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Wedding DJ at Restoration Yard, Dalkeith Country Park — Timea & Gregor

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This Saturday’s wedding DJ Restoration Yard booking took us to Dalkeith Country Park for a lovely, relaxed wedding reception for Timea and Gregor — a couple who’d travelled from Budapest and Scotland respectively, with guests coming from just as far, including a group who’d flown in all the way from Australia. About 70 guests in total, and a genuinely warm, easygoing crowd from start to finish.

You can find out more about the venue at the Restoration Yard website →

Wedding DJ Restoration Yard: Setting Up

We arrived a couple of hours ahead of the wedding breakfast, so we had plenty of time to get everything set up — full sound system, lighting rig, DJ booth, and microphones ready for the speeches. Because this was a dinner-to-dancing booking, we were there from the wedding breakfast right through to the end of the evening.

DJ setup with blue uplighting at Restoration Yard, Dalkeith Country Park

Speeches & the Wedding Breakfast

We provided the microphones for the speeches and handled the announcements to introduce each speaker. After that, we kept things ticking over with background music through dinner, until it was time for the party to properly get going.

Speeches at Restoration Yard, Dalkeith Country Park

The First Dance — Beyoncé’s “XO”

Timea and Gregor chose Beyoncé’s “XO” for their first dance — a warm, romantic choice that suited the relaxed feel of the whole day perfectly.

A Hot Day and a Slow Start to the Party

It was a genuinely warm evening, so the party had a busy start before we lost most of the room to the weather outside — very much a Scottish habit. Whenever it’s not cold or raining, everyone heads outdoors to make the most of it, and this was no exception. However, we had no complaints — it’s exactly what a relaxed wedding like this one called for.

Room overview at Restoration Yard, Dalkeith Country Park

Ceilidh Dancing — Gay Gordons, Dashing White Sergeant & Virginia Reel

We managed to get everyone back inside for some ceilidh dancing — the Gay Gordons, the Dashing White Sergeant, and the Virginia Reel. Because none of the guests had done a ceilidh before, every dance was taught from scratch. Even so, they picked it up brilliantly and kept great time right through all three — a genuinely lovely thing to watch come together with a crowd that started the night with zero ceilidh experience between them.

Rock Fans on the Dancefloor

After the buffet break, some guests had already called it a night — a long, hot day catching up with them. However, the bride, groom, and a good number of the remaining guests turned out to be serious rock fans, so we kept them going with their kind of music until around 11pm, by which point everyone was well and truly danced out.

Evening party under blue lighting at Restoration Yard, Dalkeith Country Park

Winding Down

Around 11pm, we eased into background music, which turned out to be exactly what the bride and groom wanted by that point in the night. In the end, reading the room is most of the job — knowing when a crowd wants to keep going versus when they’d rather wind down gently is a big part of that.

Cake cutting at a Restoration Yard event, Dalkeith Country Park

What We Played — The Setlist

So here’s a breakdown of what got played across the evening — from Beyoncé’s XO to open the first dance, through a wide-ranging disco set covering five decades, the three ceilidh dances, and out via a run of floor-filler classics.

Warm-Up, Speeches & Ceilidh

  • Beyoncé — XO
  • Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris — We Found Love
  • Erasure — A Little Respect
  • Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  • ABBA — Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Sgt. Slick’s Melbourne Recut)
  • Paul Simon — You Can Call Me Al
  • George Harrison — Got My Mind Set on You
  • Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky
  • Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop the Feeling!
  • DNCE — Cake by the Ocean
  • Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want to Have Fun
  • Belinda Carlisle — Heaven Is a Place on Earth
  • Robin S — Show Me Love
  • Rosie Gaines — Closer Than Close
  • Mary J. Blige — Family Affair
  • The Notorious B.I.G. — Hypnotize
  • The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Mase & Puff Daddy — Mo Money Mo Problems
  • The Occasionals — Gay Gordons
  • The Occasionals — Dashing White Sergeant
  • The Occasionals — The Virginia Reel

