DJ MC – Sacramento Wedding DJs

I work for a retirement community in Elk Grove as the Activity Coordinator and was looking for a DJ to play at our New Year’s Eve Celebration in 2014 when I came across DJ MC on Unilocal.I reached out to Matt and he was nothing but kind and helpful and never pushy, like other entertainers can be when you are interested in learing more about them. We did in fact hire Matt to DJ our event and our residents loved him. He brought with him a great time and energy and I would definately use Matt again as well as recommend him to others!

My then Fiancé and I were looking for a DJ-​MC for our wedding at the Aerospace Museum of California last month, and we were on a pretty tight budget. We found Matt and decided to give him a call. This man knows music, and we knew that he would do a really good job! On top of that, he is extremely affordable.
We talked on the phone for a good 2 hours, just getting to know each other. We live out of state, but made it out to CA about a month before the wedding. We met with Matt to discuss our playlist, and he had every song we requested, and was willing to go buy a cd if there was one he didn’t have. He believes in classy weddings. He said he would play anything we wanted, but didn’t like playing songs like YMCA and the chicken dance… etc. We appreciated that. We gave him the timeline for the wedding and went on our way.
On the day of the wedding, he was the first one to arrive to get set up. He was dressed very professional and all of his equipment was in good working order. The ceremony went off without a hitch. The sound from the wireless mic was great, and the music crisp. During the reception, something that rarely happens at weddings, we noticed we were running quite ahead of schedule. Matt was so flexible, and made everything run perfectly. If you are specific, he will do whatever you want. He came up to us a few times to ask how we wanted to proceed. There was never any awkward silence. The music was great, and everyone had a really good time!
I recommend that you give Matt a call if you are in the market for a DJ. Thank you Matt for helping make our wedding so awesome!

Matt was a great DJ! We had very specific music choices and he found them all. Great to work with and very personable.

I contacted Matt Cohen through his website to discuss working with him for our wedding in December. My fiancé is Hispanic and his family has requested that banda/​salsa/​traditional Mexican music be played during the reception and I explained this when I emailed. When he called me the next day, he was very pushy to talk even though I kept explained I was at work. Of everything that he said on the call, the one that stuck with me was «I’ve been shacking up with a Mexican for years so I know what they like».
Matt emailed on Tuesday ⁵⁄₂₇ reminding me that he was available on our date, had been married to a Mexican for 25 years and to give him a call. I responded with the following:
«Hi Matt, When we spoke on the phone and you mentioned „I’ve been shacking up with a Mexican for years“ it was a bit off-​putting and came across a little derogatory/​condescending. That said, I appreciate you reaching out but we’ve already signed a contract with another DJ. Thanks again»
His response this morning?
«Sorry that you don’t have a sense of humor… something you’ll need to be in a blended marriage. Good luck…»
I politely explained why he wasn’t hired and he insults me? Nope. Not the way to go.

Matt recently DJ’d my wedding in Sacramento, CA. I know a review or two here mentioned (and it is true) — he can get pretty chatty when planning out the details — but he is absolutely professional and did a great job with our wedding. I supplied him with a list of music as suggestions — and worked almost all (if not all) of them into the wedding music set perfectly.
The main thing that impressed me about Matt was that he had a complete back up plan in place should the worst have happened (which it almost did). When initially scheduling — he let me know that he was going to be on a trip to Europe the week leading up to the wedding but would be back in time. The Monday before my wedding, he emailed from the lobby of his hotel, letting me know of a major airline strike that could possibly keep him overseas and prevent him from DJ’ing the event. I started to freak out — but I continued reading and saw that he went on to explain that he already had coverage for me and had contacted his associate in the field who would be covering my wedding (who was able to get in contact with me that day). Luckily — he was able to get back in the country and play the wedding without a hitch — but it was great to know that he has a backup plan in place and wouldn’t have left us high and dry.
I can without a doubt recommend Matt for any wedding — as he did a stellar job with ours. He also gave us a guidebook for one of the countries on our honeymoon with a ton of useful information! Thanks Matt!

