I hired That's The DJ to DJ/MC my wedding in May 2025 in Hopland. TLDR: I am so glad that I went with them, I had the BEST experience with That's the DJ! They were reasonably priced, super communicative, friendly, offered bilingual services, prompt, professional and DJ Luis Alvarez had us dancing all night.
I am not from the area originally, so I did not have any experience with DJ/entertainment companies in this area and found them on Yelp. After submitting an interest form through the website, Alex, the owner reached out quickly to set up an introductory phone appointment. I planned my wedding in less than 6 months so I was excited that they had availability and was also happy at the level of responsiveness from the company (since I really had no time to sit and wait on vendors to reply) On the intro call, Alex was friendly and took his time to answer all of my questions. He even offered insight into how my day may operate and how they work in conjunction with the other wedding vendors. At that point, I was the wedding planner, so I was grateful to any advice or information I could get. The booking process was smooth. I am someone who likes to do everything online, so I really loved their website and scheduling system as well as the timeline/music app they use.
Once the contract was signed and the deposit paid, I was assigned a DJ, Luis Alvarez, who also reached out to me directly to establish a line of communication. I was given access to an app that had a customizable wedding timeline where you could add what song(s) you wanted to be played at that time (procession, recession, cake cutting, first dance, anything you could possibly think of). There were also places for notes, names (speakers, wedding party, officiant, etc). The app had the capability to allow guests to request songs before the wedding via a link, or on the other side of the spectrum, you could put that you did not want guests to be able to request at all. This app had EVERYTHING!
They stayed in contact with me via email and I knew that if I needed anything, I could reach out. Just before the wedding, DJ Luis set up a final phone call to go through the entire timeline. The app does lock you out at a certain point, so make sure you pay attention to the date--there was one song my husband and I couldn't agree on, but Luis just added it for us after we were locked out.
Day of the wedding, Luis showed up several hours early and worked with my day-of coordinator to set up the ceremony area, dining area and dancing area sound systems. I wasn't there for set up, obviously, but there were ZERO hiccups that I could perceive. During the wedding, some things ended up running longer than the song assigned and I couldn't even tell that he was looping the songs to make them last the perfect amount of time. The improv was amazing with Luis. I felt like he had a beat on everything, including how I was feeling at any given moment. At one point, there was a requested song that people were not feeling and I looked up from the dance floor and made a face and that song didn't last longer than 10 more seconds. He was so intuitive and made the best mixes with the RANDOM genres I gave him. I am not exaggerating when I say that I was on the dance floor for every single song from my first dance to the last. People who I have been to several weddings with that are not dancers were even out there dancing. Everyone had a blast and Luis had a big part in that.
I am so grateful to Luis, Alex and the whole team at That's the DJ. I have nothing but great things to say about them and wholeheartedly recommend their services! read more