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Toast Entertainment is New Orleans’s most awarded wedding DJ company. Knot Hall of Fame, top 1% of wedding professionals nationwide, with 1,000+ five-star reviews across New Orleans, Metairie, Mandeville, Covington, and the Greater New Orleans Area. Packages starting at $995. Read our reviews on The Knot and WeddingWire.
That is not a tagline. It is a track record built over 15 years and more than 10,000 weddings, hundreds of them across Greater New Orleans. From downtown lofts and historic ballrooms to ranch estates north of Mandeville and country-club ballrooms inside the Loop, we have read every kind of New Orleans room. If you want a New Orleans wedding DJ who knows how to handle a multicultural guest list, drive 50 miles to a venue without losing setup time, and keep a dance floor packed in a city where every kind of music your families dance to can show up at the same reception, you just found them.
Why New Orleans Couples Choose Toast
New Orleans is bigger than most people realize. The metro covers more than 9,000 square miles, which means a Toast DJ may load in for a City Park ceremony in the morning and a Metairie reception that night. Most wedding DJ companies in New Orleans cannot operate at that scale, so they hand you a playlist form, ask for a venue address, and call it a day. Toast does not work that way.
Every Toast DJ is a trained MC and entertainment director. That means they are not just pressing play. They are running your entire reception, coordinating with your photographer for key moments, keeping your timeline tight, and making sure your guests never wonder what is happening next. Your wedding coordinator handles logistics. Your DJ handles energy. When both are great, the night is effortless.
Toast holds the Knot Best of Weddings Hall of Fame distinction, a recognition given to the top 1% of wedding professionals in the country. We earned it the hard way, one five-star review at a time, across more than a decade of New Orleans weddings. That kind of consistency is not something you can fake, and it is not something most DJ companies in New Orleans can match.
The Venues We Know by Heart
Here is what separates Toast from every other New Orleans wedding DJ: we have actually worked your venue. Probably dozens of times.
Our DJs have worked weddings at The Felicity in Garden Oaks, the historic New Orleans venue with multiple ballrooms and the iconic outdoor Waterwall courtyard. We have run receptions at Hôtel Peter and Paul on Summer Street, the Art Deco event space with floor-to-ceiling windows and panoramic New Orleans skyline views. And we have DJ’d at Maison Dupuy on Washington Avenue, which pairs an indoor reception space with an outdoor garden ceremony area.
We have run receptions at The Felicity and at Hôtel Peter and Paul. We have worked Degas House enough to know how its character and charm shape the energy of every reception. We have DJ’d at Station 3, The Reserve on Slidell Creek, and The Juliana, and we bring that venue-specific knowledge to every single event.
That is not something you get from a DJ who looked up your venue on Google Maps the night before.
We perform regularly at Degas House, Sandlewood Manor, The Rooftop on Basin, 1940 Air Terminal Museum, and Station 3 on the East Side. Up north of New Orleans, we are regulars at Oak Tree Manor in Spring and The Farmhouse in Montgomery. For couples planning at Barn at Bonner Creek, Deep in the Heart Farms, Addison Woods, or The Reserve on Slidell Creek, our team already knows the layout, the acoustics, and the flow.
Few DJ companies in New Orleans bring this depth of local venue experience.
★★★★★ 1,000+ five-star reviews · Knot Hall of Fame · Top 1% of wedding pros nationally
Thousands of 5-Star Reviews for Entertainment, Photography, Videography & Coordination
“Ang was amazing, we had to set up the DJ in two different locations. One for the ceremony and then later at the reception. We had a multigenerational, multi cultural wedding and Ang was able to get everyone on the dance floor.”
Taylor B.
“Ang and her team at toast entertainment are experts in their field and provide top notch services and customer care. We highly recommend them for their dedication to make your event a success!”
E Armea-Warren
“Bryan did an incredible job with the music and hit all of our marks and cues, some of which were fairly specific. He also brought all of the equipment we requested (e.g. speakers/microphones) and then some lights for the dance floor that made for an awesome vibe!”
Annette M.
