we were heavily relying on the lighting to create the cozy mood we wanted. The team was so responsive and absolutely delivered on our vision. Everything was beautiful. We can’t recommend them enough!
Universal Light & Sound provided string lights and lantern lights for our wedding this March. The lights looked beautiful in the space (and just as we expected them to look). Mark ...
was very easy to work with, flexible, and quick to answer our questions. We highly recommend using them for your event!
These guys are great! They did the lighting for our May 2024 wedding, including chandeliers, string lighting, dance floor, and more. The space was beautifully set up and the value ...
was excellent. They were easy to work with leading up to the day. Highly recommend!
The team killed it! Universal Light & Sound did an incredible job making our event what it was. Mark had examples of what we can do at our venue (Shell’s Loft Red Hook) which made ...
the process so easy. We met twice for 15 minutes and he created magic.
The staff that came was also SO helpful. They were so sweet, and efficient. Everything was completed perfectly.
Universal Light and Sound was a dream to work with for our wedding lights. They were super quick to respond to inquiries and questions, understood the look we were going for immedi...
ately, and were incredibly easy to book. We didn’t even see them on the day of; they came in and installed everything so quickly and returned that night after the party to take down the lights. On a day when you have so much else to think about, it was beyond amazing to have a company execute everything so well, on time, and with no issues. We definitely recommend them to anyone looking for lighting for an event!
All throughout our wedding planning process, Mark and his team were extremely communicative and responsive. They quickly added or removed items as our proposal evolved. Behind the ...
scenes, they also worked really well with our Florist, who used the disco ball we ordered from them to create a beautiful tropical installation, full of palm leaves. Against the hanging, zigzagging lights, it really set the mood for the night. Again, we cannot recommend Universal Light & Sound enough!
We hired ULS last minute, because we decided we wanted some warm uplighting. Mark immediately identified what we need, and the lights looked perfect on the day!
Great value for pri...
ce, and they're super efficient. Would recommend!
ULS is fantastic! Their webpage makes it easy to see your options and they knew exactly what they were doing with the space and venue, which took any worries out of my mind. The li...
ghting looked so elegant and was really stunning.
ULS was SO easy to work with and we felt like we knew exactly what the space was going to look like as soon as we booked them thanks to their amazing online calculator program! Ev...
erything was absolutely beautiful!
Very professional vendor and Mark was great during the entire preparation period. He was insightful and patient with all the different lighting configuration changes we made along...
the way. The lighting in the venue turned out beautiful and it looked amazing in person. Highly recommend ULS for your next wedding or party!
Universal Light and Sound made my wedding venue look absolutely perfect! The rental we used made the space feel romantic and fun the entire time. Their staff is professional, know...
ledgeable, nice and very easy to work with. Their website made picking out the best rental package seamless and helped to show you what it would actually look like without having to go anywhere.
We got string lights from them for the Picnic House in Prospect Park. The lights were great, well installed, and gave a great ambiance for the night.
So easy to work with and very affordable! Thanks to Mark and his team, we were able to add twinkle lights to brighten up the dance floor at our wedding. Highly recommend hiring for...
adding some decor to your venue at a great price!
ULS was an absolute pleasure to work with! The lighting for our wedding was amazing and they did a stellar job. Highly recommend hiring Mark and his team!
Professional and ULS truly added so much to our space! Mark was punctual and it was a pleasure to communicate with him throughout the process.
This was a great vendor to work with! They were on the preferred vendor list for the venue we used and were responsive throughout the process. Mark was very helpful in explaining t...
he different lighting options, allowing me to make an informed decision. The company also has a strong online presence so you can get a sense of the variety and quality of their work. Everything went smoothly day of. I would definitely work with this company again!
Mark and his company did a beautiful job with our wedding. Their work really brought out the best in our venue, and everything went off without a hitch. The communication was great...
from start to finish, and we would not have changed a thing about how everything worked out. They have our full recommendation!
