Sunshine Coast SoundCoolum, Sunshine Coast

18ths, 21sts, 30ths, 40ths, 50ths, engagements, anniversaries, bar and bat mitzvahs

Sound and lighting for milestone parties.

A system set up for the speeches first, then the dance floor. Uplighting in your colours, festoon over the tables, speakers aimed at the dancing rather than the neighbours.

Speeches first, then the dance floor

Every milestone party has a speeches half and a dancing half, and hired speakers usually serve one badly. The toasts are muffled or squealing; then the music is thin and everyone stands around it.

We set the room up for the speeches first — a wireless microphone that works from any table, a level that reaches the back without shouting at the front — then the same system, with a sub, becomes the dance floor. Uplighting shifts from warm dinner colours to something deeper when the first song drops, and the neighbours hear less than you'd think because the speakers are aimed at the dancing, not the fence.

Backyard or marquee party at night: uplit in a rich colour, festoon overhead, people dancing, speakers tidy at the edge. Landscape. Hero shot.mile-01-marquee-party.jpg

The occasions

18ths and 21sts

A dance floor that actually goes, a mic for the embarrassing speech, and a wind-down time agreed with the parents. Lighting that makes the photos.

30ths, 40ths and 50ths

Toasts that everyone hears, a playlist with the right decade in it, and a party that's loud where it matters and civil at the boundary.

Engagements

A smaller wedding, a year early. Speeches, a slideshow if you want one, and a system that can carry a live musician.

Anniversaries and retirements

Speeches first, dancing second, a screen for the photos in between, and a microphone that gets passed round the tables.

Bar and bat mitzvahs

A mic for the blessings and speeches that carries to every table, music for the hora with some weight behind it, and lighting that moves from dinner to dance floor. We've run the sequence before and ask about it up front.

Surprise parties

Set up quietly and early, music ready to hit on the word, and an operator who understands the timing matters more than anything.

Someone mid-toast with a wireless handheld, guests at tables listening and laughing, warm uplighting behind. Landscape, candid.mile-02-toast.jpg
Dance floor in a hall or marquee with colour wash and a moving light beam, guests as silhouettes, sub visible at the edge. Landscape.mile-03-dancefloor.jpg
Detail: uplit garden hedge or marquee wall in a strong colour with festoon above, no people. Portrait.mile-04-uplit-garden.jpg

Neighbours

The complaint every backyard party fears is mostly a placement problem. Speakers aimed at the dancing rather than the street, a sub that fills the yard instead of the neighbourhood, and a level that's set by someone listening from the boundary rather than the DJ booth. We set it that way, agree a wind-down time with you, and leave a number for the neighbours if you want one.

Speeches firstWireless mic from any table, no squeal, level set for the back row.
Then the floorSub and lights arrive when the first song drops, not during dinner.
Wireless lightingBattery uplights and festoon: no cables across the lawn, gone by morning.
Neighbour-awareAimed and levelled from the boundary, wind-down time agreed in advance.

Packages and prices

Fixed prices, GST included, delivered and set up. Most parties are the middle one.

Speeches and playlist

$590inc GST, delivered, set up, collected

  • Two Meyer speakers, tuned to the space
  • Wireless microphone for the toasts
  • Playlist from your phone or laptop, proper fades
  • Six battery uplights in your colour
  • Set up before guests arrive, collected next morning
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Dance floor party

$1,190inc GST, delivered, set up, collected

  • Two Meyer speakers and a sub
  • Two wireless mics for the MC and the toasts
  • Inputs for your DJ, or our playlist with fades
  • Twelve uplights plus dance-floor lighting
  • Festoon over the outdoor tables
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The big one

From $1,890inc GST, with an operator all night

  • Everything in the dance floor party
  • Operator running speeches, music and lighting
  • Band-ready: wedges, DI boxes, mic kit
  • Screen for the slideshow
  • Pack-down the same night if the venue needs it
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Extras: a DJ we trust, a live musician's set-up, a haze machine where the venue allows it, a gobo with a name or a number on the wall, a second mic for karaoke, and a lit path from the car park. Just want two speakers and a mic for a backyard? That's the Party Kit at $340.

Where we set up

Backyards and decks from Noosa to Caloundra, surf clubs and bowls clubs, community halls, hinterland sheds and barns, marquees on the lawn, and function rooms that were never built for a party. We're based in Coolum and travel is built into the quote.

Booking it

Send the date, the venue, rough numbers and what kind of night it is. You'll have a written quote back within a day, we'll confirm a set-up time that suits the caterers, and on the night the only thing you'll think about is the speech.

Common questions

Do we need a DJ or can we run a playlist?

A well-built playlist through a proper system works for most parties; we set it so tracks fade rather than stop. Want someone reading the room? We can supply a DJ or plug yours in.

What about the neighbours?

Placement does most of the work: aimed at the dance floor and away from the fence, levelled from the boundary, with a wind-down time agreed in advance.

Can you do a backyard or a marquee?

Yes, that's most of this work. Battery uplighting, festoon, a covered spot for the speakers and a rain plan agreed at set-up.

Is a bar or bat mitzvah different?

Only in the running order. A mic for the blessings and speeches, music for the hora with some weight, and lighting that moves from dinner to dance floor.

Do you stay for the party?

The smaller packages are set up, tested with you and collected in the morning. The big one comes with an operator all night.

Get a quote

Date, venue, numbers, and whose party it is. A written quote comes back within a day.