Dance Floor Experts
You deserve a dance floor filled with your favorite people, dancing to the music you love.
New Orleans dance floors are different. Your guest list might span four generations and bring together backgrounds you would not see in the same room anywhere else in the country. The right DJ reads the room early, listens to your family during planning, and keeps every part of your life dancing together for the entire night.
Toast DJs don’t just play music, they live mix, read the room, and build energy intentionally throughout the night. From the first family-friendly tracks that open the dance floor to the late-night hits your friends will scream-sing, every transition and song choice is purposeful.
Each DJ is trained to:
- create smooth, seamless mixes (no awkward song changes)
- play to your crowd, not their personal taste
- follow your must-plays and do-not-plays exactly
- adapt in real time to keep the floor full
Your playlist is curated around your vibe, your preferences, and your vision, never a generic template.
We Listen First
Your day, your traditions, your moments. We listen first. Tell us what matters to you and we will plan the night around it.
New Orleans is the most diverse major city in America, with more than 145 languages spoken across the metro. That diversity shows up in your wedding. Your culture deserves a DJ who has actually worked it, who listens to your family before the day, learns the moments and music that carry weight, and treats every cue like it matters, not someone learning your background from a Pinterest board.
Toast DJs are trained to respectfully represent and celebrate every couple’s background. Whatever your traditions look like, whether they have been in your family for generations or you are writing new ones together, we make sure your day sounds and feels genuine. We ask questions early, listen closely, and tailor the music and announcements so your heritage and identity come through naturally.
Professional Event Hosts
You should be fully present, let us run the timeline.
New Orleans weddings often involve a long drive between ceremony and reception, multiple cultural ceremonies in a single day, or a venue without an in-house coordinator. Your DJ becomes the timeline. Be fully present, let us run it.
Every Toast DJ is also a polished MC trained to manage the entire flow of your event so you don’t have to. Their style is confident, warm, and never cheesy. They guide your timeline with clarity, charm, and professionalism, keeping the night smooth without ever stealing the spotlight.
Before your big day, your DJ conducts a detailed week-of planning call covering:
- pronunciations and introductions
- ceremony details
- timeline flow
- special songs
- cultural elements
- music preferences
- any custom moments unique to your story
By the time your wedding arrives, your DJ already understands your event better than anyone who isn’t family.
Crystal-clear Ceremony & Cocktail Hour Sound
Your vows deserve to be heard clearly, so we ensure every audio detail is thoughtfully managed.
New Orleans weather is its own variable. Outdoor ceremonies at Degas House, the Waterwall courtyard at The Felicity, or any garden venue across Mandeville, Slidell, and Kenner have to compete with cicadas, summer humidity, sudden Gulf-coast wind, and the occasional surprise downpour. We bring weather-resilient sound systems and a backup plan for every ceremony format, indoor or outdoor.
A flawless ceremony matters; clear audio makes sure everyone can hear your vows and enjoy seamless transitions into cocktail hour. So, sit back and savor every detail of this moment. With comprehensive emergency backup plans and a dedicated team always ready, your event is protected against any unforeseen challenges, ensuring your peace of mind.
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Rates and Packages
Wedding DJ pricing in New Orleans runs from about $500 to $3,000+, and the wide range usually maps to a wide quality range. At the low end, you are typically hiring one person with a laptop and no backup plan if something goes wrong. At the higher end, you are getting a trained entertainment director, premium sound, lighting options, timeline coordination with your venue and vendors, and the experience to handle a backyard ceremony or a 400-guest ballroom without breaking stride.
Toast New Orleans DJ packages start at $995. That includes a trained entertainment director, premium sound, your custom music plan, and full coordination with your other vendors. Bundling DJ with photography, videography, or photo booth brings your per-service cost down noticeably.
Toast covers the full Greater New Orleans area. If we have worked your venue, we already know the staff, the load-in dock, and the room. If we have not, we scout it out and pull every detail we need long before your date. By the time we show up, we know the room either way.
