We had the most amazing experience with Laura and her team from Ultimate Outdoor Entertainment. My…read moreniece Gigi was given the most amazing home movie experience for her 8th birthday last night. Between her being in the end stages of cancer, and the quarantine limitations, we were trying to come up with a solution to staying at home, but having an amazing evening. Laura and her team set up a fun night under the stars for us where we could watch Onward from the comfort of Gigi's home. Eric, the technician came right on time, and was so kind. He set everything up exactly how we wanted and then popped delicious popcorn for everyone! I can't say enough about what a special night it was for our family. Seeing the smile on Gigi's face when she saw that big screen being blown up said it all. Thank you to Ultimate Outdoor Entertainment for giving us a beautiful night of memories.

Ultimate Outdoor Movies was amazing to work with and the entire community loved the quick set up…read moreand break down of both the splash slide and the movie screen. The staff member that was on site was amazing to work with and I'm looking forward to working with him again. I strongly suggest Ultimate Outdoor Movies over all the rest of the outdoor movie companies. In my opinion, they are the best!!!

My husband and I booked DJ Jeff for our wedding and we're so glad we did! I will admit initially I…read morehad my concerns because opposite from what we usually saw in DJs, Jeff was very laid back and seemed more serious. The only reason this concerned me was that I was expecting someone with ridiculous amounts of energy and enthusiasm exuding during a meeting. I'm glad I did not let that perception get in the way. Jeff IS very professional and meticulous. His music website where you input the songs you want/don't want/etc is very detailed and made us think about things we never would have before. When it came down to the actual event, he KILLED it!! We had many Indian songs which he wasn't too familiar with, but he nailed every bit of it. When we first met, he asked us to send a few Indian songs over and he would make us a mix - he mixed them so seamlessly into more American rap and pop. Our friends after the reception said he was one of their favorites

I booked Spacecraft Entertainment to run a karaoke room at a client's corporate event and had an…read moreamazing experience working with Jeff. He was extremely easy to work with and accommodated all of our needs which were not simple. He also had everything needed to transform a basic hotel conference room into a fun karaoke room. I highly recommend using his services for your karaoke, DJ and entertainment needs!

Can't say enough good things about this crew. I had them do A/V for a fairly complicated…read moreindoor/outdoor Indian wedding with music/ microphone in 5 different zones. They executed flawlessly. Even other vendors told me how impressed they were with WERD.

Werd is AWESOME! I…read morehired them to do the lighting at my company's SXSW event, and they were great to work with every step of the process. Everything they did for us - from the mockups they created to show us what things would look like beforehand to the flawless execution on the night of the event - felt effortless and looked beautiful! Plus, all of the guys are total professionals while still being a blast to hang out with. Our party wouldn't have been the same without them!

I run an event planning company called Zest&Co and we have used J&M on multiple events in Austin,…read moreTexas. Their attention to detail and trustworthiness is second to none. I couldn't think of a more professional group that has a full grasp on production and all the technicality that comes with it. I couldn't say more good things about J&M and their team!

Very professional and knowledgeable on all entertainment fronts! Nice new equipment and had great…read moreideas for our party. Can't wait to work with them again!

Fast service, fair pricing, great selection and excellent customer service. Great place for…read moreproduction needs.

Home of the rudest sons-a-bitches ever to walk the earth…read more Sure, they house Austin's best selection of professional film and video equipment, but they're ridiculously over-priced and inexcusably rude. Only rent from here if you have no other choice. For a town that hates Wal-Mart so much, it's a mystery to me as to why those same people will not find the same faults with Gear.

I generally don't write reviews but for Johnell I think she definitely needs an appreciation!…read more We reached out to Johnell for my 3 year old's birthday party recently. We hardly had two weeks for the event day and Johnell worked day and night to get everything planned and coordinated according to the theme of the party. She provided great suggestions like the claw machine, face painting and a magician. It was tough to get a magician in that short time period but she did her magic to find the best one for the event and it was great! All our 50+ guests who attended the party raved about how well the planning and coordination was done for a 3 year old's birthday. It wouldn't have happened without her! She also helped with my baby shower back in early 2020 when Covid didn't hit us yet. My husband worked with her to throw me a baby shower and it was amazingly done. That baby shower event has made us reach out to her again because we knew she will do an excellent job and can trust her because she puts her heart in every event that she takes up. Thank you so much Johnell for all the efforts and an outstanding work even with such short time that you had.

