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Stilt walkers, aerialists, dancers, surprise-and-delight acts.
Modern Era Weddings non-traditional entertainment replaces the standard reception format with curated live experiences: comedian hosts, game-show emcees, surprise musician reveals, silent disco setups, roaming LED performers, and fully scripted interactive formats. Our team has designed more than 40 non-traditional reception programs since 2020, available across Florida, Pittsburgh, and destination markets.
Curated performers who break up the timeline with a moment guests won't stop talking about. Quoted per act based on talent and travel.
Fill out a short inquiry form with your date, venue, and vision. It takes less than two minutes and we respond within 24 hours.
A lead producer calls to cover your timeline, music preferences, lighting goals, and any multi-day or destination plans.
You get an interactive proposal with DJ options, full package details, and optional add-ons. Pick what fits your day and your budget.
A digital contract and retainer payment locks in your team. We handle every production detail from there.
We believe every celebration deserves something unforgettable. As a leader in non-traditional event entertainment, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life.
We create immersive guest experiences such as hosting contests or games, incorporating roaming performers, or producing showstopper moments with cold-spark sendoffs and CO2 cannon entrances.
From concept to execution, our team curates entertainment that transforms weddings into once-in-a-lifetime memories.
We seek out the unexpected. Our team curates programs, performers, and creative acts that blend seamlessly into your wedding's personality.
From interactive games to immersive performances, we specialize in bringing big ideas to life. If it makes your guests laugh, dance, cheer, or tear up in joy, it belongs at a Modern Era wedding.
If it fits your story, we'll find a way to produce it. Tell us the big idea, our team will figure out how to bring it to life.
Modern Era Weddings uses day-rate pricing rather than hourly billing — your DJ, photo, and video packages cover unlimited hours on the day of your event. Photo booth packages run a fixed 5 hours of active rental time (additional hours are available as an upgrade). Pricing depends on the artist or DJ you choose, venue location, equipment needs, and whether the service is part of a multi-event Signature Wedding Weekend. Every couple receives a custom quote within 24 hours of submitting a consultation request.
This service is available throughout Southwest Florida (Naples, Marco Island, Sarasota, Tampa, Fort Myers), the Florida Keys (Upper Keys: Key Largo & Islamorada; Middle Keys: Marathon & Duck Key; and Key West), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Hudson Valley and Finger Lakes regions of New York. Travel is also available for destination weddings in the Berkshires, the Poconos, the DC metro, and nationwide.
For peak season (October-May in Florida, May-October in Pittsburgh) we recommend booking 9 to 12 months in advance. Off-season and short-notice bookings are accepted when availability allows.
Our non-traditional entertainment roster includes aerialists, LED dancers, stilt walkers, champagne servers, live painters, caricaturists, magicians, and surprise-and-delight acts. Each is curated to break up the timeline with a moment guests won't stop talking about.
Yes. Stilt walkers (often as roving champagne servers during cocktail hour) and aerialists (silks, lyra, and acro performers for ceremony or reception centerpieces) are both regular bookings, subject to the venue having appropriate ceiling rigging and load-bearing capacity for aerial work.
A live wedding painter sets up an easel during the ceremony or cocktail hour and produces a finished painting of the moment by the end of the reception. Caricaturists work a station during cocktail hour and reception, producing personalized sketches guests take home as favors.
Most non-traditional acts are curated from a vetted partner network rather than full-time Modern Era roster, but every act is booked through us and contracted into your wedding production. You get a single point of contact for the entire entertainment line-up.
Non-traditional acts are quoted per act based on the talent, set length, and travel. There's no set per-hour rate — a stilt-walking champagne service is priced very differently from a 10-minute aerial centerpiece routine.
Modern Era Weddings uses day-rate pricing rather than hourly billing. Standard wedding DJ packages typically start around $2,500 and scale up with add-ons such as elevated lighting, photo booths, ceremony coverage, and live musicians. Multi-day Signature Wedding Weekend packages are quoted custom based on the number of events. Every package includes a professional emcee, premium sound, unlimited planning consultations, and our online planning portal.
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