The Main Party Set

  • Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk
  • Paolo Nutini — Pencil Full of Lead
  • Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man
  • Rihanna — Don’t Stop the Music
  • Ike & Tina Turner — Proud Mary
  • Bryan Adams — Summer of ’69
  • The Killers — Mr. Brightside
  • O-Zone — Dragostea Din Tei
  • Vengaboys — We Like to Party
  • Backstreet Boys — Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
  • Five — Everybody (Get Up)
  • Spice Girls — Wannabe
  • Linkin Park — Numb
  • Limp Bizkit — Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)
  • Shakira feat. Freshlyground — Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
  • Pitbull feat. John Ryan — Fireball
  • Don Omar — Danza Kuduro
  • Whitney Houston — I Wanna Dance with Somebody
  • George Michael — Faith
  • Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis — Just Dance
  • System of a Down — Chop Suey
  • Third Eye Blind — Semi-Charmed Life
  • David Guetta & Bebe Rexha — I’m Good (Blue)
  • Majestic x Boney M. — Rasputin
  • Earth, Wind & Fire — September ’99 (Phats & Small Remix)
  • Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay — 212
  • Toploader — Dancing in the Moonlight
  • Kings of Leon — Sex on Fire
  • My Chemical Romance — Welcome to the Black Parade
  • Fall Out Boy — Dance, Dance
  • Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
  • Panic! At the Disco — I Write Sins Not Tragedies
  • Foo Fighters — The Pretender
  • Paramore — Misery Business
  • Papa Roach — Last Resort
  • Black Eyed Peas — Let’s Get It Started
  • House of Pain — Jump Around
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton — Can’t Hold Us
  • RAYE — Where Is My Husband!
  • Olivia Dean — Man I Need
  • Taylor Swift — The Fate of Ophelia
  • Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie
  • Pitbull feat. Ke$ha — Timber
  • The Killers — Human
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder on the Dancefloor
  • Fleetwood Mac — Don’t Stop
  • Fleetwood Mac — Dreams

A proper spread across the night — disco, pop, rock, ceilidh, and floor-fillers from the 70s right through to this year. Reading the room to know when to shift between them is most of the job.

Restoration Yard as a Venue

For wedding DJ Restoration Yard bookings, this venue is a genuine standout. It sits within Dalkeith Country Park’s 1,000 acres, around 20 minutes from Edinburgh — a beautifully reimagined 18th-century stables and courtyard. The reception room, known as The Kitchen, pairs exposed original stonework with floor-to-ceiling glass doors opening onto the park, and seats up to around 90 for a formal dinner before clearing easily into a proper dancefloor. Because it’s such an easy venue for guests travelling from further afield too, it certainly suited this particular crowd.

Dining room set up at Restoration Yard, Dalkeith Country Park

A Truly International Crowd

One of the nicest parts of the day was just how far people had travelled to be there — Hungary, Scotland, and a group of university friends who’d flown over from Australia. There was no pressure and no fuss, just great people from all over enjoying a relaxed, sunny day together — exactly the kind of wedding that’s a pleasure to be part of.

Thinking About Your Own Event DJ?

If you’re planning a wedding or event anywhere in Scotland and looking for a wedding DJ Restoration Yard style booking — someone who’ll read your crowd, call a great ceilidh, and keep the dancefloor going all night — we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the wedding DJ page for more on what we offer, or get in touch to check availability for your date.

Congratulations again to Timea and Gregor — a lovely day all round.

Wedding DJ at The Harbour Chapel, Dunbar — Suzie & Cameron

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Saturday 4th July’s wedding DJ Harbour Chapel booking took us to Dunbar — less than 30 minutes from home, and one of our favourite kinds of night: small, personal, and genuinely local. This beautifully restored 1764 former chapel, right by Dunbar’s historic harbour, is a stunning and unusual space for a wedding, with staff who are every bit as good as their reputation suggests.

You can find out more about the venue at the Harbour Chapel website →

Wedding DJ Harbour Chapel: Setting Up

We had a short wait for the wedding breakfast to finish, so we couldn’t get set up ready for the evening straight away — nothing unusual, and part and parcel of the job. Once in, however, the room came together quickly, with the cake taking pride of place right in front of the setup.

DJ set up at The Harbour Chapel Dunbar wedding with wedding cake in the foreground

The First Dance — Lifehouse’s “You and Me”

Suzie and Cameron chose You and Me by Lifehouse — a track that starts slowly and gently before building into a lovely bouncy little song that the whole room enjoyed watching. In fact, it’s a great choice, and not one we get asked for nearly often enough.

