The Wool Factory Wedding DJ

Historic Woolen Mills

The venue preserves the industrial character of Charlottesville’s Historic Woolen Mills while providing a refined setting for modern weddings, celebrations, and private events.

Flexible Event Capacity

The Wool Factory advertises spaces for events ranging from intimate groups to large celebrations. The Entire Main Hall can seat up to 360 guests, while its broader event configurations can accommodate larger standing gatherings.

Close to Downtown

Located less than two miles from Downtown Charlottesville, The Wool Factory combines an accessible city location with historic architecture, outdoor spaces, and a distinctive industrial style.

Ceremony Lawn

The Ceremony Lawn provides an outdoor setting for wedding vows and can seat up to 250 guests according to the venue. A dedicated ceremony system can support music, microphones, vows, readings, and the recessional.

• Prelude and guest-arrival music
• Wedding-party processional
• Couple’s entrance music
• Officiant microphone support
• Vow and reading audio
• Recessional and post-ceremony music

Outdoor Courtyard

The courtyard provides an outdoor gathering area that can support cocktail hour and guest conversation. Separate audio coverage can maintain the atmosphere while reception equipment remains prepared inside the Main Hall.

• Personalized cocktail-hour music
• Independent volume control
• Music appropriate for conversation
• Compact secondary sound options
• Smooth transition into the reception

The Main Hall

The showpiece Main Hall preserves the building’s original industrial aesthetic while providing flexible room for dinner, formal moments, and dancing. The Entire Main Hall can seat up to 360 guests.

• Wedding-party introductions
• First dance and family dances
• Wireless microphones for toasts
• Dinner music and formal announcements
• Professional reception sound
• Dance-floor entertainment

Main Hall West

Main Hall West provides a smaller configuration for celebrations that do not require the Entire Main Hall. The venue lists seating for up to 150 guests in this portion of the property.

Sound and lighting placement can be adapted to the specific configuration selected by the couple and approved by the venue.

Broadcloth Restaurant

Broadcloth offers flexible layouts and seating for up to 53 guests, with cocktail configurations for up to 75. It can provide an elevated setting for intimate wedding events and private meals.

Broadcloth Private Dining

The private dining room offers an intimate setting for gatherings of up to 16 seated guests. It may be appropriate for private dinners or smaller wedding-weekend moments.

The Workshop Loft

The Workshop Loft seats up to 30 guests and provides another distinctive setting for intimate gatherings, rehearsal events, or wedding-weekend hospitality.

In-House Catering

The Wool Factory provides in-house event catering led by its culinary team. Dinner timing, speeches, formal dances, and reception transitions can be coordinated around the confirmed service plan.

Included Event Furnishings

The venue lists dishware, glassware, flatware, and furniture among its available event inclusions. Couples should confirm the exact items included with their selected package.

Versatile Layout Options

The industrial spaces can support a variety of seating and event configurations. DJ placement should preserve guest pathways, sightlines, catering access, and the intended dance floor.

Primary Ceremony Plan

We prepare for the ceremony location selected by the couple and approved by The Wool Factory, including speaker placement, microphones, music cues, and power considerations.

Rain-Plan Readiness

If weather requires a location change, the final plan should be confirmed with the venue and planner. We adapt the audio setup to the approved alternative whenever operationally possible.

Equipment Protection

Audio and lighting equipment cannot remain exposed to rain, severe wind, or unsafe conditions. Appropriate cover and secure placement are essential parts of the production plan.

No Venue Power Required

Our battery-powered ceremony equipment provides flexibility for the Ceremony Lawn or another approved location where traditional electrical access may be inconvenient.

Clear Vows and Readings

Proper microphone planning helps guests hear the officiant, personal vows, readings, and other ceremony elements without distracting from the moment.

Precisely Timed Music

We organize the selected ceremony songs and cues in advance, then follow the processional order so each entrance receives the correct music.

Your Wedding DJ

Your wedding music should reflect your story. We use your preferences, must-play songs, do-not-play requests, special dances, traditions, and guest profile to create a personalized musical direction.

• Personalized music planning
• Must-play and do-not-play selections
• Ceremony and reception music
• Special-dance preparation
• Clean music when requested
• Cultural and family traditions
• Guest requests based on your preferences

Your Wedding MC

A professional MC helps guests understand what is happening without taking attention away from the couple. Announcements are planned around the timeline and delivered with appropriate energy.

