Wedding DJ Trier · Events since 2004
Your wedding day between the Porta Nigra and the banks of the Moselle sounds just the way you want it.
I am Michael Zimmermann and I mix the music for your wedding in Trier, from the sparkling wine reception to the final song. I have more than 25 years of experience behind me and have looked after over 1450 events, more than 650 of them weddings. I stay at the edge of the dance floor, because the focus is on you and your guests. beats per micha: Michael Zimmermann, wedding DJ, available in Trier 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 Trier
Before I decide on the setup and schedule, I ask about the building, the room and any outdoor space, because a vineyard, an Art Nouveau hall and a hotel terrace each call for different planning. I introduce five venues to you, from a wine village in the Ruwer Valley, a castle in Euren and an Art Nouveau villa to the brewery hotel in Olewig and the hotel opposite the Porta Nigra, and for each one I plan the evening together with you.
If you are getting married in Trier, the choice between a vineyard slope in the Ruwertal, a castle on the banks of the Mosel and a villa from 1914 often comes down to taste alone. I listen to the acoustics each venue brings before I decide on setup and volume.
Sometimes there are several spots on the grounds, and then I guide the music with you from the reception through the meal to the dance floor. If guests travel from far away, tell me early whether titles from their home country should be included. I start the set-up in good time, and we agree on the time.
The Pauliner Hof explicitly lists weddings with ceremony, reception and dinner as an occasion and describes a courtyard, the Katharinen barn, an atrium with a glass roof and an area in the middle of the vines. According to the operator, four guest rooms are included. With a venue that has so many spaces, we agree where the music should play and where it is deliberately quiet.
The castle was built from 1779 to 1783 as a summer residence, now belongs to the city and is a restaurant where, according to Visit Mosel, celebrations take place. Whether your preferred date is possible there, you clarify directly with the venue. I then plan around how many guests are coming and whether you will also celebrate outdoors.
The white Art Nouveau villa was built in 1914 for a wine merchant family, and the hotel's website lists celebrations, weddings and events. What is possible in which room, you learn from the venue. Once you have chosen the room, I think about how to place the system and cables unobtrusively in an old villa.
According to the venue, the Blesius Garten combines a four-star hotel, a brewery restaurant and a large beer garden, along with its own brewery, Kraft Bräu. Please ask the operator whether and in what setting weddings are possible there, and afterwards I plan the indoor and outdoor areas with you.
The hotel is located opposite the Porta Nigra and, according to the operator, has six conference rooms, the largest measuring 155 square metres, as well as a bar and a restaurant. Whether the rooms suit your wedding celebration is for the venue to answer; for the music, we then work out where the dance floor can go.
Rooms, spaces and occasions come from the operators' websites and public sources, as of October 2026. Whether your preferred date is free and how many guests a room can hold, you can only find out directly from 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
Your celebration in Trier should sound like you, and that is why I ask about your songs first. I started in a nightclub and learned there how a whole crowd comes together. Celebrations of all kinds followed, and to this day it adds up to over 1450 events and more than 650 weddings.
I do not push myself into the foreground, the music is allowed to do its work, and your day remains your own. From tracks spanning several decades I build edits that draw parents, friends and colleagues alike onto the floor. In the end, your guests should say: that was exactly your wedding.
How it works
A short message is enough, you hear from me within 24 hours, and after that the video call, arrangements and setup lead up to the opening dance.
Request a dateSend me the date and venue as soon as both are fixed, and I will reply the same day or within 24 hours at the latest. The video call involves no sales pressure, just getting to know each other, ideas, and then your quote.
With your booking, the wedding portal is yours. There you collect special moments, no-gos, favourite songs and the schedule in the web app; about a week before the celebration we talk by phone and go through everything.
While you are getting ready, I am already on site, at least two hours before the start. I set up, check the sound, discuss details with the speaker and the photographer, and keep the technology unobtrusive for the guests.
For the entrance, the ring exchange and the exit, I use music to set the mood. At the reception that follows, subtle lounge music plays in the background, and even without a power connection outdoors everything works on battery.
The meal gets a calm soundtrack from me. Speeches go through the wireless microphone, and games, surprises and the bouquet toss each get the fitting sound.
With your chosen edit you open the dance, and then the party begins. I see what the dance floor demands, adjust the set live and keep all generations moving until the end.
My services
Whether vineyard, villa or hotel hall: for your wedding in Trier I bring music and equipment to the extent your venue requires.
01In the shared wedding portal, you collect wishes, no-gos and the timetable long before the celebration, so that nothing is left open on the big day. At the celebration, I watch your guests at every transition instead of running through a fixed plan. From the first email to the final song, I am your single point of contact for the music, and more than 650 weddings have trained me for it. I bring the complete equipment myself, whichever venue you invite to.