Bride and groom sharing their first dance at The Harbour Chapel Dunbar

A Seafront Evening, and a Busy Dancefloor

One quirk of The Harbour Chapel worth knowing: the bar sits in a separate room, a fair distance from the party. Because the weather was decent on the day, plenty of guests were happy to step outside for a bit of fresh seafront air between drinks — Dunbar’s harbour setting makes that an easy sell on a warm evening. However, none of that got in the way of the party — the dancefloor was busy for most of the night.

View from the DJ booth across the dancefloor at The Harbour Chapel Dunbar wedding

A South African Contingent — and the Scots Joined Right In

As wedding DJ Harbour Chapel bookings go, this one had an unusually international flavour. Cameron is originally from South Africa, so there was a good number of guests over from there, and a few tunes played especially for them across the evening — Ricus Nel and Kurt Darren both made an appearance. Even so, the Scots in the room, being the party animals they are, weren’t going to be left out and joined in enthusiastically throughout — exactly the kind of mixed, warm crowd that makes for a great night.

Wedding cake at The Harbour Chapel Dunbar

What We Played — The Setlist

So here’s a breakdown of what got played across the evening — a proper spread reflecting Suzie and Cameron’s mixed Scottish and South African crowd, from Lifehouse’s first dance through disco, Afrikaans favourites, and a long run of floor-fillers before finishing on Runrig’s Loch Lomond and a few soul classics.

Warm-Up & Early Favourites

  • Enya — Braveheart
  • Lifehouse — You And Me
  • Ricus Nel — Bokkies Jag
  • Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk
  • Paolo Nutini — Pencil Full Of Lead
  • ABBA — Dancing Queen (DJ Re-Grid)
  • Dinka feat. Hadley & Danny Inzerillo — Reach For Me (Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman Remix)
  • Kilotile — Cry To Me
  • Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun
  • Belinda Carlisle — Heaven Is A Place On Earth
  • Shania Twain — Man! I Feel Like A Woman
  • Robbie Williams — Rock DJ
  • The Wurzels — The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)
  • Kurt Darren — Kaptein (Span Die Seile)
  • Jeremy Loops — Skinny Blues
  • Dermot Kennedy — Kiss Me
  • Myles Smith — Stargazing
  • Calvin Harris — Smoke
  • Olivia Dean — Man I Need
  • Chappell Roan — Hot To Go!
  • Whitney Houston — I Wanna Dance With Somebody
  • Wham! — I’m Your Man (1986 Short Version)
  • Gala — Freed From Desire
  • Artemesia — Bits n Pieces
  • Darude — Sandstorm
  • Blink-182 — First Date
  • Green Day — American Idiot
  • Nena — 99 Red Balloons
  • Shakira feat. Freshlyground — Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
  • Pitbull feat. Ke$ha — Timber
  • Master KG feat. Burna Boy & Nomcebo Zikode — Jerusalema
  • Los Del Rio — Macarena
  • Vengaboys — We Like To Party
  • Lolly — Hey Mickey

The Main Party Set

  • Infernal — From Paris To Berlin
  • DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay — Better Off Alone
  • Scooter — Jumping All Over The World
  • Paramore — Still Into You
  • AC/DC — Thunderstruck
  • Gerry Cinnamon — She Is A Belter (GBXSparkos Remix)
  • Levi Heron — The Glen (Levi Heron Edit)
  • Loreen — Euphoria
  • NSYNC — Bye Bye Bye
  • Westlife — When You’re Looking Like That
  • Scissor Sisters — I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’
  • Rick Astley — Never Gonna Give You Up (DJ Re-Grid)
  • a-ha — Take On Me
  • Walk The Moon — Shut Up And Dance
  • Taylor Swift — Shake It Off
  • DJ Casper — Cha Cha Slide
  • LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem
  • Avicii — Levels
  • Backstreet Boys — Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
  • A1 — Same Old Brand New You
  • Brotherhood Of Man — Angelo
  • Spice Girls — Stop
  • Sir Mix-A-Lot — Baby Got Back
  • Snap! — Rhythm Is A Dancer
  • Technotronic — Pump Up The Jam
  • The Black Eyed Peas — I Gotta Feeling
  • Five — We Will Rock You
  • Five — Everybody (Get Up)
  • Spice Girls — Wannabe
  • Toto — Africa
  • Runrig — Loch Lomond
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates — You Make My Dreams
  • Johnny Clegg — Impi
  • Eurythmics — Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves

That’s a wide-ranging set by any measure — Afrikaans pop sitting alongside 90s Eurodance, noughties pop-punk and disco classics. It’s exactly the kind of set that comes together when a couple’s crowd spans two countries and every generation in the room is up for it.

