Impact Lighting & Production

I hired Impact Lighting for a wedding this past weekend at the Bay Club StoneTree in Novato, and I can’t say enough about their quality of work, service and professionalism. I’m a wedding and event designer/​planner and I’ve worked with a number of different lighting specialists but Impact Lighting is definitely one of the best. Maxx, the rep I worked with was amazing! He was responsive, attentive, flexible and provided great lighting solutions with respect to logistics and design. The wedding I created had a rustic romantic theme and Impact Lighting helped us secure and hang oversized lanterns in varying colors, sizes and textures; spot lights; accent lights; uplights around the room; bistro lights for our outdoor balcony and marquee letter lights for the sweetheart table. Everyone at the wedding, included venue personel and other vendors, could not stop talking about how beautiful the wedding was. Thank you Maxx and Impact Lighting!

We used Impact Lighting for our wedding at City Hall in San Francisco and they made the evening magical. Our package included pin spots for the tables and uplighting for the columns which all turned out perfect, even with a few last minute changes. I worked with Corinne and she was very helpful and responsive (since I didn’t have a planner and didn’t know what I really wanted at first). Her experience and professionalism made everything a piece of cake and I would highly recommend her and IMPACT lighting.

Impact Lighting completed a major corporate event for me last week and transformed an ultra modern space into a Gatsby-​style speakeasy with their incredible lights. But it was really the team that made this such a smooth process. Our account rep, Maxx, came out the same day as my inquiry to do a walkthrough and was able to work within our budget but provided lighting installations above and beyond my expectations. The load-​in/​out crew led by Landon arrived early, set-​up without disrupting customers (it was a public venue prior to the event) and disappeared post-​set-​up without a peep. They are fast, professional and super friendly. I can’t wait to hire them again!

I’ll admit that my coordinator did most of the work contracting with Impact to get bistro lights for our wedding venue, so I’m not sure about the backend part of working with them. But I will say our bistro lights were lovely and set up perfectly, so I’m happy!

Working with Impact was a breeeeeze. Jesse was super professional, helpful and responsive to all my inquiries (and believe me I had a lot!!!). He even met with us at the venue to do a walk through!
I really appreciated how candid Jesse was when I asked for advice on lighting in my venue (Oceano Hotel and Spa). Since the ballroom didn’t have tracks to place pinspotting on the ceiling, he let me know of the alternatives. The alternative was to have 12ft posts draped in white to pinspot the centerpieces. The posts were not an eyesore at all and the lighting was gorgeous.
I changed my mind on several occasions on what kind of lighting I wanted and he was really patient with all my change requests.
He worked with the venue to coordinate everything and I had no worries on the day of my wedding that the lighting would be handled.
I would definitely recommend Impact Lighting for any special event. The lighting (pinspotting, uplighting and spotlight) truly made a huge difference on the ambience of the event.

GORGEOUS LIGHTING!!! I selected pin spot lighting for my centerpieces and cake and a full pattern wash for the walls. It was soooooo incredibly gorgeous. The colors were very rich and completely saturated the room with magenta and purples which is exactly what I wanted. I price-​checked a few vendors and Impact had comparable pricing but far better customer service. Jesse Fletcher at Impact was very helpful. During the planning process, he even drove out to Hillsborough for a site inspection. On my wedding day everything ran smoothly. The technicians were experienced and very professional.

We could not be happier with impact lighting!
We used them for our wedding reception on June 22 as we wanted to have a sort of ceiling of strung bulb lights. It was everything we had imagined! Impact lighting took all the things we asked for and made them a reality. They were patient with our many changes to the quote and willing to work us on price so that we could stay within our budget. They were also easy to communicate with and returned all of my many emails quickly. They were quick and efficient on the day of and worked well around all the other venders that were setting up at the reception site.
I can not imagine using any other lighting company and highly recommend them to anyone looking for lighting services. Impact is the best in the bay area.

I had no idea/​concept of how I wanted our venue lit, I just knew that I wanted uplighting and a pattern wash for the dance floor. Daniel created an amazing design for me lighting everything in the perfect places, and in multiple colors. They use these great wireless LED uplights (no ugly wires being taped down!) which not only allowed for total design freedom, but they can change the colors by remote as the event progressed. We started with a soft champagne for the ceremony, then pink for dinner, and blue for the party. It was so seamless and no one noticed the transition, but everyone loved the effect. They were so easy to work with and have so many different options. I will definitely be recommending them to friends!

We hired Impact Lighting for lighting for our wedding. Daniel was very easy to work with and the lighting was even more impressive than I imagined! He was very punctual in communication and had many great ideas for us. Would definitely use again!

