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On Hitched.co.uk since 2020

Last update: November 2023

The Wedding Chaps are a collective of Kent-based wedding DJs: The team of Ben, Harry, Iain and Paul DJ marvellous weddings for fabulous couples all across Kent and the South East. Together they're on a mission to put an end to dull, lifeless wedding entertainment.

Weddings with Va Va Voom!

So, you’re planning a wedding? Like us, you’re passionate about music and want to ensure your wedding party soundtrack is in the hands of someone you can trust to truly rock the party! You want your party to be one your guests will be talking about for years to come.

One that reflects who you are as a couple and featuring some epic moments throughout the night that will keep your guests engaged. You've come to the right place.

Don't settle for average...

No one dreams of hosting an average wedding reception, do they? But with so many DJs to choose from, it would be easy for your wedding to be just like everyone else’s.

The Wedding Chaps don’t do average. As well as working with you to ensure our DJing hits the all-important musical ‘sweet spot’ with you and your guests, we’ll share a whole host of ideas with you that’ll help elevate your party into something truly memorable.

So that’s told you a little about us. We’d love to know more about you and your wedding. Are you planning an Ibiza-inspired wedding reception? Perhaps your vision is a stylish riot of indie anthems? Maybe a festival theme is more your cup of tea? Let's talk!

Services We Offer Couples

  • Superlative DJ entertainment for your wedding reception.
  • All Day music service including pre-ceremony, ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast.
  • Our trademark rustic wooden DJ booths.
  • A range of light-up signs, including rustic wooden L.O.V.E letters and 'Crazy In Love
  • Full venue mood lighting to create the party atmosphere.
  • The legendary Tomfoolery Box or props.
  • The Selfie Wizard captures all your guest's pictures of the day.

Frequently asked questions

What services do you offer?

Ceremony music
Cocktail/banquet music
Dance music
Entertainment
Audiovisuals
DJ

What is included in the wedding package?

We work with couples to put together a bespoke package. So we leave out the stuff you don't want and design something around the stuff you love

How far in advance should I contact you?

The sooner you contact your prospective suppliers, the more you'll have to choose from! It's probably best to ensure you have a confirmed date and venue. Then get in touch and lets share some ideas

What style of music do you offer?

Classical
Lounge
Disco
Jazz
Rock
Latest hits
Pop
Other (Dance, R'n'B, House, 80s, Reggae, Soul, Indie, 60s, 70s, 90s, 00s, 10s, Modern Chart, Drum n' Bass, UK Garage, Hip Hop, Kisstory, Reggaeton, Motown, Ska)

Type of musical group:

DJ

Size of group:

Soloist

Repertoire:

It's important we work with you to plan the music. So we welcome as much or as little input into your wedding soundtrack as you want. We cover a huge range of music and genres

Is it possible to request something that's not in the repertoire?

Absolutely. Tell us about the music you love and why it's important to you. All our couples are encouraged to provide us with their 'must play' tunes. We guarantee to play those on the night

What's your experience?

The Wedding Chaps are all full-time professional wedding DJs with many years or experience

Do you have your own equipment?

Yes

Do you need specific materials or conditions to offer your service?

No

Can you travel?

Yes, mainly the south-east of England but we often travel further afield for the right wedding

Is there a charge for travelling?

No

Do you cover more than one wedding a day?

No

Do you work alone or do you have a team of professionals?

With a team

What is the length of time of the act?

Our services range from evening entertainment through to covering music and hosting for the whole wedding day

How much time do you need to prepare for an act?

Our set-up time is usually between 30 mins to an hour

Do you do open-air acts?

Yes

Do you charge per hour or per event?

Per event

If needed, would you be able to work extra hours?

Yes

How do you charge extra time?

This is discretionary and agreed with the client

What are the forms of payment?

Payment is usually via bank transfer or card payment
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Do you have any questions?

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Reviews for The Wedding Chaps

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Hitched Wedding Awards 2024 Winner
5.0 out of 5 rating
181 reviews
100% recommend it
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Clifford S. Sent on 08/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely fantastic.

Andrew Broughton.......What a fantastic evening. We hired Andrew for our wedding. We spoke about what we wanted and a suggested playlist and he delivered everything to the letter.
We would recommend Andrew to anybody and would hire him again without a second thought.
Cliff and Lorraine
Jasmine
Jasmine P. Sent on 07/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Our experience dealing with Ben Bell of The Wedding Chaps was truly first class.

