DJ Dave Gillis

DJ Dave was the DJ at my wedding in Lake Tahoe. She was one of the recommendations of our wedding planner (One Fine Day Events) and we decided we wanted to have a San Francisco DJ rather than a local Lake Tahoe DJ — and I’m so glad we did. Dave travelled to Lake Tahoe (We paid for his accomodations at a local inn for the evening) and did a FABULOUS job at our wedding! We weren’t able to meet him before the wedding because we were planning it from NYC. However, we had some friends go check him out at the Starlight room who said he was great. His rates were super reasonable and included everything — additional speakers etc. No hidden fees at the end! We shared many emails with Dave back and forth with our ‘must play’ and ‘do not play’ lists. We had Dave doing the ceremony music as well, since the wedding was at our lakehouse on the lawn. The execution was flawless and Dave played each song for just the right amount of time (the processional, recessional, etc.). He was fabulous about setting up the speakers and mike for my brother (the officiant) and everything went so smoothly. Even when my husband’s mother decided last minute (after speeches were over) that she wanted to give a speech, Dave was able to dash back, grab a mike and get her set up within 2 minutes so that no one even noticed a pause in the timeline. The dancing was great and Dave got everyone on the dance floor quickly. During the cocktail hour he ran with our suggestions and the older adults in the crowd were really enjoying the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd tunes. Later in the evening Dave transitioned to hip hop and pop music and had everyone going crazy on the dance floor. I only wish we could have brought him along to our afterparty (the restaurant had a terrible music system!) because he really kept the party going! Dave was also kind, warm and friendly and my dad said he enjoyed chatting with him during the breakdown and cleanup post-​wedding. He also found out Dave and I went to the same boarding school for high school — what a crazy coincidence! Thanks so much Dave! You helped make our wedding a complete success and we are so grateful.

DJ Dave was a recommendation from our wedding planner, Dreams on a Dime, for our wedding.
I contacted him and DJ Dave suggested that Alvin and I come and see him in action at the Starlite Room at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. We did and we liked DJ the first moment we came by our table. He was so easy to work with and had this great happy let’s party attitude. I told him that we listen to any type of music even hard rock. When he returned to his turntable, he mixed in R&B with a hard rock song by Twisted Sister, Awesome. Both my fiancé and I were sold.
During the months waiting for our wedding, Dave kept in contact with us via cell phone and email. DJ Dave also had experience dealing with the venue we chose for our wedding banquet, Yank Sing, which was great because the venue needed extra speakers and had strict set up restrictions. He is also super affordable for weddings. Some other DJ’s wanted to charge an extra $ 500 for the extra speakers needed for our venue, but DJ Dave didn’t charge us extra. He told us enjoys his work and likes DJ’ing weddings and wants to make sure it’s affordable for the wedding couple.
On the day of the wedding, DJ Dave brought in an assistant and was great and professional throughout the night. Our friends had various special requests which he fulfilled without any problems. He worked with us with all of our various requests.
If anyone has gone to a chinese wedding banquet, you know that after the food is done everyone starts leaving and there is no dancing. DJ Dave got my guests to dance!
I recommend him to anyone who wants a professional, easy going, relaxed DJ for your venue. Plus he’s been a DJ for 15+ years.