Wrapped Up by Midnight

Everything was wrapped up by midnight, and we were home by 1:30am. We really like local weddings for exactly this reason — a decent bed time makes all the difference. So we woke up fully rested on the Sunday after a busy week, ready to catch up on admin. It’s honestly what we live for.

Thinking About Your Own Wedding DJ?

If you’re planning a wedding in Edinburgh, East Lothian, or anywhere across Scotland and looking for a wedding DJ Harbour Chapel style booking — someone who’ll read your crowd, play the right music at the right moment, and keep the dancefloor going all night — we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the wedding DJ page for more on what we offer, or get in touch to check availability for your date.

Congratulations again to Suzie and Cameron — a brilliant, relaxed night.

Wedding DJ at Meldrum House, Oldmeldrum — Katie & Ryan

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Friday 3rd July’s wedding DJ Meldrum House booking took us north to Oldmeldrum, just outside Aberdeen — a 153-mile drive from home and one of the longer trips we make. This 13th-century baronial mansion, set on 240 acres of parkland with a ballroom built for celebrations, makes it easy to see why it’s such a popular choice for couples in the North East.

You can find out more about the venue at the Meldrum House website →

Wedding DJ Meldrum House: Setting Up

We left home at 2pm and arrived on site at 5:30pm, giving ourselves plenty of time to get set up before the evening got underway. Because the wedding breakfast was running a little behind schedule, we had a short wait before we could get into the ballroom — not unusual on a wedding day, and nothing to worry about. Timings shift for all sorts of reasons, so a good wedding DJ builds in the flexibility to roll with it.

DJ booth set up from behind at Meldrum House Hotel wedding near Oldmeldrum

The First Dance — Skerryvore’s “Take My Hand”

Katie and Ryan chose Take My Hand by Skerryvore for their first dance — a brilliant, invigorating choice that had every guest up and watching. In fact, it’s exactly the kind of big, warm Scottish folk-rock that lands perfectly as a first dance, and it set the tone for the whole night.

Bride and groom Katie and Ryan sharing their first dance at Meldrum House Hotel

Ceilidh Dancing — The Gay Gordons and the Virginia Reel

We had two ceilidh dances on the night — the Gay Gordons and the Virginia Reel. Because Katie and Ryan’s guests mainly already knew both, life was easier as a caller: instructions landed quicker, the floor got moving faster, and there was more time for the fun part rather than the explaining part.

DJ set up viewed from the dancefloor under purple lighting at Meldrum House Hotel

A Generous Dancefloor

It was a good night with a genuinely generous amount of dancers throughout. There could always have been a few more up — there are always some guests at any wedding who just aren’t dancers, and that’s perfectly fine — however, the floor stayed busy from the ceilidh right through the evening disco.

The dancefloor lit up in yellow during the evening party
Yellow and blue gobo lighting sweeping across the dancefloor

What We Played — The Setlist

So here’s a breakdown of what got played across the evening — from Enya to open the room and Skerryvore’s first dance, through the ceilidh, into a wide-ranging disco set, and out via Runrig’s Loch Lomond and a run of last-song classics.

First Dance to Ceilidh

  • Enya — Braveheart
  • Skerryvore — Take My Hand
  • ABBA — Dancing Queen (DJ Re-Grid)
  • ABBA — Mamma Mia (DJ Re-Grid)
  • Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk
  • Paolo Nutini — Pencil Full of Lead
  • Erasure — A Little Respect
  • The Communards feat. Sarah Jane Morris — Don’t Leave Me This Way
  • Paul Simon — You Can Call Me Al
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor
  • Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free (DJ Re-Grid)
  • Donna Summer — Hot Stuff (DJ Re-Grid)
  • Pretenders — Brass In Pocket
  • Brooks & Dunn — Boot Scootin’ Boogie
  • Shaboozey — A Bar Song (Tipsy)
  • Beyoncé — Texas Hold ‘Em
  • Estelle — American Boy
  • Rihanna — Don’t Stop The Music
  • Ella Langley — Choosin’ Texas
  • Ike & Tina Turner — Proud Mary
  • Bryan Adams — Summer Of ’69 (DJ Re-Grid)
  • The Killers — Mr. Brightside (DJ Re-Grid)
  • The Occasionals — Gay Gordons
  • The Occasionals — The Virginia Reel

