You don’t need friends to DANCE

“Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.” – Lou Rawls

Music is the great unifier that brings us all together and can snap back a memory in a split second. It is ethereal, it is nostalgic, it is in our blood at PPE. Before the lights, before the cameras, Manny and Josh started behind the rack allowing the music to flow, and create an atmosphere for even the most stubborn to acquiesce into dance.

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DJ Entertainment

Our DJs are trained, experienced, and professional. These three traits carry throughout our family of businesses but are personified in our DJ service. It is where we started, and where we have the absolute most personal experience. Just ask us and we would love to tell you our origin story! #CovidStories

Live Bands

Although our bands are not employees of PPE Events, we work with many independent artists, managers, producers, and music groups. We would love to help you land some of those talented folks and act as an intermediary for your event. We protect your financial interests and can clearly disseminate all the information and requests to the artists. Our platform allows for the ease of picking music, setting times, and are available by phone during normal business hours.

Audio Production

From running live sound for a band to 40 microphones simultaneously for a convention or business meeting – trust the ones with Professional in the name. We have the experience that matters. We are also the visual experts in the field and can orchestrate a tripod screen up to a 100′ wide flown screen. Our techs have worked for some of the biggest names in the industry and are ready to be deployed to your project as well!

Karaoke & Karaoke Machine Rentals

From Bohemian Rhapsody to Tequila by the Champs, we have the music to host any karaoke night or event. We also rent professional karaoke machines that are easy enough to setup on your own. Our machines include the NEO 22 PRO, Acesonic DGX 220 and the CAVS 205G with just over 17,000 licensed tracks from Lightyear Music. More information about rentals can be found below!

5 Steps to Have a Rockin’ Party

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Book a PPE DJ

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get access to your online portal

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Pick your tunes, tell us about your event

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Chat with our event planner

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Rock out at your event. Period. Done.

Weddings

Our roots in the event industry draw on our original home before PPE Events. The position that owners Manny Dearmas and Josh Horn held allowed for them to oversee a combined 5,000 weddings and over 10,000 events. Our wedding DJs are trained event expediters and in addition to playing music they will also help coordinate the events of the day along with acting as your master of ceremonies. We dress to impress although we wont show up in a TUX unless asked (Fair warning we will need to close our eyes, whoosah and then channel 1984 but we can do it!). We realize its 20 years into the 21st century and modern couples have tastes that have changed.

Bar/Bat Mitzvahs

Interactive and engaging entertainment go deep with PPE Events! Our Bar/Bat Mitzvah packages include a DJ, a dedicated Emcee and expediter, and then a group of 2 to 4 party motivators & dancers. We also offer smaller two person teams that effectively split these duties for a more bite sized cost party. Paired with a green screen photobooth – we have packages that are well suited to the journey through faith celebration.

This has nothing to do with our DJ service but this is an awesome alternative love song. Enjoy!

Karaoke

Sing like no one is watching!

We offer both full service karaoke DJ nights at your event and karaoke machine rentals in St. Louis. Karaoke machine rentals include wired microphones, hdmi output for a TV, and around 17,000 licensed CD+G karaoke graphic tracks.

Client Testimonial

#DirectFeedback #WeAreListening

PPE Events is great! We met them at a bridal show last year and booked a videographer. Our wedding ended up postponed last fall due to covid and they were the easiest to work with for rescheduling and didn’t charge me a fee. We lost our photographer and DJ as they were already booked on our new date and after speaking with Josh we decided to book them for those as well. Nicole and Manny were a dream team for photo and video and everything turned out perfect. The DJ was absolutely perfect. He knew when to speak up and when to let the music do the talking. We chose a more moderate DJ after our phone call and they followed our music list perfectly. I couldn’t have asked for a better day! … I am not sure why I picked them, I just had a great feeling after we met and again on the phone.

Kiara K.

3/29/2021 theknot.com Real Wedding Review

Things to Know

Package Times

Our streamilined package starts with up to four hours of service. No, we don’t offer a discount for events that are shorter than four hours. Yes, we can definitely extend our time at your event. Extension rate of $50/30 minutes or $100/hr. Gold standard offers five hours and Professional entertainment offers unlimited time within reason!

Equipment

We use only professional equipment and professional DJ software. Our DJs use Serato and DJ controllers. Each DJ comes equipped with a wireless & wired microphone along with a set of dance floor lights. Our speakers range from 12″ to 15″ and are assigned based on your guest count, venue location, and whether you are indoors or outdoors. We do recommend upgrading to our premium sound package if you exceed 250 guests at your event.

Music

We subscribe to various legal music sites that distribute promotional music including Promo ONLY and Club Killas. Rest assured that our music is legal, will sound great without distortion, and will come from a deep library of tracks. Our library contains classical music through current top 40 hits. In regards to requests before your event; as long as it was commercially released and we can still obtain the license to it – we will acquire it for you at no cost if for some reason we don’t have it.

Planning

We offer online planning, questionnaires, and music lists. We also offer our wedding and clients that request – a complimentary consultation closer to the event date to go over the event details.

Backup Plan

Our DJs carry a backup bag that contains a backup of most parts, peices, and cables needed to make it through any event. Call it a swiss army knife if you will! We also are on call with additional equipment in case a speaker or controller has a malfunction as well. All special and requested music is also brought in duplicate in case our first line has a malfunction. Rest assured – we have done this before!