ULS were a pleasure to work with and provided the perfect ambient lighting for our wedding at The W Loft. Their team was efficient during set up and break down and Mark was great t...
o communicate with. The lighting in our reception hall and out on the patio were perfect! Highly recommended for all your lighting needs!!
We got married at The Greenpoint Loft and the string lights were a must. Mark and his team delievered the aesthetic we were looking for. Great quality and service!
Mark & his team were so easy to work with & their lighting really transformed the space! We were incredibly happy with their work and definitely recommend them, especially at the W...
ythe!
ULS was the perfect wedding vendor. Their lighting and decor for our Greenpoint Loft wedding was simply beautiful and effortlessly enhanced the space’s atmosphere. Mark was very ea...
sy to work with and extremely responsive — very important and appreciated during our multiple COVID reschedules! Highly recommend! Thank you!
Universal Light and Sound’s easy and super thorough process for our wedding was truly great. They made our wedding at Greenpoint Loft look so great, and the options were truly limi...
tless for what they could’ve done. Highly recommend!
Working with Universal was so easy! Mark was amazing. Their website was super helpful during the planning process. They offer a menu of options and prices for each venue. They wer...
e very responsive too. They created the perfect ambiance for our wedding at the Greenpoint Loft. They WOW'ed our guests. We highly recommend them!
It was a pleasure to work with Mark and the ULS for our wedding at Dumbo Loft in May 2022. They were super communicative and helped us pick a lighting package that fit the space an...
d added the exact ambiance we were giving for. Set up and breakdown were seamless as well.
Mark was very accommodating and understanding. I shared with him my vision and budget for our reception. It was not hard to communicate with Mark. He replies to emails as soon as h...
e can. He makes sure that all questions were answered. On the day of the wedding they were on time and the venue looked magical.
Mark and the whole ULS team were wonderful, helpful, and so easy to work with. They make it a breeze to choose a lighting setup, and because they'd worked at our venue before we co...
uld literally see the options laid out different ways. They even worked with another vendor we'd hired to hang streamers and were very helpful and accommodating to her. We were so happy with the end result and would use ULS again in a heartbeat!
Our wedding was in Oct 2021 at Dobbin St and Universal Light and Sound came highly recommended. They were incredibly easy to communicate with. The space looked beautiful with their...
lights!
Our wedding took place in September 2021 at the Green Building and we couldn't be happier with the lighting results. Mark at Universal Light and Sound was absolutely wonderful to w...
ork with—responsive, professional, and deeply knowledgeable. We opted for string lights and floor uplights, which gave the space the dreamy glow we were aiming for. Would highly recommend hiring ULS!
Universal Light and Sound was easy to communicate with, simple in the billing process, and thorough in their work. Our wedding venue looked beautiful with their lighting!
Their work was superb, communication was timely and professional, and they made coordinating the uplighting at our venue smooth and painless! We would highly recommend their compan...
y and should we ever require services similar to theirs for a future event, they will be the first to come to mind. Thank you for making our venue look superb and our wedding that much more special.
Very easy to hire. Mark was always very responsive, especially with our 3 date changes due to Covid. The lighting really added to the venue.
e didn’t realize how important lighting was going to be for our wedding but Universal Lighting absolutely MADE our wedding! Our dinner was outdoors and without the gorgeous string ...
and accent lighting the whole event would have had a completely different vibe. Even the band was lit up as though we were at an actual concert. Universal was very helpful and easy to work with. They helped make our wedding day perfect!
The team at ULS are complete pros and a dream to work with--they knew our venue inside and out and were able to make recommendations on how we could make the space even more beauti...
ful through lights. Our photos are absolutely stunning because of the unique lighting solutions the team were able to install. The operations and payment process were efficient and simple--critical when you're facing a large list of vendor partners with various needs and timelines. Thank you to the team for being such an important part of our how big day looked and how it made our guests feel.
