Afterhours Music - Chicago Wedding DJ and Lighting

DJ

5.0

69 reviews on Google

Afterhours Music is an Elmwood Park-based wedding DJ service led by DJ Joe Nardi, offering music, entertainment, and uplighting for Chicago-area weddings. Joe Nardi is known for blending old school and new school mixes across multiple genres, along with uplighting services and structured pre-wedding planning tools that cover song requests, introductions, speeches, and timeline coordination. Joe Nardi has been DJing since age 13, accumulating over three decades of experience; career highlights include B96 Chicago Mixer Search Finalist in 1993, B96 Guest DJ from 1993 to 2002, a syndicated mix show from 2000 to 2004 heard on Comcast cable and DirecTV, and recognition in The Knot's Best of Weddings Hall of Fame. Based in the Chicago area, Joe has worked at venues including Venuti's Banquets in Addison, the Westin in Itasca, Empress Banquets, the Signature Room at the John Hancock, and Morton Arboretum. Couples consistently highlight packed dance floors from start to finish, Joe's ability to read the crowd and incorporate requested songs alongside complementary genres, smooth handling of introductions and speeches, responsive communication, and uplighting that set the tone for the reception.

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Elmwood Park, IL

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