Wedding DJ Dortmund · Events since 2004
Your wedding between colliery, brewery tower and lakeside.
My name is Michael Zimmermann, and I make the music for your wedding in Dortmund, from the reception to dancing into the night. Over 650 weddings are part of the more than 1,450 events in my 25 years behind the decks. Your day belongs to you and your guests, so I stay unobtrusively in the background. beats per micha: Michael Zimmermann, wedding DJ, available to book in Dortmund and the surrounding area.
“We couldn't have wished for a better DJ.”
– Ben Kampen, wedding · Google reviewThe locations. The moments. My music.
You get exactly one shot. I had 1,450 to practise.
One banger after another – the dance floor was packed the whole night.
Saskia Neumayr
Wedding · Google review
Wedding venues in Dortmund
First I ask whether you are celebrating in a colliery, in a tower above the city centre or in the stadium, because a machine hall, a brewery tower and a box all sound different. I will introduce five addresses to you: a colliery with an Art Nouveau hall, a brewery tower, a coking plant, a brewhouse from 1912 and the largest football stadium in the country. Which venue it will be is up to you, and for each one I plan the set-up and the schedule together with you.
In Dortmund you celebrate in halls that once produced coal, coke or beer: engine hall, brewhouse and brewery tower are now venues with a sound of their own. How much reverb a room has depends on its height and materials, and only once I know your choice do I plan the speakers and the set-up.
A brick hall calls for different lighting than a stadium foyer, and I tune the lighting technology to the room. If you would like a particular theme for the evening, and there are songs that must never be played, you record both in the portal. My setup takes around 40 minutes, after which I listen to the empty room.
The colliery was built between 1898 and 1904 as a model mine, and in 1969 its Art Nouveau engine hall became the first industrial building in Germany to be listed as a heritage monument. According to Wikipedia, the foyer of the administration building is often used for weddings. Where the reception takes place and where the dancing happens, we clarify with the venue before I decide on my spot.
From 1926/27 the 70-metre tower served as the fermentation and storage cellar of the Union Brewery, and the golden U on the roof has lit up since 1968. Today the Museum Ostwall, a cinema and a restaurant on level 7 share the building. Which rooms can be hired for a celebration is something the operator can tell you, and after that we plan the technology and the routes.
The coke oven batteries of 1927/28 were fired until 1992, and since 1995 the Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege has looked after the site. Its buildings include the compressor hall, restored by 2005. Whether your date is possible there is something the venue will tell you; we then go through power, routes and weather protection together.
The brewhouse from 1912, designed by Emil Moog, has been a listed monument since 1989 and is regarded as the only fully preserved large-scale industrial brewing building in the city from the time before the First World War. The city lists it with room for around 100 people. Sound travels differently between brewing kettles than in a hall, so we decide on speakers and lighting after a walk-through.
Germany's largest football stadium, with 81,365 seats, belongs to Borussia Dortmund. On its website the club mentions wedding celebrations and rooms such as Alter Markt, Foyer West or Weiße Wiese. Only the club knows which room is free on your date; once the room and guest count are fixed, we agree the set-up and the schedule.
I looked up rooms, construction dates and occasions on Wikipedia and with the operators named there (as of October 2026). Whether your date is free and how many guests fit in is something only the venue itself can tell you.
I provide the music for your symbolic wedding ceremony, from the entrance through the ring exchange to the exit, with a sound system that runs without a power outlet, indoors or outdoors, and I bring a wireless microphone for your celebrant.
Who I am
You are getting married in a city that has turned collieries and breweries into venues for celebration, and I notice that when planning: high halls call for a different sound than a garden room. Over 650 weddings have taught me how differently people celebrate.
If football fans, parents and grandparents are all meant to dance together, I combine tracks from several decades with my own edits. You tell me your wishes and no-gos in advance so that the evening runs smoothly for your guests. How long the celebration lasts and when the food arrives, we discuss beforehand.
How it works
Send me the date and venue and you will hear back within 24 hours. A video call, a check-in with the venue and the set-up before the celebration follow.
Request a dateYou give me the date and venue, and I get back to you the same day, within 24 hours at the latest. The video call commits you to nothing: we get to know each other, collect ideas, and afterwards you receive your quote.
As soon as you have booked, you get access to the wedding portal, a web app for timeline, special moments, no-gos and favorite songs. A good week before the date we go through the schedule step by step on the phone.
On the wedding day I arrive in good time, set up in around 40 minutes, check the sound in the empty room and coordinate with the speaker, photographer and service staff.
The entrance, ring exchange and exit get the pieces you chose. At the reception subtle lounge music creates atmosphere, and without a power outlet outdoors, the battery takes over.
During dinner I keep the music quiet. Speeches run through the wireless microphone, and for games, surprises and the bouquet toss I pick the fitting track each time.
The dance starts with your requested edit, and then I steer the set by the dance floor until young and old celebrate the last track together.
My services
For your wedding in Dortmund I bring music and equipment in the size that a machine hall, brewery tower or stadium room demands.
01In the wedding portal you collect favourite songs, no-gos and the schedule long before the big day. At the celebration, I choose each new track according to the room and not a rigid timetable. From the first message to the last dance you only talk to me, and the experience from over 650 weddings helps me with that. I bring the sound system, lighting and microphones myself, whichever venue you invite to.
