Toast & Jam

Our DJ was Tim and he was the best from the planning process throughout the actual event. The music and food were most important to us for our wedding. Tim was patient and flexible as we changed our minds on what we originally discussed for cocktail hour. He read the crowd well and kept the dance floor packed the entire night. When discussing last song options for the end of the evening, we went with a sing-​a-​long, it could not have been a bigger hit. Thanks DJ Tim for making our wedding so awesome and being so great to work with.

When my fiancéé and I first met with Rachel almost a year out from our wedding, we were immediately put at ease and were so excited for what Toast & Jam was going to bring to our big day.
When that day came, we were honestly blown away. From the ceremony to the cocktail hour to the reception, Rachel was so on point that it’s almost scary. You’re always biased about your own wedding, but I’ve never been to a wedding where everyone danced from the moment the first song came on until the venue turned the lights up on us. The mix was a perfect mix of the songs we asked for, some requests from a diverse group of guests, and the perfect fill-​in selections in between.
I have to imagine that the sub-​5-​star reviews are from people that didn’t properly communicate what they wanted because we got exactly what we wanted and more.

Where do I start?! Rachel was absolutely wonderful from the first moment my Wife and I contacted her. She was incredibly knowledgeable of her music selection and helped guide us in the right direction so we could have an epic dance party at our wedding, all while giving us control of the music we wanted to hear. I highly recommend anyone who wants to hear more than a Spotify playlist at their wedding to use Toast & Jam. I promise and you and your guests will not regret it.

Honestly, I wasn’t super impressed for the price point. This was a big splurge for our wedding last August 2015 and I don’t think it was worth being almost double what my friends have paid for DJs.
Maybe my expectations were too high, based on the positive reviews.
In my opinion the DJ should have done a sound check with our officiant prior to the ceremony and that just wasn’t done. The officiant’s mic experienced feedback throughout the ENTIRE ceremony and it ruined our wedding video and also took the focus off of the bride and groom. It was so bad that we had guests mention how bad the sound was, which was awful to hear.
The DJ should have jumped in and adjusted the mic or turned the sound down and fixed it or something. nothing.
My mom was also pretty upset that the one song that we wrote down on our «must play» sheet wasn’t played. It’s a tradition to play this one specific song at every family wedding and the DJ just forgot or something.
Overall, the music during the reception was okay and people were dancing, but I wasn’t blown away.

When we were looking for a DJ for our wedding, the name Toast & Jam kept coming up from all of our friends who had been to weddings recently where the DJ had done a great job. After meeting with Kate, we immediately understood why. The whole experience was completely painless — we just filled out a sheet with our musical preferences and added a bunch of information about songs and bands we liked and Kate took care of the rest. Rather than us building a playlist, Kate used our input from the two pre-​wedding meetings we had with her and the reaction of the crowd to keep the playlist rocking all night. We had so many people complimenting the music during the wedding that I lost count, and the dance floor was packed all night — the true sign of great wedding music! She also handled the music for our ceremony and did an awesome job coordinating with our officiant and the venue to make sure all of the entrances, speeches, and announcements went smoothly, which made our night a heck of a lot easier. Overall, I can’t recommend Toast & Jam — and specifically Kate — enough.

We worked with Toast & Jam for our wedding in March, and were paired with Dustin Drase as our DJ. From the start, T&J answered all of our emails instantly, and gave us a very fair quote for an off-​season wedding.
Dustin was phenomenal: professional yet laid-​back and no stress for us. He requested a few songs that we liked, and was able to extrapolate to other song selections that we’d like. He also worked with us for all the snippets of music that would be played during the ceremony, and dinner. He even rolled with our last-​minute planning at 2 AM the night before and incorporated all of our requests the following day.
On the day of the wedding, he seamlessly played and transitioned all of our random snippets, and was able to cover for us effortlessly during any holes in our planning. We had friends who sang during the ceremony, and they all received the same courtesy, professionalism, and attention to detail from Dustin while coordinating the logistics.
Thanks Dustin and T&J for making our big day fun, memorable, and special!

We found Toast and Jam on OffbeatBride (where we found nearly all of our vendors!). Toast & Jam DJ’d our ³⁄₁₉ wedding, and it was absolutely a delight to work with Tabitha. We loved that we were in contact with the DJ who was going to be there on the wedding day. Tabitha met with us twice over Skype to suss our our rather unusual tastes (I’m a Led Zeppelin girl, he’s a Gregorian chants guy, and she still managed to make it all work). Also, she made our nerd dreams come true by playing «The Rains of Castamere» during dinner. Tabitha was great during a night-​before-​the-​wedding music-​related kerfluffle, and was patient and sweet to me on the phone, which I really appreciated. Thank you, Toast and Jam, for giving us — and our families — such a fun night!