The Main Party Set

  • Matoma & Astrid S — Running Out
  • Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz — Prayer In C
  • Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates — Sugar
  • a-ha — Take On Me (Kygo Remix)
  • Lost Frequencies feat. Calum Scott — Where Are You Now
  • OMI — Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)
  • Sigala & Ella Eyre — Came Here For Love
  • Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher — Sweet Lovin’
  • Kygo & Whitney Houston — Higher Love
  • Sgt Slick — Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Melbourne Recut)
  • Shakira feat. Freshlyground — Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
  • Pitbull feat. Ke$ha — Timber
  • Pitbull — Hotel Room Service
  • James — Sit Down
  • Primal Scream — Country Girl
  • Belinda Carlisle — Heaven Is A Place On Earth
  • Laura Branigan — Gloria
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton — Can’t Hold Us
  • Runrig — Loch Lomond
  • The Corrs — Breathless
  • Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes — (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life

That’s a proper spread of ground covered in one night — Scottish folk-rock, disco, country, ceilidh, and floor-fillers spanning five decades. It’s rarely one genre all night at a good wedding, and reading the room to know when to shift is most of the job.

Wedding DJ Meldrum House: The Venue

Meldrum House sits further north than most of the venues we cover, so it’s a proper drive from our base — but the venue makes it worthwhile every time. Because the ballroom handles a full-scale wedding comfortably, with plenty of room for a proper crowd on the dancefloor, we’d happily recommend it to any couple planning a wedding in Aberdeenshire.

Bride, groom and guests dancing together at Meldrum House Hotel wedding

The Long Way Home

Everything was wrapped up by midnight, and after packing down we were away by 1am. Because of numerous detours from roadworks, it was a long drive home — the scenic way through a fair few B-roads and small villages meant we didn’t make it back until 4am. So it was a long day all round, but a well-earned sleep came before moving straight on to Saturday’s wedding.

A packed dancefloor during the first dance

Thinking About Your Own Wedding DJ?

If you’re planning a wedding anywhere in Scotland — from Aberdeenshire to the Central Belt — and looking for a wedding DJ Meldrum House style booking — someone who’ll read your crowd, call a great ceilidh, and keep the dancefloor going all night — we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the wedding DJ page for more on what we offer, or get in touch to check availability for your date.

Congratulations again to Katie and Ryan — it was a brilliant night.

Wedding DJ at Stewart Brewing, Loanhead — Kallen & Michael

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This wedding DJ Stewart Brewing booking took us to a venue that isn’t your typical choice — and that’s precisely what makes it work. Tucked away on an industrial estate in Loanhead, just south of Edinburgh, Stewart Brewing has a raw, industrial charm that the right couple absolutely loves. Exposed steelwork overhead, hanging greenery, an outdoor courtyard with a fire pit, and a real sense of character that no purpose-built function suite can replicate. Kallen and Michael knew exactly what they were doing when they chose it.

You can find out more about the space at the Stewart Brewing website →

Wedding DJ Stewart Brewing: Setting Up

We arrived at 2pm, giving ourselves plenty of time to get properly set up before guests came in at 4. Load-in at Stewart Brewing is straightforward — the team there are easy to work with and the space is well laid out. We set up in the main indoor area, which doubles as bar, dining space, and dancefloor depending on what part of the evening you’re in. It’s a compact-but-workable footprint, and the acoustics are surprisingly decent for an industrial space.

The outdoor courtyard — complete with a covered gazebo seating area, fire pit bowl, and Stewart Brewing branding — is a lovely feature for an evening like this. As a result, guests could drift in and out between drinks outside and music inside, which gave the whole thing a relaxed, festival-style feel.

