The following is a condensed version of the email we sent to Parties Alive, recapping the numerous mistakes they made on our wedding day. Buyer beware. 1. The PA System for the ceremony was not brought by DJ Eclipse. Luckily, we were able to rectify this by bringing the speakers out of the ballroom, after the initial suggestion of DJ Eclipse to "speak loudly". 2. The ceremony songs played by the string trio, who were booked through you, were all incorrect. The selections were all made off of the String Trio's repertoire sheet, which was not provided before our final meeting and Jacki had to ask for several times before it was finally sent over. 3. EVERY song that was meant to be played when we entered the ballroom for introductions was wrong, despite checking with DJ Eclipse earlier in the day to make sure he had up to date paperwork after the mistake with the PA system. "Dance The Night Away" by Van Halen was to be played when the bridal party entered and instead it was a club remix of some sort of dance music that we couldn't identify, despite us saying we didn't want house music played at all, whatsoever. We cringed at the amount of times we heard "Marry You" that day. It was the type of repetitiveness and cheesiness that we wanted to avoid, to no avail. As two people who met working in radio, song selection was a very important part of personalizing this wedding and for the first half hour of the reception, the music was completely disconnected from who we are as a couple and our guests. When we confronted DJ Eclipse (who doesn't know how to tuck his shirt in despite attending a wedding), he said, in regards to the Van Halen song, "I played it eventually". He wasn't supposed to play it eventually, he was supposed to play it when he was supposed to play it. 4. About half way through dinner, we had to pull our catering director aside and ask her to set our up lighting back to blue because we noticed they were changing colors... the way they would in a club. Any guesses as to how they got that way? If we wanted seizure inducing lighting, we would have bought it through you when you offered it as an up-sell, but we didn't, so your DJ had no business playing with the lights. 5. Sean's parents could barely make it to the dance floor for their own dance before the music was cut short, which we felt to be unfair to them. 6. We recapped with our catering director after we came back from our honeymoon and she mentioned a problem she had as well. She had to request that her staff "keep an eye on him", as they noticed DJ Eclipse make repeated trips to the bar. Not one of our other vendors acted in such a unprofessional, disorganized manner and we regret having Parties Alive grouped in with an otherwise flawless execution of our event. To be clear we are not asking you to give us anything because anything we wanted could have only been given to us that day. We understand that you do this every weekend, however for us we only get to do this once. This goes beyond not getting what you payed for; these are once in a lifetime moments that can't be changed and we don't want it to happen to anyone else. read more

I was Married 9/1/13 at the Chateau La Mer in lindenhurst and we used Parties Alive and they were amazing! I met the owner Rich at a wedding expo and knew we had to hire him to be the MC at our wedding. Everyone was dancing all night and loved the music! We also had a Percussionists, Steel Drums ,frank sinatra singer and pink uplighting. We had so many people call us to say they loved the entertainment and how much fun the DJ was. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for top quality DJ. I will say being a bride there are so many things to worry about on your big day and it was nice to not have to worry about my Dj I knew Rich and his team would take care of us. They really did make my party come ALIVE! read more

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I've never written a review on Yelp before but I feel compelled to do so now. I can not say enough good things about Parties Alive and especially the owner, Rich. I've been to countless affairs where the entertainment was provided by Rich and Parties Alive. Each time I am so impressed by their professionalism but more importantly their ability to ROCK every party. The dance floor is packed because they play something for everyone. Its not just their music selection which they tailor perfectly for many different tastes. Its the lighting, the live performers (the electric violin guy especially), the video, but most impotantly the emcee. Last night was not a wedding or a mitzva or a holiday party but a corporate event. Rich and his team had us all set up between sound, video, and lighting! PERFECT. So a huge 5 stars to Rich and Parties Alive. You wont be disapointed. read more

