Sound Active Events

Sound Active Events runs out of Eastchester and Tuckahoe, inside the county. Its own site claims over 30 years of work. No founding year sits next to that claim, so we print it as the company states it. The venue list is the more checkable part. Four rooms appear as venues the company has worked: Crabtree’s Kittle House and VIP Country Club, Tilly Foster Farm and The Surf Club. Pricing does not appear at all. Reading the site on 11 September 2026 turned up no DJ rate, no lighting rate and no package figure. The company sells well beyond the DJ booth. Lighting, photo booth and videography are on the list, and so are live musicians and corporate AV gear. That is a different kind of business than a solo DJ with a laptop.

Thirty years is claimed and never dated

The site says over 30 years. It does not say 30 years from when, or under which owner, or whether the count includes the corporate AV side of the business. We have no way to check it from the site, so we report the claim and label it as a claim.

Ask for the founding year. It is also worth knowing how many weddings the company covers on a June Saturday, and whether the person you meet is the person who will be in the booth.

Settle what insurance the company carries, and whether it can send a certificate naming your venue. Westchester clubs and hotels request one routinely, and an outfit that also runs corporate AV work usually has it ready the same day.

Four named venues, with no towns attached to them

The site names those four rooms without placing each one, and we are not going to fill that in from memory. Settle which of them the company worked in the last two years and who ran the room.

If your venue has a house sound system and a hard curfew, that history beats a demo reel. Ask how long the load-in takes in that room, and whether the venue has ever restricted the gear they bring. Your on-site contact, should something fail mid reception, should have a name.

Lighting and photo booth are sold as separate lines

Beyond the DJ, the company lists lighting and uplighting and a photo booth. Videography and photography are there, as are bands, ceremony musicians and corporate AV. It also sells flower walls. One vendor covering several jobs can simplify a timeline, and it can also bundle costs in ways that are hard to unpick later.

So unpick them at the quote stage. Ask for a line item price for the DJ alone, then a line item for each add-on. If a bundle discount applies, ask what it is worth in dollars, not in percent of a number you have never seen.