DJ booth at Stewart Brewing wedding reception with light towers and laptops, guests visible on the dancefloor behind

How the Evening Ran

Kallen and Michael arrived at 5pm to a full room of guests already settled in and relaxed. The format was informal throughout — buffet-style food ran right up until around 9pm, which meant the transition into dancing was natural rather than forced. There was no hard line between “dinner” and “party”; instead, it just evolved, which suits the venue perfectly and tends to produce exactly the kind of atmosphere couples hope for.

When we started the dancefloor set at 9pm, it filled within minutes and stayed that way for the rest of the night. That doesn’t always happen — sometimes it takes a few songs to build momentum, occasionally a bit of coaxing — but this crowd needed none of it. In fact, Kallen and Michael had clearly invited people who were ready to dance, and the energy in the room was exceptional all evening.

Bride and groom dancing with hands raised at their Stewart Brewing wedding reception

The Crowd — and Why It Matters

We say this a lot, but the crowd really does make or break a wedding dancefloor. The music is only half of it. What Kallen and Michael had was a room of people who were genuinely up for it — mixed ages, mixed musical tastes, but all pulling in the same direction. The couple themselves were front and centre pretty much all night, arms in the air, completely uninhibited, which always gives the rest of the room permission to do the same.

The setlist moved through a lot of ground over the course of the evening — classic disco, Britpop, 2000s anthems, pop punk, current chart hits, and a few crowd-pleasers that always land regardless of age or era. Even so, the room responded to all of it. That’s an unusual thing, and it was a genuine pleasure to be part of.

Packed dancefloor with guests celebrating under hanging greenery

What We Played — The Setlist

Here’s a breakdown of what got played across the evening. Overall, it’s a wide-ranging set that reflects how the night moved — starting warm and accessible, building through pop and alternative, and landing on the floor-fillers that closed things out.

  • ABBA — Dancing Queen
  • ABBA — Mamma Mia
  • Billy Ocean — Red Light Spells Danger
  • Kenny Loggins — Footloose
  • The Black Eyed Peas — I Gotta Feeling
  • Rihanna — Only Girl In The World
  • Walk The Moon — Shut Up And Dance
  • Taylor Swift — Shake It Off
  • Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX — I Love It
  • Silversun Pickups — Lazy Eye
  • Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag
  • Blink-182 — All The Small Things
  • Green Day — American Idiot
  • Los Del Rio — Macarena
  • Whigfield — Saturday Night
  • Toploader — Dancing In The Moonlight
  • Vance Joy — Riptide
  • Blur — Song 2
  • Pulp — Disco 2000
  • David Bowie — Golden Years
  • Chappell Roan — Pink Pony Club
  • Chic — Le Freak
  • Earth, Wind & Fire — September
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor
  • DJ Casper — Cha Cha Slide
  • S Club 7 — Reach
  • Ween — Ocean Man
  • Nothing But Thieves — Amsterdam
  • Foo Fighters — Everlong
  • House Of Pain — Jump Around
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton — Can’t Hold Us
  • Shakira feat. Freshlyground — Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
  • Pitbull feat. John Ryan — Fireball
  • Pitbull — Hotel Room Service
  • Michael Jackson — Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
  • Desireless — Voyage Voyage
  • The Proclaimers — I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
  • Queen — Breakthru
  • Paramore — The Only Exception
  • Jimmy Eat World — The Middle

That spread of genres — from Chic to Foo Fighters, ABBA to Chappell Roan — is a good illustration of how a wedding dancefloor actually works when the crowd is with you. Because it’s rarely one genre all night, the skill is reading the room and knowing when to shift.

Wedding guests with hands raised on the dancefloor at Stewart Brewing, Loanhead

Wedding DJ Stewart Brewing: The Venue

If you’re considering a wedding DJ Stewart Brewing booking and wondering whether the venue works as a music space — it really does. The space has more acoustic character than a blank-canvas room, which takes a little knowing, but it rewards the effort. The industrial ceiling height gives the light tubes room to breathe. In addition, the bar is well-positioned, and the outdoor space provides a natural pressure valve for guests who want some fresh air without drifting away from the party.

It’s a venue that suits couples who want something with personality — not a conventional ballroom, not a hotel function suite, but somewhere that feels like them. In the end, Kallen and Michael’s wedding was a perfect fit for it.

Guests mingling and dancing at an evening wedding reception

Thinking About Your Own Wedding DJ?