Ben was not just our wedding DJ, he was a great friend throughout the whole planning process. From the moment we met at a wedding fair, his professionalism and knowledge shone so bright we knew he was the guy!

The services The Wedding Chaps offer are truly one of a kind from crazy wedding breakfast games to orchestrating our sparkler send off, Ben and Jamie were ever present with a smile on their face. But the most amazing part was the incredible wedding planner book they offer to ensure your day runs perfectly with all of your favourite tracks! Ben made every effort to not just discover our favourite music tracks, but to get to know us as a couple and immerse himself in our wedding day. It was like having another friend at our day - he slots into the crowd perfectly whilst simultaneously doing his job.

We are extremely thankful and blessed that we found Ben Bell and would highly recommend his outstanding services to anyone! He’s a legend and will not disappoint you!

Thank you for everything!
Lots of love,
Jasmine and Elliott x
Julian
Julian H. Sent on 21/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A Key Part of our Evening Reception

Ben was instrumental in making our Wedding Reception go perfectly. Working in collaboration with a live band, Ben did so much more than play our favourite songs between the band’s sets. He was a funny and engaging compare, very much the glue that held the whole night together. We can whole heartedly recommend him and he will be at any future family events that require music!
Sian
Sian H. Sent on 07/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Couldn't recommend enough

We cannot recommend Iain enough - he sorted the music for our ceremony, wedding breakfast and all evening, as well as being toastmaster throughout the day. Super professional and friendly, and everything was perfect. Especially recommend the DJ battle - which was not only a highlight for us but for the guests too!
Georgia
Georgia W. Sent on 18/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect evening

Iain hosted our amazing reception and we could not have been happier with his work! The dance floor was full all night and he was very thoughtful with his song choices. So perfect!
Natasha
Natasha Sent on 08/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

You have to book these guys - we had a blast!

10/10 would recommend this supplier - our DJ Iain Baker was such an integral part of our wonderful wedding and it just would not have been the same without him! His knowledge and experience helped us pull together an incredible day of music, fun and games which we will never forget and could not have conceived of ourselves. Iain was with us all day, smoothly managing all the music during the ceremony and drinks, being a charismatic and memorable master of ceremonies, then putting on the best disco either of us have ever been to.

Iain provided a smooth and responsive service in relation to ceremony music, which gave us more options than we ever would have had with a CD/spotify playlist - when the Bride was late, Iain padded things out with tracks that got everyone in the mood for the wedding before switching back to the planned music when she finally showed up!

By the end of the evening Iain had gone from being a supplier to being part of the wedding party. I've never been sadder to say goodbye to someone!

The wedding chaps are a group of DJs who have banded together to share their experiences and knowledge in order to produce top quality wedding entertainment. These guys are way more than just DJs - we went into our first meeting looking for a cheap DJ for the evening reception, and walked out having booked Iain for the entire day, just on the strength of his personality and ideas - he got us so excited for our wedding. If the other wedding chaps are anything like Iain, which I'm sure they are, do not hesitate to book them.

All the additional extras were great value for money and really landed with our guests - all they've spoken about since was how great the disco was, how much fun they had with the inflatable guitars and hats, and how much they enjoyed games such as 'Wed I Lie to You'.

The Wedding Chaps are so experienced and have such an array of ideas, tricks, gimmicks and novelty that you will elevate your big day from a staid, ordinary wedding into a showstopping event that your friends and family will never forget!
Emmaillidge
Emma Sent on 27/04/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Awesome vibe

Harry was fantastic and made everything feel super special. We had an awesome night.
John-Ashley
John-Ashley Sent on 23/04/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Paul & The Chaps brought the magic to the whole day!

Paul was truly fantastic from start to finish. We met him at our local wedding fair and he took the time to explain what he could do for us to help make our wedding memorable and really set up how he worked, how the initial meetings work etc...

I can wholeheartedly recommend them because of their attention to detail. Most DJ's wont meet with you until a few weeks to a month before the wedding. Paul met with us several times during the entire planning process, even taking the time to come with us to the venue and get to know the layout, the systems and the staff to make the setup on the day easier. These meetings, along with their meticulous planning process (which was a lot of fun) meant he got to know us as a couple and what we wanted from our day, meaning he could make our visions reality. It also gave us plenty of time to get to know Paul as well and how he worked.

On the day itself, Paul was prompt to arrive and set up, able to adapt to changes that took place on the day (changes to people / timings) and kept the atmosphere at the right level and pace throughout the full day. Most venue DJ's only work the evening reception but having him there the full day got our guests comfortable talking with him and able to make requests, and likewise Paul was able to really gauge the mood and vibe when lining up the tracks. The dancefloor stayed full all night and all of our guests commented that Paul was fantastic.

