Dj-mariage.ch

Dj-mariage.ch is the wedding website of ARTISTA TEAM EVENTS, an agency at Rue de la Tambourine 24 in Carouge, Geneva, that brings together experienced DJs and hosts for wedding evenings. It describes itself as specialists in events and weddings for nearly 20 years, and it works across French-speaking Switzerland and the neighboring French regions. What it sells is a turnkey reception evening: the DJ, all the professional equipment, and the technical coordination with the venue.

The wedding evening they offer

The home page sets out the offer in a few lines. The agency provides a turnkey service that includes all the professional equipment needed, which it lists as sound, lighting and light-show. It also takes charge of the technical coordination with the reception venue, so the couple does not have to broker the conversation between the DJ and the venue about power, space and room layout.

The DJs are described as attentive to the couple's wishes, "Souriants, ponctuels et rigoureux" (smiling, punctual and rigorous), and as adapting their set to the mood of the event as it unfolds. Beyond the music, the agency says it coordinates the different moments of the evening (the photographer, the caterer, the surprises) in close collaboration with everyone working on the day, so the evening runs smoothly. It also offers to help families prepare and organize surprises discreetly, which is a practical service when relatives are planning a speech, a slideshow or a sketch without the couple knowing.

The site's menu has separate sections for "Dj all style", "Major de table" (the French-Swiss term for a master of ceremonies who runs the dinner), "La Soirée", other services, recommended suppliers, a gallery, reviews and a quick quote. The site describes the agency and its extras in detail but says little about the MC role, so a couple who want an MC should ask what that service includes.

The same agency also plays birthdays, company parties, clubs and festivals, but the site and its name are built around weddings.

Extras and add-ons

The home page names three optional services: a saxophonist for a live touch (billed as DJ and sax), lighting design for the room, and special effects for the opening dance. A separate page lists further extras the agency can provide, or connect the couple with directly through recommended suppliers: saxophonists, close-up magicians, children's entertainment, a photobooth, gospel for the ceremony, a confetti cannon, Chinese lanterns, indoor fireworks and heavy smoke for a low-lying fog effect.

The gospel option is the only item on the site that concerns the ceremony rather than the evening. The rest of the offer is built around the reception, the dinner and the dancing, so couples who want music for a church or civil ceremony should ask whether the agency can arrange it or whether they need a separate musician.

Recommended suppliers

A page of advice points couples to suppliers the agency recommends: reception, aperitif and ceremony venues, wedding dresses and suits for the groom, florists for the room, the ceremony, the car and the bouquet, caterers the agency says it works with regularly, celebrants for a secular ceremony, and wedding photographers and videographers. The home page adds that it gives couples the direct contact of the artists, photographers, caterers, children's entertainers and musicians it recommends. For a couple planning from abroad with no local network, this is a useful starting list, though the page does not name the suppliers in its text, and there is no obligation to use them.

Where they work and how to book

The service area is spelled out on every page: Genève, Coppet, Nyon, Morges, Lausanne, Vullierens, Montreux, Oron, Vevey, Yverdon, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Sion and Martigny in Switzerland, plus Rhône-Alpes, Haute-Savoie, Ain and Franche-Comté in France. That covers the Lake Geneva shore, the Vaud and Fribourg countryside, Neuchâtel and the lower Valais, and reaches over the border into France.

Booking starts with the contact page, which asks for specific information before a quote: the date and type of event, the number of guests, the town and whether the venue is a hall, a hotel or a restaurant, whether one or several rooms need sound, when guests arrive at the reception and at the meal, and whether the couple needs music, entertainment or coordination before the evening. The agency promises a free, personalized quote with no obligation and says it replies within 48h. Contact is also possible by email at info@dj-mariage.ch or by phone on +41 76 564 37 57.

What the site does not settle

The site publishes no prices, not even a starting figure, so budgeting starts with the quote form. It gives no team headcount and no DJ names or biographies, so a couple cannot pick a specific DJ from the website and should ask who would play their date and whether they can meet or speak with that person first. The site does not say how far ahead to book, whether travel to the farther towns on the list or into France costs extra, or what the cancellation terms are.

The whole site is in French, and nothing on it mentions English or any other language. English-speaking couples, and couples with a mixed guest list, should ask in their first message whether the DJ and MC can work and make announcements in English.

The one review on the home page comes from a couple named Jérome and Clémentine, who thank the team for the day and write that the entertainment was "au top" (excellent) and the dancing evening was what they wanted, with guests dancing to music they all liked. It carries no date or venue.

Who it suits

Dj-mariage.ch suits a couple marrying on the Lake Geneva side of Switzerland, in the Vaud or Fribourg countryside, or just over the border in Haute-Savoie or Ain, who want one agency to handle the evening's music, sound, lighting and running order, and who like having a menu of extras (a saxophonist, a magician, confetti, fog) available from the same contact. The coordination with the venue and the other suppliers is the agency's main selling point for couples who cannot be on site before the day. The caveats are the French-only site, the lack of any published price, and the fact that the individual DJs are not introduced online.