After doing some research & getting quotes from different lighting companies, I chose Impact Lighting because of their relatively reasonable price and availability on my wedding date.
I was so disappointed in the results of the lighting. The personalized gobo was fine. The uplighting on the pillars and lobby walls were mediocre at best. The light was visible only at the top 9 inches of the pillar and was so dim. The uplighting in the lobby was only noticable to me because I was searching for it.
Initially, I had thought maybe it was because of the layout of the restaurant. However, I attended another wedding at that venue shortly after my wedding and they hired a different lighting team. The lights looked spectacular so the layout of the restaurant wasn’t the problem, but the quality of the lights or lack thereof.
In their defense, they said it was because the restaurant wouldn’t turn down their own lights in order for theirs to show up. But like I said, another lighting company was able to get their lights to show up.
I was very embarassed to tell our guests that we hired a professional lighting team. Unfortunately, I will never recommend their services to anyone.

Jesse and his team are amazing! They provided a terrific pop to our daughter’s tent reception last weekend and all guests were most impressed with what their expertise added to the event. We live on the East Coast, bride and groom on the West, yet it was really seamless doing the extra lighting/​décor planning with Impact. I thought their prices were quite reasonable when quoted; upon actually seeing and experiencing their work, a fabulous bang for the buck!

I can’t say enough about this company and their staff. In a matter of 2 short weeks they were able to accommodate my lighting needs for a 40^th birthday bash. Unfortunately, I was a bit of a last minute Lucy, but Debby was very helpful and supplied me with an estimate within hours of our first conversation. Together we were able to transform the Danville Community Center into a funky disco dance club.
Ian and Vanessa with a few other tech guys were punctual and professional during the setup. They confirmed everything I wanted and began the transformation. It was fantastic! The walls were illuminated in magenta, there was a disco ball that threw off two colors (orange and white) and then up lights to illuminate the large rented palm trees that flanked the two lounge areas. The paisley patterned floor design was the finishing touch. Super cool!
Not only did they do all of the lighting, but they also put me in touch with an affiliate of theirs that rents out event furniture, Hartmann Furniture. They have fabulous furniture, and I would recommend them in a second as well. Thank you Charlie for your help.
Ian went above and beyond his call of duty. He stayed throughout the party and adjusted the lighting for me as the evening went on.
Thank you again for everything. All of you truly made my 40^th something I will never forget, and I know all of those that were there will remember if for a long time too.

had pattern lightings on the ceilings & walls for my wedding last weekend, well done!!! higly recommend!!!

My first impression of this company or Jesse (he was my point of contact) was awesome. They had great prices and were initially responsive to my phonecalls. For example, when Jesse was going to be late for our first meeting, he called and told me he would be late. I thought the pricing for the uplights were very reasonable but the delivery/​pick-​up charge was too much, $ 150 for 40 miles, and that’s not including set up.
Two weeks before the wedding I was trying to confirm the delivery for the uplights, and I was promised that Jesse would call me back later that day, but he didn’t. I called the following day and got an apolgy and that Jesse will contact me later. Another rep who had no idea what my contract with Jesse entailed called me back and boy did she have a lot of attitude — really unprofessional. I didn’t need that with just over a week before my wedding.
Anyways, Jesse eventually called me back 5 days later from my initial call, apologized and then confirmed everything. On the day of the wedding, the uplights added a nice touch to the ambiance of the ballroom and I was happy. But still, I wish Jesse would have been more responsive.

We just had our reception last evening.
The lighting was AMAZING. Jesse and his team went above and beyond in their work. True professionals all the way from the beginning to the execution.
Everything went off without a hitch.
We had another lighting company insist we needed mulitple generators and staffing to accomplish less than what Impact provided. Impact delivered twice the lighting at half the cost of other quotes we received. Everyone including our photographer, caterer, band and venue manager were blown away by the ambience that Impact Lighting created.
If you want a spectacular event and to be assured you will receive professional service and attention throughout every step of the process; call Jesse at Impact Lighting.

WOW! We were so glad we decided to do lighting for our wedding. What a difference it made! It really set the mood and ambience in our reception room and highlighted all the beautiful centerpieces.
5 stars and more to Jesse and the Impact Lighting team. Jesse was so easy to work with. He is very professional and he really took the time to listen to all her needs and concerns. He even came in on a Saturday (his dayoff) to help set up a room for us to look at all the different lighting colors, styles and patterns so we could decide what we liked best.
We highly recommend Impact Lighting for your next event and make sure you talk to Jesse, he is your go-​to guy! Thanks so much again — we can’t stop looking at our pictures! And were super excited to be featured in your new wedding brochure!