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

Saturday 4th July took me to The Harbour Chapel in Dunbar — a venue that’s less than 30 minutes from home and one of my favourite kinds of booking: 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 →

Setting Up at The Harbour Chapel

I had a short wait for the wedding breakfast to finish before I could get set up ready for the evening — nothing unusual, and part and parcel of the job. Once in, 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. A great choice, and not one I 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. With decent weather 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. None of that got in the way of the party, though. 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

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. 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 I Played — The Setlist

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.

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

Thinking About Your Own Wedding DJ?

If you’re planning a wedding in Edinburgh, East Lothian, 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 — I’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the wedding DJ page for more on what I offer, or get in touch to check availability for your date.

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

James Veal

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