Picking our DJ was our big splurge for our October wedding since we are such big music lovers! I actually picked this vendor out before we even had our venue, just by visiting the website. How refreshing for a DJ to actually play music you like! Nothing cheesy, and all ages were dancing all night. Kate and Rachel looked like they were really enjoying themselves, as well! The first song to get people dancing was «Cecilia» by Simon and Garfunkel. WHAT. How cool!
Toast & Jam is a well-​oiled machine. We worked with them at our meeting beforehand to pick the right song for me to walk down the aisle to, as well as getting all pronunciations correct. We also gave them a list of songs to play during our cocktail hour and dinner, which was nostalgic and perfect!
Make the right decision. Get a DJ with good taste! Thanks, Kate and Rachel!

So my husband insisted I let him find and choose a DJ for our wedding, as he’s the «music one» of our relationship. My control freak tendencies screamed in protest, but then I realized how nice it would be to have one less wedding-​related task on my list. He insists he’s never been to a wedding with a decent DJ, so he was discouraged in his quest from the start. However, barely a week into his search, he told me with 100% confidence that he had found our wedding DJ. I was bemused until he started describing Toast & Jam to me. A Stale Song List? Lady DJs? What?!
No but seriously, Toast & Jam, and specifically Lyndon Valicenti, made our wedding phenomenal. It was already going to be pretty good, but Lyndon pushed it all the way over the edge. From the moment we started communicating with her, I could tell she was perfect for us. From a suggested song list that actually includes great music to refusing to take requests from our tone-​deaf guests, Lyndon tailored her services to our every request.
Lyndon is courteous, prompt, hilarious, and brings an extensive musical (and technical!) knowledge to the table. She totally understood the vision for our wedding and worked within our parameters to help bring it all to life. Her suggestions were always spot on and she made sure to go over every detail with us before the big day. She was even willing to help problem solve a dilemma we were having in regards to the speech portion of the night.
Toast & Jam is only awesome because of people like Lyndon. She was the real MVP, and the only reason I would even consider getting married again is to work with her in the future!

We were lucky enough to secure Toast & Jam for our wedding in September. What a TREAT it was to work with them!
Throughout the entire process, everyone at T&J was so helpful and made communication incredibly easy for a couple in the midst of wedding planning. We were assigned to Leslie and she was nothing but professional and pleasant. During and after our wedding reception, we received countless compliments about the music selection. Our guests said that they’d be in line for a drink, but would feel obligated to run back to the dance floor because another great jam was about to start rippin’.
Stop your «music search» here, folks. This is a no-​worry vendor that «gets it» and will make your special day, well, special!

These guys ROCK! My wife and I are so happy to have found T&J for our Day of the Dead wedding and DJ Carrie Weston made the night one to remember! Even now, a month later, my friends cannot stop talking about all the great music! And neither can we!
Carrie took the time to get to know us and what WE enjoyed, as opposed to the usual wedding standards which really made all the difference. The dance floor was packed all night and I can personally say that it was the most I’ve ever danced in my life!
When we first met DJ Carrie, she made it clear that her goal was to get everyone dancing, and she succeeded beyond all expectations.

A friend recommended Toast & Jam to us and after meeting with Daniel Ssebowa Musisi, it was an easy decision! Daniel was so easy-​going and great to work with… this was probably one of the least stressful parts of wedding-​planning!
From cocktail hour up through dinner, the music was a great mix of T&J tunes and songs we had picked out. And once the dancing started… it pretty much never stopped! Daniel did a great job of mixing up crowd-​pleasing oldies with upbeat tunes that make you want to keep moving. We heard great reviews from our guests, and we had a GREAT night. Thank you, Daniel!!!

I’m probably the only 2 star review in here but what can I say? I wasn’t really that impressed with Toast and Jam. Hiring them was my only regret in my wedding. We got married on Oct 2012. It took me 3 years to write this review. The pang of regret is still fresh after all these years.
Communication was great during the planning months. Our dj was nice. She put me at ease when I first talked with her. Everything I wanted, she made sure were done. But, for the life of me, I just didn’t get or like their music choices during the reception. I was heart broken. I had high expectations and they were not met. Sigh.