We got married this past September at the Green Building in Brooklyn, NY. Mark at ULS was great to work with and executed our string lights perfectly! The lights definitely brought...
our venue decor up a notch. Communication with Mark was super easy, would definitely recommend to other NYC couples!
Mark and ULS came recommended by our planner and they absolutely nailed the look and vibe we were going for! They helped us with staging and uplighting the everything was gorgeous!...
Mark was so responsive and easy for work with. Would highly recommend!
Mark and his team were fantastic to work with. The lighting looked so much better than I could have ever imagined and they were very prompt on timing. Mark was able to work with us...
to make our wedding dreams come true. He was extremely accommodating. I couldn't recommend them enough.
ULS was recommended to us by our wedding venue The Foundry and we are so glad that we booked with them. Mark, was an exceptional vendor. He communicated his honest recommendations...
and worked with us to ensure that we chose a lighting package that complimented the space. The entire process was seamless and Mark did a wonderful job of answering all of our questions in a timely and efficient manner. We highly recommend him and his team!
The gorgeous light that ULS put up for our wedding add extra magic to the day and were a favorite with our guests. We worked with Mark who was prompt, friendly and helpful with his...
communication. The delivery, install and take down of the lights all went flawlessly.
We hired ULS to install some very simple bistro lighting and a curtain in the Dumbo Loft for our wedding. It totally transformed the space and added to the magic! I was operating o...
n a tight budget and ULS was able to help me make the space so beautiful based on what we were working with. Thank you Mark!
This was such a simple, smart choice! Mark and his team were seamless and the lighting they provided was the perfect (and ultimately necessary) touch for our low maintenance no fri...
lls wedding. The Edison string lights were striking in photos and really enhanced the space. Highly recommend!
The right lighting design can really make or break a wedding. The team at Universal Lighting and Sound truly enhanced our wedding with excellent lighting design—to the point where ...
guests did not notice it, but thought it was just “supposed to be there.” Our on sight lighting technician, was also able to manage the lights used during the dance party part of our wedding—transforming the Foundry to a chic dance club. They also provided us with two spotlights for our first dance, which only added to the drama and overall specialness of the moment.
Working with Mark was extremely easy and straightforward. Universal makes the process of decorating and lighting your event easy and painless. On the day off, the team delivered wi...
th professionalism and our venue looked beautiful! We truly recommend Universal Light and Sound for your event.
Mark was very easy to deal with, very responsive and did a great job with the lighting for our wedding. Thank you!
Mark and ULS-NYC were a pleasure to work with. He was incredibly responsive and transparent throughout the whole planning process. Needless to say the café lighting was amazing and...
something we truly feel brought the venue space together. We have been asked by the majority of our guests who provided the lighting as they all were extremely impressed how beautiful it made the space.
ULS did a perfect job on our lighting and curtain dividers. The space looked beautiful thanks to them.
ULS-NYC: Lighting Equipment Rental were wonderful to work with for out wedding at 26 Bridge in Dumbo, Brooklyn. They responded quickly via email and answered all our questions thro...
ughly. On the day of the wedding the arrived promptly for both set up and take down. They helped transform the venue into the reception of our dreams. Thank you ULS!!!!
Mark was so helpful with planning the lighting for our wedding day. It helped that he worked often at our venue 26 Bridge before and knew exactly what would look good in the space....
When we described the layout of the room and the vibe we were looking for he knew exactly what would be best and didn’t try to sell us on extra stuff. He was honest about what would also make an impact vs not even be noticed (considering our wedding was in summer it was going to be fairly bright in the space for half the wedding). His staff set up and picked up everything timely without any issues. I couldn’t have felt happier with choosing them for our lighting.
Working with ULC was an absolute pleasure. We were quite intimidated when we realized we needed to bring lighting in to our venue but ULC made it so easy for us. They really captur...
ed our vision and delivered that and more!! Mark was so great to work with, super responsive and thorough through out the whole process. I very highly recommend working with them!
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