Matt just did my September 21^st wedding and he really performed. Prior to the wedding, Matt was VERY thorough and asked all the right questions. Matt’s motto is «no cheese» and he definitely makes sure that the style that you want at your wedding is what he gives you! When a ton of rain showed up on our wedding day and the whole venue layout changed, Matt was very accommodating… our wine cave wedding was especially awesome with his lighting and the dark walls of the cave and the music sounded great! Matt really helped out with keeping to a schedule (I didn’t realized how hard that would be as a bride on her wedding day) and his «MC» skills were great! For his quality of service, Matt has great prices and I would highly recommend him for any event!

Review for: Matt Cohen, Disc Jockey — Sacramento Area.
Very reasonable rates!
It’s a rare thing to hear one Disc Jockey veteran giving a positive review to another DJ (and not expecting to receive a kick-​back or booking commission of any kind!). However, since I have permanently taken myself out of the entire DJ booking scene after 38 years of performing, I feel compelled to steer all my old clients to another long-​time term and established DJ professional from the Sacramento area: Matt Cohen.
Whether it might be a wedding, private home party, or company party or picnic, I’ve long been aware of Matt’s company (known as DJ — MC) in performing all of these type of events. When you’ve been around as long as his company has, you are bound to leave behind you, a trail of opinions and critics, and I can personally vouch for Matt in that regard. Several times over the years, I had to book overflow bookings with outside talent, and on those occasions, I used the DJ’s from DJ — MC. My clients always had good, positive comments from to say about the overall talent, reliability and the likeable personality of Matt.
For anyone living within a hundred miles of the Sacramento area, I believe Matt to be one of the only remaining DJ companies that PROVIDES A FAIRLY PRICED DJ service.

Matt is WONDERFUL! Yes, with all caps. He went above and beyond to make our wedding playlist exactly what we wanted it to be. He made sure that all of our «DO NOT PLAY» songs didn’t get played, and surprised us by playing almost all of the songs on our «MUST PLAY» list, even though we had a ton of them a lot of them were pretty obscure and were not in his library.
He gives a one-​hour consultation a few days before the wedding, at no extra charge, to make sure that he’s got all the particulars right. His pricing is a lot less than what most other DJ’s are charging these days, but I didn’t feel like the quality of his work was sacrificed at all. He’s a no-​frills, no-​cheese, all about «you» DJ.
My husband and I both loved working with him and would recommend him to anyone.

Thanks for doing our wedding back on Sept 3, 2011. Very easy to work with, and played exactly what we wanted. Pricing was great, hope to work with you again

Just had Matt DJ our class reunion and he was a pleasure to work with from the very start. Took our requests and actually PLAYED them all! I liked how his website allowed us to add requests… it was very refreshing for a DJ to pay attention to that. He also set up early and played music earlier than scheduled, which was nice. Even after the party was over, he played a few songs while he was taking his stuff down. He had no problem letting us use his microphone for some awards we did, and announced other things for us when we needed it. Best of all — really reasonable rate! Would definitely recommend this DJ service!

We were planning a 25-​year class reunion, and I found Matt on Unilocal.He was terrific — both in the planning of the reunion and dj’ing for the actual reunion. He was flexible, helpful and responsive to our questions. His website made it easy to make a list of must-​have songs (and please don’t play list). He arrived early and had music going during his set-​up. He played great music, worked with us during our presentations (letting us use his mike and speakers), and was friendly and professional at all times. I would definitely use his services again!

I hard a very hard time finding a DJ for my wedding in Cottonwood, CA while living in San Diego. After searching quite a but and hearing horror stories about some Redding area people I met with Matt over the phone. His rates were very reasonable and and he has a wide selection of music. He was also willing to drive to Cottonwood for our Sunday evening reception.
I was able to do all the work with him over the phone and through his website (making playlists and do-​not-​playlists). Do be warned that he can be very chatty on the phone so have some time set aside. I was able to get a very good plan in place for what we wanted. He didn’t have all of the songs that I wanted played but I gave him two burnt CDs on the day of the wedding (one for dinner time and one for dancing) he played all the must have’s and through in great compliments to what we choose.
I would recommend him because the dance floor was packed all night. Not a dull moment!
My advice is to do your homework and put the time into clearly communicating (in detail) the playlist and sound you want for the night and the flow. I had a family member coordinating the events and keeping everything on track and another family member made most of the announcements and let DJ Matt focus on the music.

