Nico Arden

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Golden hourWedding set

Wedding & event DJ · Chicago

I read the room. Any room.

Weddings, private parties and corporate nights, mixed live, with a Saturday club residency.

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Mixes

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Wedding

Golden hour

Soul, disco edits and warm house for dinner and drinks.

A bride dancing with her guests under string lights

Wedding

First dance to floor

The hour after the first dance, when the floor fills and stays full.

Nico at the decks in a dark club, one headphone to his ear

Club night

Saturday residency

Warm house from my Saturday residency, recorded live.

A packed club dance floor under warm spotlights, seen from behind the decks

Club night

Late set

After midnight: deeper and faster, for the people who stay.

Private party

Rooftop

Sunset to dark for a private rooftop birthday.

Close-up of Nico’s hands on the decks by candlelight

Corporate

After hours R&B

Slow R&B and soul for cocktail hours and launch nights.

Packages

Three ways to book me.

2027 dates are open. June and September Saturdays book first.

Full details

A couple's first dance under string lights with guests watching

The evening

5 hours · From $1,350

Reception to last song

MC announcements and timeline

Dance-floor lighting

Your must-play and do-not-play lists

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Nico playing beside the aisle at a garden ceremony

The whole day

9 hours · From $2,450

Ceremony music and wireless mics

Drinks and dinner sets

Everything in the evening package

A second sound setup outdoors

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Guests dancing on the lawn at a garden party at night

Private parties

3 hours · From $950

Private and corporate events

Background music to dance floor

Wireless mic for speeches

Lighting on request

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Reviews

The night, in their words.

4.9 out of 5 from 63 couples and planners

What Priya and Sam danced toFirst dance to floor · 25 second preview

Saturday residency

Where new music gets tested.

Every Saturday from ten, plus guest sets out of town. Promoters can grab the press kit on the club nights page.

Two years in residence · 41 weddings in 2025

Sat 7 Nov

Saturday residency

Halloway Cellar, Chicago

Tickets

Fri 13 Nov

Guest set

Larkfield Social, Milwaukee

Tickets

Sat 21 Nov

Saturday residency

Halloway Cellar, Chicago

Tickets

Club nights and press kit

Saturday residency

Where new music gets tested.

Every Saturday from ten, plus guest sets out of town. Promoters can grab the press kit on the club nights page.

Two years in residence · 41 weddings in 2025

Sat 7 Nov

Saturday residency

Halloway Cellar, Chicago

Tickets

Fri 13 Nov

Guest set

Larkfield Social, Milwaukee

Tickets

Sat 21 Nov

Saturday residency

Halloway Cellar, Chicago

Tickets

Club nights and press kit

Questions

Before you book.

A packed reception in a brick warehouse at dusk, with Nico at the decks by the tall windows

Is your date still open?

Send the date, venue, hours, guests and a rough budget. I reply within one working day.

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