I write this in case it's helpful for others. I sincerely wish I'd have known what I was getting…read moreinto before I entered into a contract with Johnell. If you're not inclined to read the entirety of this lengthy review, I sum my experience up in the last two paragraphs. My wedding was only 1.5 months away. I chose the full package option. As a full-time professional & graduate student, the idea of a wedding planner sounded like heaven. Her reviews were phenomenal. I thought we'd get timelines, help with our vision, several vendor options with differing price points. Instead we got snarky eye rolls when we'd ask about details, sarcastic jokes about us needing to book marriage counseling, disinterest in getting us what we actually wanted, and extremely abbreviated access to her at her convenience. Honestly, it was devastating. The most stressful part of our wedding planning became my interactions, and oftentimes lack of interactions, with Johnell. Price points and vision would continuously get lost in translation. The pattern: Time would pass despite our requests for input on selecting vendors (for example, 3 weeks for florals) and then we'd get an almost finalized contract from a single vendor we hadn't vetted. In the case of florals, at a price of $11K when we'd explained our floral budget was $3K. She was extremely dismissive. Even requests for a quick 15 minute check in call could go ignored. Her preference most of the time was to send emails during peak work hours. And her emails, most times, left things unclear. We explained several times that a weekly 15 minute call was what we needed. But she was extremely resistant. We had, at max, 2 to 3 such calls and then she refused to participate in any others. It was maddening with our 6 week timeline as we felt like our hands were tied about really understanding the status of and options for things. My fiancé and I defaulted to doing the legwork ourselves. When we did, vendors were LOVELY. Bending over backwards to assist us. Supplying us with multiple options and ideas. They took the time to hear us and ask about what we did and didn't want for our day. I was overwhelmingly grateful for their support and availability. I was stunned when Johnell sent an angry email chastising my fiancé for calling a vendor. She reminded us that we'd have to pay her even if we were doing the work. I reiterated to her that this had nothing to do with payment. We'd started doing the work ourselves because we felt handcuffed and limited w/ her at the helm. Over and over we'd discover her "no, that's not possible" would become "sure, we can do that, and here are several other options too" once we'd finally talk to a vendor. The most important thing for me: the wedding to have our unique imprint and flair- were in direct odds with Johnell's priorities. Her priority was the path of least resistance, what's easiest & most convenient for her. Things came together beautifully. But it really was in spite of and not because of our planner. With the vast majority of vendors, we elected to go with others that we'd vetted. This brought on its own drama as we then witnessed Johnell being cold and dismissive with these individuals when they'd attempt to ask questions or share options. I made several attempts to explain to her how poorly we felt we were being treated - via several emails and voicemail when she wouldn't answer or return my call. She would eventually respond in an email days later with a dismissive, "everything will be fine" one-liner. The last straw was her denying us a 15 minute phone call the week of the wedding. Four days after we requested the brief call with her, she emailed, "No, I've done my job already. See you at the wedding on Saturday. Email me a list if there's changes." This transpired despite her contracted description of "unlimited phone calls and emails" and us only having had at most three direct phone calls with her. At that point, we decided to cut ties with her completely. It was an extremely high sunk cost. One that benefitted her (she was paid in full despite not working the week of or day of the wedding) & would cost us greatly. It was worth it though as the thought of this, in our experience, truly unprofessional coordinator running our special day was too disheartening. In sum, I felt trapped in this working relationship. I wound up having to expend more time and energy on fixing things vs had I not had a planner to begin with. All the while being made to feel like a huge annoyance during the brief times when we would have access to her. Her communication style is one tailored to meet her needs and convenience rather than the client's. In hindsight, I never should have hired her. It was the poorest decision of my wedding planning process.