Karaoke at a wedding is no longer a wild idea. In Montreal, couples mostly use it for the late part of the evening, after dinner and the speeches, when the dance floor is warm and both families are ready to let loose. Karaoke Rental Montreal delivers the equipment to your reception hall, on the island, in Laval, on the South Shore or on the North Shore, sets it up, and comes back for it the next day. No host: the song queue runs on the guests' phones. Here is how couples fit it into their day, and what to sort out with the hall.
Four moments where karaoke fits
- After dinner. The speeches are done, the cake is cut, and karaoke takes over for an hour before the dancing. The parents and grandparents are still there, and a song from the bride to her father lands harder than a long speech.
- Late night. Around 11 pm, the crowd that stays wants to sing. Karaoke becomes the plan for the second half of the night.
- At the rehearsal dinner. The night before, in a restaurant's private room or at the parents' place, with close family only.
- At the shower. A wedding shower in a Brossard basement or an Outremont living room uses the Home Superstar package, reserved for private residences. Up to 20 guests, plugged into the house TV. Details are on the Home package page.
The reception hall: what to settle in advance
For the reception itself, the Event packages apply, whether it is a reception hall in Laval, a hall in the valley in Beloeil, a municipal hall in Mirabel, a neighbourhood hall in Westmount or a restaurant's private room on the Plateau. Before booking, ask the hall four questions:
- Power. You need one or two outlets close to the karaoke corner, ideally beside the dance floor.
- Wi-Fi. The system needs a connection. A hall's Wi-Fi that opens a login page will not work; ask for the guest network or plan on a phone hotspot.
- Access. Loading dock, elevator, stairs, parking, security desk: anything that affects the driver's arrival goes in the booking notes, with the name of the contact at the hall.
- Pickup. The equipment is collected the next day at the arranged time. Confirm the hall is fine keeping it until then, and tell us if they have a firm closing time.
Delivery on the wedding day, pickup the next day
Choose the morning (10 am to 1 pm) or afternoon (1 pm to 5 pm) window. The driver confirms the exact time the week of the wedding, sets everything up, runs the sound test and shows the coordinator or the best man how it works. For a hall on the South Shore, in Laval or on the North Shore, the delivery is planned around bridge traffic. Delivery fees start at $29 and depend on driving time; the delivery areas page gives the ballpark for each municipality, and the exact amount shows with the hall's address.
Two calendar details. Online booking opens six months before the date, often shorter than the wedding planning timeline: set yourself a reminder. And if the celebration continues the next day, a brunch at the parents' place for instance, the equipment can stay an extra day for $199 with an Event package.
Event Superstar: wireless microphones and the 80-inch projector
Both Event packages include the speaker, two microphones, a party light, a 22-inch screen and 67,000+ songs, for a group of up to 40 people around the screen. For a wedding, Event Superstar is the one we recommend, for three reasons: the two wireless microphones move between tables without a cable crossing the dance floor; the 80-inch projector shows the lyrics large enough for the uncles' table at the back to follow along; and the deluxe lights set the mood. At a big wedding, the package's 40 people are the ones still there after 10 pm, and an extra speaker can be added as an option for a large hall. The two packages are compared on the Event packages page.
A DJ-free queue for a bilingual crowd
Nobody has to host. Guests search for their songs on their own phones and add them to the queue, which shows on the screen. Between songs, the couple's playlist plays from Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube, cables included. A simple trick: the newlyweds open with a song picked in advance, then the wedding party keeps the queue alive for the first twenty minutes, until the shyness wears off. After that it runs itself.
At a Montreal wedding, one family sings in French and the other in English, and sometimes a third in Italian or Spanish. The catalogue is built for that: mostly French and English, Québécois classics included, with Spanish, Italian, Korean and other languages. Phone support is available all evening, and a replacement is sent if a fault cannot be fixed remotely.
For booking, two paths. The couple books directly online, by Visa, Mastercard or American Express, up to six months ahead and no less than two days before, on the booking page. Or the hall, the caterer or the planner requests an event quote, approves it by email and pays by invoice through a secure link, with no deposit and a PO number if needed. Either way, put the name of the hall in the booking notes.