Parties Alive blew our expectations away!! We hired them for our wedding on June 2, 2018 in Montauk, NY and we could not have asked for a more personalized event because Dennis, Greg and Rich with Parties alive took extreme attention to the details we wanted. I gave them a long list of songs and when I heard almost every songs I requested played at our wedding I was beyond excited. It was so personal and really made our wedding feel like OUR wedding. The MC was perfect on the mic, speaking just enough and not too much and the DJ really ensured the music was what we wanted, when we wanted it, and made sure it flowed with the crowd. When the crowd on the dance floor was low they motivated people to come dance. They really kept the party going and read the crowd and adjusted to make sure everyone was having a good time. From the exact timing of the entrance songs, cake cutting and dances, to the congo line with my specially requested song and limbo it was SPOT ON!! We hired the live drums and saxophone player through Parties Alive and this was such an amazing and fun addition that I would highly recommend. The live musicians interacted with the crowd which was just one more thing that kept the crowd having fun. The music is really everything at a wedding and Parties Alive truly made our dreams come true! Everyone cannot stop talking about how much fun they had thanks to Parties Alive. Their professionalism and experience really shows and we are so lucky that we went with them. Beyond thankful to Dennis, Greg and Rich!!! P.S. They were easy to deal with and were set up on time and ready to go! read more

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They did an awesome job on our engagement party. Everyone was dancing all night. We really liked the owner. He understood exactly what we were looking for. read more

We got Parties Alive as our entertainment by finding them through Google. We got the most basic DJ and Emcee package, we didn't need anything extra. They did such an amazing job. They got our entire families (mixed cultures) up and dancing the whole night. The Emcee was very thorough and made sure that we knew exactly what was going on the entire night, he filled us in on everything that he was doing. My only complaint is that he played very few of the songs that we requested from our must play list. With that being said, it wasn't that much of a bummer. It was still a really great fun night. The price was amazing! They charged us half of what another DJ wanted for exactly the same service! I would definitely recommend! You guys can't go wrong with them! read more

Well we hired this company for our daughter sweet 16. Be careful They forgot to take the pictures that I paid for also the photo booth pic. We're supposed to come on DVD with pic. They didn't . The candle lighting was to be at the beginning the dj did it at end and the give always were only handed out at end. I think they forgot. But the music was great read more

Beware! My friend booked Parties Alive to DJ her May wedding. When I got to the ceremony, I found out that this DJ had not showed up and after numerous calls, he finally answered and claimed that he had car trouble. Luckily, a guest happened to be an amature DJ and had some equipment with him, so he was able to set up so there wouldn't be silence during the reception. The the Parties Alive DJ finally showed up, 2.5hrs late. He was obviously told that his services were no longer needed as the couple didn't want wait for him to set up his equipment. The kicker is that he refused to refund the couple their deposit and actually threatened to sue them because they did not pay him the full, agreed upon rate. read more

Really liked Parties Alive. We used them for our wedding. However after our wedding we never heard from them again. They never returned our calls or emails. It's a shame too because we were calling to book them for another job. read more

They were fantastic at a friends wedding so we hired them. Or DJ was great, our MC was OK. However, the big problem was our ceremony & cocktail hour musician didn't show up until about the last half of cocktail hour. The DJ's had to scramble to try and set up a cd for me so I could have ceremony music. It was disappointing to say the least. read more

They kept us dancing all night at a wedding, when they weren't having technical difficulties with the music. They had technical difficulties with the DVD slideshow which was embarassing for the bride. They kept on having feedback on the microphone and their MC whoever he wa was completely boring. read more

We were very disappointed with the service we received. The photographer was asked to take a few specific shots which he did not, the MC did not keep the event moving and the DJ played just ok music. read more

Rich double booked himself and did not show up to my wedding to MC as promised. He sent someone else who ignored our requests and asked me a million questions throughout the night, constantly pulling me away from enjoying my reception. There were songs played that were on our do not play list and there were songs that were not played that were on our play list. On top of all of this, the uplighting that we purchased was disappointing to say the least. The uplighting shown on their website is not what they provided for me the day of. Lastly, their customer service is beyond poor. When confronted with the poor job that they did, Rich made excuses and blamed me. They are unprofessional. read more

I did not book Rich, but was about to. We had a productive first meeting and made a second meeting to write up the contract and leave a deposit. Unfortunately between the first and second meeting, Rich forgot things that were discussed and did not even have the price worksheet available for us to review what was quoted during the first meeting. This is not a review about his abilities as an MC or his team's ability to DJ, but rather the unprofessional manor he conducted the meetings. Bring a tape recorder or ask for everything to be written down because the prices quoted me jumped $400 from meeting one to two. read more