Wedding DJ at The State Room
I am John Hathaway, and Elation Entertainment is my one person operation in Shirley, Massachusetts. I have DJed weddings at The State Room in Boston, MA, inside my service area, so no travel fee. The room is long, narrow and glass down one side, so speaker placement is the whole job.
The State Room from the DJ Booth
The State Room sits on the 33rd and 34th floors of 60 State Street, and the view is why couples book it: 270 degrees of floor to ceiling glass over Boston Harbor and the skyline. The Great Room runs 9,396 square feet with the mezzanine above it, a ceiling that climbs from under ten feet to twenty one, and 2,400 square feet of glass in it. Long, narrow, and hard on every surface, so sound bounces instead of settling. Speakers go where they fill the room without loading the window side. The dance floor suits 100 to 150 comfortably. Harborside 1 and 2 is the smaller configuration at 240, and Cityside handles 90 for dinner and dancing.
How I Run a Wedding at The State Room
This is an indoor evening from start to finish, thirty three floors up, so wind and weather stop being variables the moment your guests are in the elevator. Cocktail hour usually holds one end of the room or the Cityside space while dinner is set. Toasts here need microphone discipline more than volume: hard surfaces turn a raised voice into noise, so a wireless handheld held close beats a room turned up. Dinner sits at a level the far tables can talk through, kept off the glass. Once the floor opens the level climbs, and a full floor absorbs what an empty room throws back. There are no significant sound restrictions, so the last hour is shaped by your timeline instead of a limit. Your coordinator holds that timeline and I run announcements against it.
Getting to The State Room from Shirley
Boston is about 40 to 45 miles from Shirley, 50 minutes to an hour on Route 2 and I-95 or the Pike, and rush hour stretches it. I leave with that built in, because the arrival window does not move for traffic. I am on site 2.5 to 3 hours before guests. Load in here is a downtown tower rather than a driveway, so it runs on elevator access, which is straightforward once the slot is confirmed with the building and your coordinator ahead of the date.
Services
- Professional DJ & MC for your reception
- Ceremony music with wireless microphones
- Uplighting to transform your venue
- Photo booth with props and digital gallery
- Audio guestbook keepsake
- Online planning portal for song selection
Why Couples Marrying at The State Room Choose Elation
- One event per day, so your wedding gets my full attention
- True open-format DJ: every genre, every era
- 300+ celebrations and counting
- 5-star rated across 100+ reviews
- No travel fees. Boston is inside my standard service area, which reaches 120 miles or about three hours from my base in Shirley.
Wedding DJ Questions About The State Room
Have you DJed a wedding at The State Room?
Yes. It is one of the Boston rooms I get back to. The useful part is not the story, it is that I already know what the glass and the hard surfaces do to a level set at the booth, so setup there is placement rather than discovery on the day.
How do you handle sound against the harbor windows?
By keeping energy off them. A wall of floor to ceiling glass hands back nearly everything it receives, so a speaker aimed that way turns the room against itself. I fill from the floor, angle away from the window side, and reset the level once the tables are full, because people absorb what an empty room reflects.
Is the room too long for one dance floor?
No, but its shape decides where that floor sits. The Great Room is long and narrow, so a floor at one end with sound thrown down the length reads loud at one table and thin at another. The floor works best where coverage reaches it from two sides, sized for the 100 to 150 who will actually be on it.
What does load in look like on the 33rd floor?
Straightforward, because there is elevator access and the building runs on a schedule. The slot gets confirmed with your coordinator ahead of the date rather than negotiated on a Saturday, and I arrive 2.5 to 3 hours before guests, so the gear is up, set and checked while the room is still empty.
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