Wedding DJ Düsseldorf · Events since 2004
Your wedding between the Rhine and the Old Town.
My name is Michael Zimmermann, and I take care of the music at your wedding in Düsseldorf, from the first glass of sparkling wine to the last dance. Of the more than 1450 events I have accompanied over more than 25 years, over 650 were weddings. You celebrate with your guests, and I make sure the sound suits your evening. beats per micha: Michael Zimmermann, wedding DJ, available to book in Düsseldorf 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 Düsseldorf
First I want to know whether you are celebrating in a palace with an orangery, in the museum quarter on the Rhine or in a house in the Old Town, because the same song sounds different in each. I will show you five addresses: a palace with an orangery in the south, a museum at the Ehrenhof, an artists' association in Pempelfort, a concert hall and a former steelworks site. For each one, I develop a separate schedule with you.
Düsseldorf offers you a palace with an orangery in the south, a museum at the Ehrenhof and an artists' association with a hall and cellar. How a room sounds depends on the ceiling, the walls and the number of guests, and only once I know your choice do I decide on speakers and placement.
A vaulted cellar absorbs differently from a theatre hall, and I align the lighting accordingly too. You send me your guiding idea for the evening and the songs you do not want to hear as a message beforehand. I need about 40 minutes for setup and then listen into the empty room.
In the Orangerie, the foundation rents out the Great Banqueting Hall for 90 people with dinner seating and the vaulted cellar for around 60. The palace was built from 1755 to 1771, and weddings are among the occasions listed. Because every room has a different echo, I only plan speakers and dance floor once you have decided.
For wedding parties, the museum offers a reception in the Anna Maria restaurant, private tours and culinary arrangements. Whether music may play at the reception and where the evening moves afterwards, you clarify with the venue, and then I adapt my setup.
The association has existed since 1848 and lists the Jacobihaus, the theatre hall and the artists' cellar for hire. Which of the three rooms suits your number of guests and how the equipment gets in, you ask there, and I will adapt accordingly.
The Tonhalle rents out the Kuppelsaal, the Mendelssohn-Saal and the Grünes Gewölbe. A concert hall requires a different setup and volume from a banqueting hall, so we discuss early on where the dance floor will be.
The site consists of 230,000 square metres of listed industrial architecture from a former steel works, including 18,000 square metres of indoor event space. If you celebrate among listed industrial buildings, we first think about where people will dance and how the room sounds.
Rooms, venues and occasions are taken from the venues' own pages (as of October 2026). Whether your date is free and how many guests fit in can only be confirmed by the respective venue.
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
At a wedding table in Düsseldorf you often find guests whose evenings otherwise run between fashion shops, trade fair halls and old-town pubs, next to others who join you from entirely different worlds. I want both to end up on the floor together. From tracks across several decades I cut my own edits so that one song flows into the next and nothing breaks.
In advance you tell me what matters to you and what must not be played; your guests notice none of this. How long the evening lasts and when dinner is served, we can already discuss in a video call, if you like.
How it works
Send me the date and the venue, and you will get a reply within 24 hours. Then follow a video call, arrangements with the venue and the setup before the celebration.
Request a dateYou tell me the date and the venue, and I get back to you the same day, at the latest within 24 hours. The video call commits you to nothing: we get to know each other, collect ideas, and afterwards you receive your quote.
With the booking, the wedding portal opens, a web app for favourite songs, no-gos, special moments and the schedule. About a week beforehand we talk on the phone and go through the programme point by point.
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 catering staff.
For the entrance, exchange of rings and exit, the pieces you have chosen are played. At the reception, subtle lounge music plays, and if there is no power socket outside, the battery steps in.
During the meal the music stays quiet. Speeches go through the wireless microphone, and for games, surprises and the bouquet toss I choose the fitting song each time.
Your chosen edit opens the dancing, then I watch the floor and keep adjusting the set until young and old celebrate the final song together.
My services
For your wedding in Düsseldorf, I bring music and equipment in the size that an orangery, vaulted cellar or concert hall demands.
01In the wedding portal you collect favourite songs, no-gos and the schedule long before the big day arrives. At the celebration itself, I decide on each song according to the room and not according to a rigid timetable. From the first message to the final dance you speak only 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.
Request a date →
02Safeguard If I fall ill, an equivalent colleague from my network takes over on the agreed terms.