• Wedding-party introductions
• Newlywed introduction
• Special-dance announcements
• Dinner and toast transitions
• Cake-cutting announcements
• Dance-floor invitations
• Final-song and send-off guidance

Before Your Wedding

• Review ceremony and reception plans
• Discuss the confirmed Wool Factory spaces
• Organize ceremony songs and entrance order
• Review wedding-party names and pronunciation
• Confirm special dances and formal moments
• Build must-play and do-not-play lists
• Discuss lighting and enhancement options
• Review the entertainment timeline
• Confirm important venue requirements

During Your Wedding

• Prepare and test entertainment equipment
• Manage planned ceremony music cues
• Provide clear and concise announcements
• Support the flow of formal events
• Coordinate important transitions
• Monitor volume throughout the celebration
• Read the crowd and adapt the music
• Communicate with the wedding team
• Keep the celebration moving naturally

Venue Coordination

Arrival, load-in, equipment placement, sound levels, enhancement locations, breakdown, and timing are planned around The Wool Factory’s current requirements.

Catering and Planner Coordination

We follow the confirmed timeline while coordinating formal announcements, dinner transitions, speeches, and dances with the professionals managing the event.

Photography and Video Awareness

Before announcing major moments, we help allow the photographer and videographer time to prepare whenever possible, supporting smoother coverage and better documentation.

Music With Purpose

Song choices are guided by your vision and the energy inside the Main Hall. We connect generations and musical styles while protecting your must-play and do-not-play preferences.

Natural Reception Energy

The celebration should not feel forced. We use pacing, transitions, and music selection to invite participation and help the dance floor develop naturally.

Your Kind of Celebration

Whether you want a modern formal reception, a high-energy party, or a balance between the two, we shape the entertainment around the experience you want your guests to have.

Intelligent Spotlighting

Intelligent spotlighting can draw attention to introductions, special dances, cake cutting, and other planned moments while adding a polished visual element to the reception.

Wireless Uplighting

Uplighting adds color and depth to approved areas of the Main Hall. Colors can complement the wedding palette, historic surfaces, and industrial architecture.

Dance-Floor Lighting

Dynamic lighting adds movement and energy after formal moments are complete. The lighting can develop alongside the music and reception energy.

Custom Monogram

A personalized monogram can display names, initials, or a custom design on an approved surface, creating a visual detail unique to the couple.

Dancing on a Cloud

A low-lying cloud effect can create a romantic setting for the first dance and memorable photographs. Use is subject to venue approval and appropriate placement.

Cold-Spark Effects

Cold-spark effects may add a dramatic accent to selected moments. Use depends on venue authorization, fire-safety requirements, site conditions, and approved placement.

Photo Booth

An interactive photo booth gives guests a fun reception activity while creating candid photographs and shareable keepsakes.

Video Guestbook

A video guestbook allows friends and family to record personal messages, congratulations, stories, and advice in their own voices.

Personalized Videos

Personalized video experiences can add another meaningful visual element to the celebration and help tell the couple’s story.

Setup and Equipment Placement

• Confirm ceremony and reception locations
• Plan safe speaker and equipment placement
• Maintain clear guest and catering pathways
• Protect equipment from outdoor weather
• Confirm load-in and breakdown requirements
• Review enhancement locations in advance
• Position equipment around the approved layout

Venue Rules and Approval

Sound levels, electrical access, production effects, equipment placement, arrival times, and event end times remain subject to The Wool Factory’s current policies.

Couples should verify venue-specific requirements directly with The Wool Factory. We then adapt the entertainment plan to those confirmed requirements.

Personalized Service

Your wedding should never feel like someone else’s template. Music, announcements, timing, lighting, and enhancements are planned around your priorities.

Over 30 Years of Experience

More than three decades of entertainment experience helps us prepare carefully, communicate clearly, and respond professionally when a live celebration changes.

Licensed and Insured

Sarah’s Choice Entertainment is licensed and insured, helping couples and wedding professionals work with an established entertainment company.

Complete Wedding Coverage

We can support the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception with separately planned audio instead of focusing only on dancing.

Professional MC Service

Clear, polished announcements help guide the reception while keeping attention where it belongs: on the couple and their guests.

Meaningful Entertainment

Our purpose is not simply to play music. It is to help create a wedding that feels personal, joyful, and unforgettable.

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The Wool Factory

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