Just DO IT! Toast & Jam is where its at!
We used T&J for our wedding in Oct 2015.
From the beginning, I enjoyed talking to the staff and I didn’t even bother looking elsewhere. When we got assigned to our DJ, Kate Porter, my husband and I skyped with her and instantly connected with her vivacious, bubbly spirit. When it came closer to our wedding, we met with her and gave her a list of music for the cocktail hour, reception, and a list of do-​not play list.
Let me tell you, every single guest danced their butts off at Salvage One. She really felt out the vibe of the crowd and played some great hip-​hop songs, current hits, and my friends still tell me to this day how great the music was. She played an essential part of creating a fun environment for our wedding and the guests. Thank you Kate & Toast and Jam for making our wedding so memorable and fun! You guys rock!

Rebecca from Toast and Jam DJ’d our wedding in June, and we could not have been more satisfied. Our planning meeting with Rebecca made us feel really comfortable and confident that the music would be great and our guests would be happy. For our song selection, we were mostly aiming for crowd-​pleasers, with a handful of must-​plays and no-​plays, and it was a total success. Literally from the moment the music started until the last beat of the last song, the dance floor was packed, and everyone had a great time. She also really helped us work with the venue with logistics to make things run smoothly, and was really on top of things on day of. Both T&J and Rebecca are highly recommended!

Let me start by saying we planned our wedding from across the country. Choosing Toast & Jam was easy with all the good reviews, and though we initially cringed at the price, in the end, good music is priceless. Kate was our DJ and she was awesome, not only did she play great music, but she walked us through timelines, helped us organize the night and was extremely helpful the night of the wedding! Everyone danced the night away! Thank you Kate!

After reading reviews about Toast & Jam, we decided to choose them. We are very happy with that decision. We had an absolutely fantastic experience with them, especially with our DJ Leslie.
Leslie is an extremely pleasant person to work with. During our first meeting with Leslie, we basically just chatted about ourselves and our music tastes so she could get to know us a little better. She provided us with a sample music list that T&J uses and instructed us to circle songs we like and cross out songs we don’t like. About a month before the wedding, we met up with Leslie again and went over T&J’s updated music list, as well as talked about any changes in musical preferences, pronunciations of our bridal parties names, etc. Again, Leslie was great throughout the whole process.
One thing we really liked about T&J is their «stale» do not play list. We couldn’t agree more with their choices for this list and were happy to be on the same page.
The day of our wedding, Leslie did a fantastic job. From making the announcements, to coordinating with a strings ensemble we hired separately, to really getting the dance floor hopping, Leslie did great!
We really appreciated how Leslie handled «song requests» from our guests. This can be extremely challenging because sometimes it’s impossible to reason with a drunk person.
Overall, 5 stars for T&J, especially our fantastic DJ Leslie. Thanks again!

We loved working with Toast and Jam for our July wedding. It was a nice surprise to find out that we were placed with a DJ combo of Rachel and Kate. They were both great! We aligned with them from the beginning, especially as they supported my husbands love of reggae and our reggae happy hour. We didn’t think we’d find someone that liked it as much as him. The planning process and prep was a breeze, and our wedding was even better. I honestly didn’t think either of our families would dance, and to my surprise, the floor was packed the entire reception. Rachel and Kate picked out great songs, kept a great flow, and had all guests singing along. They stayed within our request of genres we’d love to hear and our do not play list. Plus they were a pleasure to work with. We highly recommend them, and can’t thank them enough for making the day so great.
Update: Almost a year later I continually hear how great our music from guests of all ages. It’s nice to know the DJs stand out as people look back on the day.

This DJ company is worth every penny. We could not have been more impressed with DJ Rachel Karlic. We had met Rachel twice before the wedding to talk about our general likes and dislikes in music and what we envisioned the flow of the night to be. We left the details to her and we were glad we did.
Our guests were dancing from the very beginning of the wedding until the very end. They LOVED her and the music selection. So many of our guests told us this was one of the best DJs at a wedding they had every attended.
Highly recommend this company and DJ Rachel!

We have used Toast & Jam for our corporate holiday parties and were lucky enough to get Leslie each time. She’s was great at consulting us prior to the party, and is always on time for our events. Leslie really impressed the crowd, being able to cater to so many musical tastes, and not cheesing it up at the same time. No offense to those that like the Chicken Dance.
Leslie impressed me so much at our corporate events, that we used her for my wedding! (she killed it)
We’ll certainly use Toast & Jam for future corporate and family events!