More occasionsCorporate event in Düsseldorf →Birthday & party in Düsseldorf →View demo portal →
Voices from real events
60 Google reviews. 100% recommendation. Here is a small selection.
5.0
Your service package
At your weddings three generations often dance, so soul classics stand alongside current chart hits. From the first conversation to the last song, the music stays in one pair of hands.
Which song plays next is decided by the mood in the hall; the microphone belongs to your speakers and programme items.
Add-on
LED uplights bathe the hall in your chosen colour and, if you wish, pulse to the beat of the music.
Enquire →
Add-on
The photo booth runs unattended, saves every picture in a private online gallery and, if you wish, prints copies for your guests.
Enquire →
Recommendation
You collect your guests' phone photos through Feierblick, an external service that I recommend and that you book yourselves.
View Feierblick →
Two wireless microphones, lighting effects, a mixer from Pioneer or Denon and speakers from RCF or Electro-Voice are included.
Add-on
At the retro telephone your guests leave messages, from which I afterwards make an audio file for you.
Enquire →I reply to enquiries within 24 hours and stay reachable right up to your wedding day.
We discuss requested songs and no-gos first, and I take care of the connection to the venue and vendors.
Open Format
I mix disco, soul, pop and current chart hits the way they land with your guests on the night, and not from a fixed list.
Setup and soundcheck take a good 40 minutes, the system needs only 2.5 by 1.5 metres of space, and after the last track I pack everything away myself. About 2.5 m of width and 1.5 m of depth are enough, and under normal conditions (car close to the setup spot, no stairs or lifts) setup takes around 40 minutes.
Outdoor
For the entrance, the ring exchange and the exit, the music runs on battery, so no cable to a power socket is needed.
Photo booth, live music, uplights and audio guestbook can be added, and I handle the coordination.
Request a date →Frequently asked questions
Here is what couples usually ask me before booking, and for anything else you can simply call me.
+49 176 700 580 27I have the room described to me beforehand, and during setup I aim the speakers so that the sound does not bounce back off stone and ceiling. With a lot of reverb, a lower volume with targeted aiming is usually enough for me.
At the start I play songs that people know on several continents; from there I feel my way towards the directions your guests respond to. What you want and what is off limits, you note in advance in the portal, and I build the transitions myself.
Yes. For garden ceremonies I have a battery-powered set that needs no mains connection, and you only give me your pieces for the entrance, the exchange of rings and the exit.
I time the music so the switch from photos to dinner stays unobtrusive, and I adjust the breaks to the photographer. We go through the schedule together beforehand, so that nobody has to rush on your day.
That is exactly when it can be worth it, because for a small group I choose a smaller set and place it discreetly at the side. A table next to the buffet is enough space for me.
Saturdays in early summer are booked early, so better get in touch soon. In quieter months, half a year was often enough for me. Write me your date, and you will know the same day whether it is free.
Listen & Watch
Even more options
If you would like live music for the reception or the ceremony, I can arrange saxophone, vocals, percussion or violin. We will discuss when it works best well before the celebration.
01
Sparkling wine reception · First dance
A saxophone sounds warm and light on the terrace in the early evening, especially at dusk.
02
Party peak · energy on the dance floor
After dessert, percussion adds drive to the beat, and the dance floor fills almost by itself.
03
Entrance · special moments
Live vocals give your celebration the glamour of a concert, and once the party starts, the microphone can be passed on to the guests.
04
Ceremony · bride's entrance
A violin accompanies your entrance and turns dinner into a festive opening that your guests will remember 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
Tap ▶ once more: your browser needs a direct tap for the first sound.
Clicking here or on a mix loads the player; data is transferred to Mixcloud (UK) in the process. Details in the privacy policy. Mixes are streamed via Mixcloud · Mixcloud is GEMA- and GVL-licensed
More sets on MixcloudHave a listen
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.
@beats_per_michabeats per micha on Instagram
Service area
I also provide the music for your wedding in Neuss, Ratingen and Meerbusch, and I bring the sound system myself. You will find more places along the Lower Rhine in the list below.
You send me the date, the venue and the number of guests first. In the video call we talk about music, schedule and the moments that mean the most to you, and a few days before the celebration I get in touch once more.
Map section around Düsseldorf with Krefeld, Neuss, Ratingen, Velbert, Hilden, Meerbusch, Willich, Erkrath, Kaarst, Mettmann, Korschenbroich, Haan. 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
Write to me, and you will get a wedding that your guests will talk about for a long time. Popular Saturdays from May to September should be secured early; in the other months three to six months' notice 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.