If you’re planning a wedding in Edinburgh, the Lothians, or anywhere across Scotland and want a DJ who’ll read your crowd, play the right music at the right moment, and keep the dancefloor going all night — we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the wedding DJ page for more on what we offer, or get in touch to check availability for your date.

Congratulations again to Kallen and Michael on a brilliant wedding DJ Stewart Brewing night.

Connor & Emma McKenzie — Wedding Reception at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club

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Bride and groom lifted high by cheering wedding guests at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club Prestonpans evening reception — Premier Disco Scotland
Connor and Emma lifted high by their guests at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club — a moment that defines the night

This wedding DJ Royal Musselburgh booking took us to Royal Musselburgh Golf Club in Prestonpans. On 2nd May 2026, Connor and Emma McKenzie celebrated their wedding reception there. It was a night that nobody in the room will forget in a hurry. A packed dance floor from start to finish, live saxophone, and one of those unmistakably brilliant Scottish wedding moments made this an evening to remember. It set the bar very high.

Wedding DJ Royal Musselburgh Golf Club — A Venue We Know Well

Royal Musselburgh Golf Club in Prestonpans is practically on our doorstep. It’s one of East Lothian’s most characterful event spaces, and a venue we thoroughly enjoy working at. The club dates back to 1774, making it one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. The history is there in the fabric of the building, but on a wedding night it simply becomes a warm, well-sized room. It responds beautifully to a big sound system and a crowd who are ready to dance. If you’re considering a wedding DJ Royal Musselburgh booking, our Wedding DJ East Lothian page covers what we offer across the region.

Tom B Sax — The Man in the Red Suit

Connor and Emma chose to add Tom B Sax — performing as The Man in the Red Suit — as live saxophone entertainment alongside the DJ. He opened the evening in style. It’s an addition that transforms the atmosphere in a room almost instantly. The combination of live performance and DJ energy creates something neither can achieve alone. Tom was outstanding all evening, working the crowd and feeding off the energy around him. Nobody was left standing on the sidelines for long.

Premier Disco DJ setup with guests dancing and Man With The Red Suit Tom B Sax performing at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club Prestonpans wedding reception — Connor and Emma McKenzie
Guests on the floor early alongside The Man in the Red Suit — Tom B Sax opening the evening at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club

Loch Lomond — A Wedding DJ Royal Musselburgh Moment to Remember

Every great Scottish wedding has a moment — and Connor and Emma’s came during Runrig’s Loch Lomond. As the song filled the room, every guest sang along at the top of their voices. Their friends and family lifted the bride and groom high in one of those spontaneous, unrepeatable moments that define a brilliant wedding night. You can’t plan for it. It just happens when the music is right and the crowd is right. Everything connects at exactly the right moment.

Packed wedding dance floor under blue lighting at Royal Musselburgh Golf Club Prestonpans — Premier Disco Scotland
Packed all night — the dance floor at Royal Musselburgh never emptied

A Crowd Who Were There for Every Song

What set this reception apart was the guests. This was a crowd who were genuinely committed to the night from the first track to the last. The dance floor was full early and it stayed that way. The same people who were dancing at the start were still going strong at the very end. That kind of sustained energy is something special when it happens. It makes every DJ decision land a little better and every moment feel a little bigger.

Congratulations to Connor and Emma McKenzie. It was a privilege to be part of your wedding night. Royal Musselburgh was the perfect setting, and your guests made it an evening to remember for all the right reasons.

Planning a Wedding in East Lothian or Across Scotland?

If you’re planning a wedding DJ Royal Musselburgh booking, or a wedding anywhere across East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian or anywhere in Scotland, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at our wedding reception DJ service and our all day wedding package. Or get in touch to check availability.

You can read the full write-up of Connor and Emma’s evening over on our sister site Premier Disco Weddings. It includes more on Tom B Sax.

Ceilidh vs Silent Disco vs Traditional DJ — Which is Right for Your Scottish Wedding?

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Ceilidh vs silent disco vs traditional DJ is one of the most common questions we get from Scottish couples. Should we do a ceilidh, a silent disco, a traditional DJ — or some combination of all three? All are brilliant in the right context, but they suit different couples, venues and vibes. Here’s an honest comparison to help you decide, written by a team that provides all three.

What is a Ceilidh?