Cannot recommend Paul and the Chaps enough. Book them for the full day of your wedding, engage with them fully during the planning, then just sit back and enjoy as your day comes to life with them! He really made things easy for us and kept the day moving smoothly.
Jess
Jess J. Sent on 18/03/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing, outstanding & fun

Iain Dj'd for our wedding this weekend. We booked him to cover the full day, and boooy did he come through!
Throughout all of the planning all the way until the end of the night, we were extremely confident in our choice of DJ.
Not only did he play amazing music but he always made us feel that we werent just another customer. He is very caring and wants to get everything perfect. The extra thoughts and ideas he brought to the table to make the day extra magical for us were awesome.
Even got a cool canvas too 😁
10000% recommending the wedding chaps to everyone at any moment I can.
Thank you so much Iain 🤗💜
From the Viking tribe 🤣
Melissa
Melissa Sent on 03/01/2024
4.8 out of 5 rating

Amazing Night!

Great experience from start to finish! We particularly loved the DJ battle as bride and groom, not entirely sure how I won as the groom’s songs were so much better! We loved our first dance moment and can’t help looking back at the photos and videos.

Thank you for a fantastic night, it is one that we will never forget 🥂
Chloe
Chloe L. Sent on 28/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Out of this world!!

A massive shoutout to Harry at the Wedding Chaps. From our first meeting to Harry taking our survivors photo at the end of our wedding. The whole process was so fun and easy!

Filling out the workbook was so much fun and gave me and my husband the time together to sit down and have a music session on what music we liked and didn’t like. The book also gave us new ideas that we did at our wedding like the Mr and Mrs game, the booze toss and cutting our cake with a sword! Harry was so easy to get in touch with if we needed anything and no question was a stupid question!

We had a final meeting with Harry that helped a lot as well with any last minute questions we had!

The day of the wedding Harry came up to us to say that the reception was all set up and brought us in to see it before anyone else! We had so much fun and Harry made the crowd go wild!! No amount of thank yous will ever be enough for what you did for us!!

We cannot wait to see our survivors photo!

Thank you Harry, you are a legend!!
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Daniel N. Sent on 23/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Harry Kilb - Man, DJ, Legend

Where do I start? We had the absolute pleasure of Harry being the DJ for our wedding at Winters Barns. The whole experience was so easy, stress free and can only be described as going above and beyond. Harry invited us to his address for a meeting and gave us a helpful booklet containing great wedding ideas and music genres. Our personal favourite was the DJ battle, which I would recommend to everybody! We were so impressed by Harry during our meeting that we asked him to be present all day to ensure the music helped keep an atmosphere. Harry maintained contact leading up to the wedding and he clearly reviewed our completed booklet and tailored the music throughout the whole day as per our wishes. Harry mixed some music together for the DJ battle and created some fantastic posters which he put up around the venue during the wedding breakfast. It went down a treat and our guests have been commenting for weeks now about how great Harry was.

Harry you are a legend and I couldn't recommend him enough for anybody looking for an all day DJ. A master of your trade, but more importantly a really nice person. Thank-you for everything Harry and the Wedding Chaps!
Emily
Emily Sent on 20/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Iain fit in so well with our wedding and was the perfect DJ!

Thank you to Iain at the wedding chaps for being so on it at our wedding! Iain arrived in plenty of time to set up our selfie wizard, which went down a hit with almost 200 photos uploaded! The music was absolutely flawless and everything we asked for. The dance floor almost always had someone dancing on it, especially as the night went on. We couldn’t be more happy to recommend Iain and the selfie wizard!
Rosie
Rosie S. Sent on 14/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Bloomin brilliant!

We loved the wedding chaps! We got married 21/10/2023 at winters barns, Canterbury and the music played was perfect!!! Iain had read our booklet and gave us the perfect music to celebrate our marriage! I requested songs I hadn’t put in the booklet and he played them, he didn’t talk too much which was requested (sorry Iain nothing against you haha) and I genuinely loved our party! Absolutely book the wedding chaps
Brian
Brian S. Sent on 07/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

OMG fantastic

Harry kilb!!! What an amazing man. We had him for our toastmaster/dj but he was so so much more. Took every stress off of us and help and guided us the whole day from start to the survivors left on dance floor at the end. We can not recommend him/wedding chaps enough.
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