We had interviewed a bunch of DJs for our Truckee CA wedding at Northstar, and most wanted $ 3000 to do what we planned. Matt wanted $ 1600 to play 3 venues from 3:30 PM to 2 AM. More importantly, all but Matt didn’t seem excited about playing club/​dance music until 2 AM. We wanted this party to rock with music that we liked (Matt has years of club experience but also knows how to keep the old folks happy). Our wedding got rave reviews, in no small part due to Matt’s skills at gauging the crowd and what was needed to keep things rocking. I like to think I can create good playlists (I teach spin classes), but I learned to step aside and let the pro handle it. He knows what he is doing. Old folks told me they haven’t moved like that in 20 years and the youngins all got blisters. His daugher just started at Cal. Good work, Matt. Tip: Give him a gin and tonic at 11 PM.

One of the finalists for my wedding DJ, had a very good experience with our communication. Very informative website with a clear sense of his point of view and philosophy for running a reception. I especially liked that he got back to me via phone almost immediately. Ended up using a DJ that all my friends had at their weddings but would have had Matt DJ gladly.

Here’s to Matt for:
1) schleping and setting up his heavy equipment on a cold, rainy mid-​week day to the Unilocal holiday potluck;
2) not wincing or covering his ears while I «sang.»
Watch out if you fill out a karaōke request form — Matt snatches these away with lightning speed!

Matt did our Unilocal Christmas meetup party and it was great! He’s a very nice guy (a not so great singer though…;)) He had the joint jumpin’ and was very professional! I have to admit I don’t really get the appeal of Karaōke, but if that’s your thing, Matt is the perfect guy to party with. I was really impressed with the selection and quality of music he had, and he knows a lot about what music goes with which event, so if it’s a wedding or senior prom, he’s your man!
Thanks again Matt – you da man!

I plan our company Holiday Party and while I love doing it… I stress myself out because that is just Who I Am. That, and that the year prior I’d gotten a few not so positive comments about it so this year I wanted everything to be great. We held it at The Firehouse (whole other review) and it consists of many-​many cocktails, dinner, fun speeches, and a gift game of some kind then more drinks. Our DJ last year suuuuuuucked. So I went searching. I turned to Unilocal because Unilocal does not steer me wrong.
Let me tell ya’…Matt kicked ass last night! He’s a true professional. He mixed great holiday classics new and old with a perfectly sophisticated pallet of modern tunes (this is coming from a bit of a music snob.) Plus, his timing was impeccable and he was on top of rounding people up to eat. He just set a really great mood for the party. And he’s a hell of a nice guy.
The room we were in at The Firehouse is somewhat challenging and he did his best to compensate for that. After the dinner and drinks and gifts when things started to get rolling he was happy to stay and keep playing; I get the sense that’s what he really enjoys, getting people *into* the party. By that time my Shoes of Torture were killing me and my stressed out self was exhausted, but Matt smiled and said, «if it’s OK I’m going to keep playing ’til they kick us out of here.» And I believe he did. My coworkers were dancing and having a great time and I was able to sneak out to go and put my tired-​tired feet up at home.
And this isn’t just from me… several coworkers commented on «where did you get this guy, he’s great!»
You rock Matt!

Sacramento Wedding Djs have a long way to go to match the seasoned talent of DJ Matt Cohen, aka DJ MC, owner of DJ MC Entertainment. Matt’s knowledge of music, night club DJ, and over 20 years of experience as a Mobile Disc Jockey make him one of the best Djs I have worked with in the Sacramento market. Loved his music selection, and interaction with customers. He has over 10, 000 songs on CD (not MP3). His sincerity, helpful, and organized manner make his DJ and emcee wedding performance flawless. If you are in need of a DJ I strongly suggest hiring Matt Cohen DJ MC.