Ceilidh vs silent disco vs traditional DJ — guests ceilidh dancing at a Premier Disco event

A ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee) is a traditional Scottish social event with live musicians playing reels and jigs, guided by a caller who walks guests through the dances. It’s loud, energetic, inclusive, and unmistakably Scottish. You don’t need to know how to dance. Instead, the caller teaches you as you go, which makes it one of the most effective ways to get reluctant dancers on their feet. James provides ceilidh calling and can arrange a full ceilidh band for your wedding across Scotland.

Best for: Couples who want a Scottish feel, mixed age groups, guests who wouldn’t normally dance, and venues with plenty of floor space.

What is a Silent Disco?

A silent disco uses wireless headsets instead of speakers. Guests listen to music directly through the headsets and can switch between up to three simultaneous DJ channels at any time. From the outside, a room full of people dancing in near-silence looks surreal and brilliant. From the inside, it’s one of the most fun formats you can experience at an event.

Best for: Venues with strict noise curfews or sound limiters, late-night extensions past the venue’s amplified music cut-off, couples who want something genuinely different, and events where different music tastes in the group need catering for simultaneously.

What Does a Traditional Wedding DJ Offer?

A professional wedding DJ provides a tailored music experience built around you: your first dance, your must-play list, and your do-not-play list. On top of that, they deliver a crowd-read performance that responds to who’s in the room. A good wedding DJ manages the whole arc of the evening: warm-up, building energy, peak dancefloor, winding down. It’s the backbone of most Scottish wedding receptions and for good reason — it works.

Best for: Any couple who wants a great dancefloor, complete control over music choices, and a professional managing the energy of the evening.

Ceilidh vs Silent Disco — Why Not Both, Plus a DJ?

Many of our couples don’t actually settle the ceilidh vs silent disco question at all — they choose a combination instead. The most popular format is ceilidh for the first hour to get everyone up and laughing together, then traditional DJ for the main evening. Because so many Scottish venues have sound curfews, silent disco often comes in as a late-night extension once the amplified music has to stop.

Why This Combination Works So Well

It gives guests a complete evening with variety, and it solves the noise restriction problem that affects so many Scottish venues elegantly.

Other popular combinations include DJ all evening with a karaoke segment in the middle, or ceilidh followed by silent disco if the venue has very strict amplified music rules. If you can’t choose between ceilidh and karaoke at all, our Ceilidhoke format alternates between the two all evening rather than splitting the night into blocks. Because every venue is different, we can structure the evening however works best for your specific venue and guest list. Get in touch and we’ll talk through the options honestly.

For more background on Scottish wedding entertainment traditions, VisitScotland’s wedding entertainment guide is a useful resource. And if you’re still deciding, our wedding consultation service is the ideal way to talk through the options with someone who knows what works.

Talk Through Your Options

Ceilidh vs Silent Disco vs DJ — FAQs

Can you have a ceilidh and a DJ at the same wedding?

Yes — this is one of the most popular formats for Scottish weddings. A typical structure is a ceilidh set for the first hour to get guests warmed up and laughing together, followed by a full DJ set for the rest of the evening. We provide both and manage the transition seamlessly.

Is a silent disco suitable as the main entertainment at a Scottish wedding?

Yes — though it works best when positioned correctly. As the sole evening entertainment it’s very effective, particularly at venues with strict noise restrictions. As a late-night extension after a traditional DJ set it’s almost universally loved. We run up to three simultaneous channels so guests always have music they enjoy.

Do guests need to know how to ceilidh dance?

Not at all — that’s the whole point of the caller. The caller guides everyone through each dance step by step before the music starts. It’s designed to be inclusive and works for guests of all ages and backgrounds, including international guests who have never encountered Scottish dancing before.

Which option is best for venues with a sound limiter?

Silent disco is the perfect solution for venues with strict sound limiters or noise curfews — the music stays in the headsets and doesn’t trigger any limiter. A ceilidh with a live band may actually produce more overall room noise than a carefully managed DJ set, so silent disco is often the best choice for very noise-restricted venues.

How much does it cost to have all three at a Scottish wedding?

Pricing depends on the duration of each element, guest numbers for the silent disco headset count, and your venue location. Get in touch with your event details and we’ll put together a combined quote. Many couples find the combined package better value than booking separate suppliers for each element.