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02Safeguard If I am unable to perform due to illness, an equally qualified colleague from my network steps in, on the agreed terms.
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Voices from real events
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Your service package
At my weddings, soul classics and current chart hits share the same evening, because several generations often sit at your tables. From the first contact to the last song, the music stays in one pair of hands.
What plays next I decide by the mood in the room; I stay in the background, and the microphone belongs to speeches and programme items.
Add-on
LED uplights bathe the room in your chosen colour, and over the evening the light moves along with the music.
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Add-on
The photo station works on its own during the celebration, stores every picture in a private online gallery and, if you wish, prints copies for your guests right away.
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Recommendation
You collect your guests' photos without an app of their own via Feierblick, an external service that I recommend and that you book independently of me.
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My package includes two wireless microphones, lighting effects, a Pioneer or Denon console and speakers from RCF or Electro-Voice.
Add-on
At the retro phone, guests record their congratulations on tape, and after the celebration I edit the recordings into a finished audio file for you.
Enquire →I reply to your enquiry within 24 hours, and we stay in constant contact until the wedding day.
We clarify requests and no-gos straight away in the initial conversation, and then I coordinate details with your venue and the other service providers.
Open Format
I blend disco classics, nineties hits and current charts, and what gets played is decided by the mood of your guests, not by a rigid list.
I arrive about two hours before the start, set everything up calmly, check the sound and take it all down myself after the party. 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 elevators) the setup takes around 40 minutes.
Outdoor
For the entrance, the exchange of rings and the exit of a celebrant-led ceremony, my music works without a mains cable; a powerful battery carries the entire ceremony.
If you want a photo station, live music, uplights and an audio guest book together, you get everything from a single source, and I take care of the coordination.
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 27Yes, because my speakers run on a battery, so there is no cable to the house. I will check with the venue operator beforehand whether you are allowed to set up equipment outdoors.
Whether in the courtyard or on the vineyard slope: I take care of the music for the entrance, the ring exchange and the exit, and you choose the songs with me in our preliminary talk. Because I do not need a mains connection, the location does not matter; whether a ceremony is allowed there is something you clarify with the operator.
With one look around the room I can see which tables are not dancing yet, and I pick the track that brings movement exactly there. I combine soul, disco, chart hits and Schlager in my edits so the generations get up one after another. Songs that should not be played, you note down for me beforehand.
That works: from my network I can provide you with vocals, saxophone, violin or percussion who play along to my set. In which phase the performance works best, I will discuss with you in the video call.
I will still come and set up a small system for you. My standard package covers celebrations of up to about 150 people, and I only need power at a single spot.
Get in touch as soon as you know the date, because Saturdays in late summer in particular are booked early. About six months of lead time is comfortable; whether the day is open with me, you will find out within a day.
Listen & Watch
Even more options
If you would like live music for the champagne reception or the ceremony, I can arrange saxophone, vocals, percussion or violin for you. We will discuss in good time when the performance works best.
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Sparkling wine reception · First dance
A saxophone at the aperitif in the courtyard gives the reception a soft, elegant start, especially as the evening turns to dusk.
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Party peak · energy on the dance floor
After dessert, percussion gives the beat more punch, and the dance floor fills almost by itself.
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Entrance · special moments
With live vocals your wedding gets the glamour of a concert evening, and in the party phase your guests sing along at the microphone.
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Ceremony · bride's entrance
A violin accompanies your entrance with a solemn sound and gives the meal the feel of a gala evening.
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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 your wedding in Konz, Schweich and Saarburg and bring my own equipment. If your venue is elsewhere in the Trier region, the list of places further down will help you.
To start, you tell me when and where you are celebrating and how many guests are coming. Afterwards we talk about music, schedule and the moments that matter to you in a video call, and a few days before the celebration we go through everything one last time.
Map section around Trier with Konz, Echternach, Grevenmacher, Schweich, Wasserbillig, Newel, Föhren, Welschbillig, Kenn, Osburg, Fell, Tawern. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Ballermann, après-ski, schlager hits?
A few songs here and there if it suits the mood – no problem.
But build a whole evening on them? That's not my thing.
There are DJs who can and want to do that.
There are specialists for it.
Nothing against them.
But it's not what I do.
I'm a specialist in live mixing at demanding events.
For people who understand that music is a craft.
Precise transitions.
The right track at the right moment.
Not just pressing play.
If that doesn't suit you – then I'm not the right person. And that's okay.
If it does – I'd love to.
Contact
Get in touch if you want the music of your wedding day in reliable hands, and together we will design an evening that carries through to the last song. If you want to marry on a Saturday in summer, write early; otherwise three to six months is usually enough.
How would you like to enquire?
Both are non-binding – you can add more details at any time.
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Honest answers about weddings, planning and music – from over 650 weddings I've played.
