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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