The New Orleans-area venues we partner with: The Rooftop on Basin with skyline views just off Bourbon Street, Audubon Tea Room in the Audubon Park gardens Uptown, Riverview Room on the Mississippi riverfront in the French Quarter, Degas House on Esplanade Avenue, Hôtel Peter and Paul in the Marigny, Marigny Opera House in the Marigny, Felicity in the Lower Garden District, Maison Dupuy in the French Quarter, and the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum courtyard on Royal Street.
Ang runs New Orleans. Tell her about your day.
Flawless flow, built on New Orleans venue expertise
Here’s a partial list. Let’s talk about your venue.
What You Get With a Toast DJ
Every Toast wedding DJ package includes more than just music. Here is what comes standard.
A dedicated entertainment director. Your DJ is not a freelancer we found last week. Every Toast DJ goes through our internal training program, has worked hundreds of events, and knows how to MC a reception with confidence and warmth.
A custom music strategy. We do not hand you a Google Form and hope for the best. Your DJ works with you on a complete music plan, from ceremony processionals to the last dance. You tell us the vibe. We build the soundtrack.
Professional-grade sound equipment. We bring our own premium sound systems calibrated for your specific venue and guest count. No house speakers. No borrowed gear. No surprises.
Timeline coordination. Your DJ coordinates directly with your photographer, videographer, and venue coordinator so transitions are seamless. When the photographer needs two more minutes for sunset portraits before the first dance, your DJ knows how to fill that gap without anyone noticing.
Uplighting and design options. Want to transform your venue with color? Toast offers custom uplighting packages that turn a ballroom or barn into something cinematic. Ask about our lighting design add-ons for venues like The Felicity and Hôtel Peter and Paul where uplighting makes the biggest visual impact.
New Orleans’s Full-Service Entertainment Company
In a metro this spread out, vendor coordination is the silent killer of New Orleans weddings. A photographer based inside the Loop, a videographer driving in from Mandeville, and a DJ coming from Metairie all loading into the same Covington venue is a logistical mess that someone has to solve. Most couples who start with a Toast DJ end up bundling additional services. There is a reason for that.
When your DJ, photographer, and videographer all work for the same company, the coordination is built in. No awkward vendor introductions at the rehearsal. No conflicting timelines. No photographer blocking the DJ’s shot of the first dance. One team. One point of contact. One company that has done this together thousands of times.
Toast offers DJ/MC, photography, videography, photo booth rentals, coordination, and luxury enhancements across the entire New Orleans area, including Metairie, Mandeville, Covington, Kenner, Slidell, Tomball, and the Greater New Orleans Area.
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Serving All of Greater New Orleans
Toast DJs work every corner of the New Orleans metro, from inside the Loop out to the suburbs and the ranchland beyond them. Whether your wedding is downtown at Hôtel Peter and Paul, on Washington Avenue at Maison Dupuy, in EaDo at Station 3, on a rooftop at The Felicity, near Hobby Airport at 1940 Air Terminal Museum, on a ranch estate up I-45 toward Conroe at Degas House, or out west in Covington, we are there. We serve Metairie, Mandeville, Covington, Kenner, Friendswood, League City, Slidell, Spring, Tomball, Missouri City, and everywhere in between, including weddings that span multiple counties in a single day.
If you are planning a Greater New Orleans Area wedding and wondering whether your DJ will actually know the area, the answer with Toast is yes. We have been doing this here since 2010.
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Meet Vance, Toast’s New Orleans DJ Director
Vance
DJ Director, Toast Entertainment
Vance has been with Toast Entertainment since the very beginning. With hundreds of five-star reviews and thousands of events under his belt, he is the standard every Toast DJ is trained to meet. Vance works directly with couples, leads the New Orleans DJ team, and trains DJs across the country, bringing the same philosophy to every event: read the room, protect the timeline, and make it a night no one forgets. When you book Toast in New Orleans, Vance’s fingerprints are on your day.
About the Author
Walter McClellan founded Toast Entertainment in 2010 with less than $1,000 and grew it into one of the most reviewed wedding companies in America, earning The Knot Hall of Fame status. Toast Entertainment is a full-service wedding DJ, photography, and videography company serving New Orleans and the Greater New Orleans Area.