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02Safeguard If I am ill, an equally qualified colleague from my network steps in, on the terms we have agreed.
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Voices from real events
60 Google reviews. 100% recommendation. Here is a small selection.
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Your service package
Often three generations celebrate with you, so I mix soul classics with current charts. The music stays in one hand from the first conversation to the last song.
I choose the next track by the mood in the room, the microphone belongs to your speakers and program items, and I stay in the background.
Add-on
LED uplights bathe the hall in your chosen colour and follow the rhythm of the music.
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Add-on
The photo station runs without supervision, every picture goes into a private online gallery, and it prints copies for your guests on request.
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Recommendation
Your guests' phone photos come together via Feierblick, an external service that I only recommend and that you book yourselves.
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In my gear I carry two wireless microphones, lighting effects, a Pioneer or Denon console and RCF or Electro-Voice speakers.
Add-on
At the retro telephone your guests speak greetings into the handset, and afterwards I turn them into an audio file for you.
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At the start we clarify requested songs and no-gos, and I stay in touch with the venue and service providers myself.
Open Format
I mix disco, soul, pop and current chart hits the way your guests take to them on the night, not from a fixed list.
Setup and soundcheck take a good 40 minutes, 2.5 by 1.5 meters of space is enough, and at the end I clear everything away myself. About 2.5 m of width and 1.5 m of depth is enough, and under normal conditions (car close to the setup spot, no stairs or elevators) setup takes around 40 minutes.
Outdoor
For the entrance, the ring exchange and the exit the music runs on a battery, so no cable to a power socket is needed.
You can add a photo station, live music, uplights and an audio guest book, and the arrangements then run through me.
Request a date →Frequently asked questions
These are the questions couples ask me most often, and if yours is missing, just give me a call.
+49 176 700 580 27I then move the speakers closer to the dance floor and turn the level down so that speech and music stay clear. From photos or during a walkthrough I can usually tell where the echo comes from.
That's up to you. If you want one, I'll place it where it lifts the mood, and anyone who doesn't like it will soon hear completely different music again.
Yes, entrance, ring exchange and exit run on my battery-powered system, so no cable to a socket is needed. Whether a ceremony may be held at that spot is something you clarify with the owner.
To start, I pick tracks for every generation and widen the mix from there in both directions. You collect must-play songs and no-gos in the portal before the celebration.
Yes, for a small gathering I set up a reduced rig that does not dominate the room. A table at the edge is all I need as a place for the equipment.
It depends on the Saturday, because many dates go early, especially in late summer. Send me your preferred date and you will know the same day whether I am free.
Listen & Watch
Even more options
If you want live music at the reception or ceremony, I can arrange saxophone, vocals, percussion or violin. We discuss the right timing well before the celebration.
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Sparkling wine reception · First dance
A saxophone sounds warm and light in the evening in the courtyard of a colliery, especially as dusk sets in.
02
Party peak · energy on the dance floor
After dessert percussion drives the beat, and the dance floor fills almost by itself.
03
Entrance · special moments
Live vocals give your celebration the shine of a concert, and once the party starts the microphone can be passed to the guests.
04
Ceremony · bride's entrance
A violin accompanies your entrance and turns dinner into a festive opening that stays in your guests' memories for a long time.
05
An evening without a break.
Live music for the reception or dinner, and then a full DJ night anyway? Through my network I can arrange a well-rehearsed band, from a duo to a quartet, with vocals, guitar, piano, percussion or saxophone. Because everything is planned by one person, there is one point of contact, one sound concept and no gap between band and DJ.
Duo to quartet · Available on request
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Have a listen, this is what a wedding with me sounds like: three uncut live recordings from real weddings, but not a template evening, because your set is shaped by your guests.
Setlists
Real lists from real parties – track by track, just as they actually played.
Real set list
An excerpt from a real evening, from the opening to the wind-down. The time jumps in between are intentional; you will find the complete setlist on the detail page.
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Service area
I also play at weddings in Bochum, Unna and Witten and bring the equipment myself. If you are celebrating in another town around Dortmund, have a look at the list below.
It starts with the day you are celebrating, the venue and the number of guests. In the video call we talk about music, schedule and the moments that mean most to you, and a few days before the party I call you once more.
Map section around Dortmund with Bochum, Herne, Recklinghausen, Witten, Lünen, Castrop-Rauxel, Unna, Hattingen, Bergkamen, Schwerte, Kamen, Waltrop. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Transparency
Party classics like Ballermann, après-ski and schlager hits?
I'm happy to play the odd one of those when the mood is right.
Building the whole evening on them, though, isn't for me.
There are other DJs who love doing exactly that, and do it well.
They are the right choice for it.
I have nothing against them.
It's just not my thing.
My field is live mixing at demanding events.
For guests who see music as a craft.
Clean transitions.
The right track for the right moment.
More than just pressing play.
If that doesn't suit you, I'm not the right DJ, and that's perfectly fine.
If it does, I'm looking forward to meeting you.
Contact
A short message to me is all it takes, and your day becomes a celebration you will talk about for years. Popular Saturdays between May and September should be secured early, and in the other months three to six months ahead is usually enough.
How would you like to enquire?
Both are non-binding – you can add more details at any time.
From the blog
Honest answers about weddings, planning and music – from over 650 weddings I've played.
