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Craft Event Bar is a multi-faceted event vendor located in Troy, OH, serving the greater Dayton and Cincinnati area. This vendor offers planning, decor, musical entertainment and atmospheric lighting, as well as signature bar service.

Planning packages are versatile, and even the most basic package comes with more than just day-of coordination. If you’d like to sit back, relax, and watch your big day come together seamlessly, look to Craft Event Bar and Sara Studebaker for full event planning services and elegant decor.

DJ Carolina Carter brings expert musical entertainment to suit all stages of your event, including speakers, microphones, and an experienced MC to keep your guests in the loop as the party unfolds. She’ll work with you directly to customize your playlists so she can move the dance floor with your favorite music.

Craft Event Bar began with bartending service, and continues to offer specialized event bar management. Not only will you get efficient service with a smile, you also gain access to outstanding craft cocktails, batched for rapid service to your guests.

While full coordination with Craft Event Bar is guaranteed to be seamless, you can choose from our services to get just what you need; we're happy to work with all of your vendors. Get in touch with us today to see how we can make your celebration dreams a reality!

Learn more at www.crafteventbar.com

  • Woman-owned

Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for wedding DJ services?

$895

What is included in the starting price?

Consultation
Karaoke
MC
Microphones
Travel Expenses
Sound/PA System

What is the price of your most popular wedding package?

$1,250

What is included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Consultation
Sound/PA System
Karaoke
MC
Microphones
Travel Expenses

What is the starting price for uplighting?

$450

What music genres do you specialize in?

Club
Country
Electronic
Hip Hop
Indie
International
Oldies
Pop
Rock
Top 40

What services do you offer?

Consultation
Do-Not-Play List
Karaoke
MC
One Event Per Day

What additional equipment do you offer?

Microphones
Sound/PA System
Uplighting
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Reviews of Craft Event Bar

4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
9 Reviews
98% recommend it
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  • Professionalism
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  • Value
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    4.9 out of 5 rating
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Craft Event Bar is highly recommended for DJ, Bar, and wedding coordination services. Carly, the event coordinator, is praised for her professionalism, knowledge, and helpfulness throughout the wedding planning process. Reviewers highlight her ability to make adjustments, facilitate a seamless wedding night, play requested music, and provide excellent service. The flexibility of the services, including offering cans instead of kegs for beers, and the reasonable prices are also mentioned as highlights. Overall, customers highly recommend Craft Event Bar for weddings and other events.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Craft Event Bar is highly recommended for DJ, Bar, and wedding coordination services. Carly, the event coordinator, is praised for her professionalism, knowledge, and helpfulness throughout the wedding planning process. Reviewers highlight her ability to make adjustments, facilitate a seamless wedding night, play requested music, and provide excellent service. The flexibility of the services, including offering cans instead of kegs for beers, and the reasonable prices are also mentioned as highlights. Overall, customers highly recommend Craft Event Bar for weddings and other events.

Megan
Megan E. Sent on 09/17/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Great personal touches!

Carly made my life and wedding day so much easier! She has been doing this for quite some time and really knows her stuff! In addition to having great tips on wine pairings and alcohol choices, she also is a wiz with music choices! She was so fun to work with, had a great personality and helped move our wedding reception along in a fun, but organized way. She reached out to me a few days before the wedding just to get the final details and ensure that I didn't have any questions. Then when I (of course) had questions later on, she was available to me via text. She brought us cocktails right after the ceremony ended so we could be refreshed during pictures which was an unexpected but very welcome treat! What a professional, sweet person to work with on your very special (but potentially very stressful, if you don't hire Carly!) day! Thank you so much for making everything perfect!
Ryan
Ryan W. Sent on 06/09/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic!!

We hired Craft Event Bar for our DJ services at on wedding on 6/6/21 and we were not disappointed! I'm a bit of a control freak so I chose all the songs but they were executed perfectly! I had some odd requests and a lot going on and everything was handled great! Our DJ was hilarious and had such a great spirit about her and it fit in perfectly with what we were looking for and what our wedding was! 10/10 would recommend!!
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Katelyn B. Sent on 06/24/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful venue and service!

Carly was super fun and easy to work with. The venue was great allowing us to bring our own alcohol but had awesome bartenders serving. Carly was also the DJ and did great, making for a fun evening. Beautiful venue
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner

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Carly Witmer
Carly Witmer
Owner/Operator

Carly has been working in bars and restaurants since 1997, becoming a bartender in 2004. She has been on staff in Ohio at Michael Anthony's at the Inn in Versailles and was bar manager at The Caroline in Troy. Carly is a life-long beer aficionado and has hosted craft beer tastings since 2007. When not living in Ohio, she has worked as bartender at an oyster shack on Australia's southern coast, and at a popular discotheque in Quito, Ecuador. She tended bar at Slainte Irish Pub in Fells Point, Baltimore, and worked events such as the Preakness and Baltimore Pride festival, where she witnessed the state's first mass wedding for same-sex couples.

Carly is also known as DJ Carolina Carter! After so many years behind the bar, and over 200 weddings where she saw dozens of different DJs and MCs, she finally realized her dream of becoming a wedding DJ herself. One of the only female DJs in Ohio, she takes the best of what she's seen and makes it her own, adding her years of event experience and organization to her passion for music of all genres.

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