Our Roots

The essence of our Louisville wedding DJ business came from the love of music and passion for entertainment. We are a value-based company priced with integrity! We put 100% of our heart into every event. We are continually referred by many Kentuckiana businesses, schools, and event planners. Our satisfied clientele includes Lake Forest Country Club, Louisville Boat Club, Harmony Landing Country Club, Hunting Creek Country Club, Owl Creek Club, Texas Roadhouse, Humana, University of Louisville, HMS Maritime, and wedding planners Melinda Leach, Jaclyn Journey, and Shannon Fehr.

Our roots are local, and we have entertained in just about every venue in the Louisville area. Our experience spans from 14 years as Sunday night DJ at Captains Quarters and Molly Malone‘s to weddings at the Rathskeller, the Olmsted, the Brown, the Henry Clay, the Gramercy, the Yew Dell Gardens, and the Gheens Foundation. The list goes on with well over 700 weddings under our belt. Last year we were ask to Emcee and DJ for an event in the AT&T Dallas Cowboy Stadium!

We have a great reputation for packing the dance floor, excellent sound systems and light shows, and DJs who are experienced and professional. We keep things moving at a good pace and truly energize the room when the time is right.

Why Us?

Entertainment is a large part of the success of your reception and you only have one chance to get it right, so I am very selective with the DJs that work for my company. It takes a DJ who has skill and competence to get your crowd to the dance floor and keep them there!

To raise the temperature to full blast takes a special blend of music knowledge, a sense of timing, and, most importantly, the passion of an artist. Our DJs will also help you move through all of the important wedding day traditions from the bridal party introduction and cake cutting to the first and last dances. We make sure to move through each special moment at a smooth pace.

We will help plan and organize your reception so that from the moment your guests walk through the door, we can create the feeling that your party is going to be a smash: up-tempo, feel-good music, gorgeous lighting, artistic video, monograms, and all your decorations and spangle! Good food! Good people! Great music! Smashing!

With over 20 years of experience entertaining at over 700 weddings, we have the confidence, energy, and enthusiasm needed to give your reception a natural, comfortable feel.

We look forward to working with you!

Sincerely, Mike Ballard

Other Events

Bar Mitzvahs

Birthdays

Anniversaries

Graduations

Corporate Events

Schools

Clubs

Bands & Musicians

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What Our Brides and Grooms Say

Mike Ballard and the staff at Lightwave Entertainment were wonderful. We hired Lightwave to DJ our wedding ceremony and reception. DJ Tim Curtis was professional, fun, and a perfect match for us! We couldn't have been more pleased with their services. Thank you Tim and Mike!

Alexandra, Married on 10/08/2016

We hired Lightwave for our wedding and we couldn’t be happier! They made our night SOOO much fun. Tons of dancing, our entire dance floor was jam packed ALL NIGHT. We got so many compliments and everyone was so impressed! Mike was very professional throughout the entire planning process. We met with a few DJs before having the pleasure to meet Mike, and he was by far the most prepared, and experienced. We couldn’t have made a better decision. We highly recommend hiring him for your DJ needs. You will not be disappointed!

Matthew, Married on 04/28/2018

Mike did a fantastic job. He was professional, prompt, responsive, and so much fun! He took every crazy, last minute request we threw his way and rolled with it. He accommodated all of our requests and had the party rocking all night long. It was everything we could have asked for on our wedding day and we plan to refer all of our friends to Lightwave!

Taylor, Married on 04/07/2018

I would recommend Mike Ballard a million times over! Awesome personality, and very laid back. He responded promptly with all of my questions prior to our wedding reception and was very open to suggestions but also knows what he is doing so you really can just let him do his thing and it will be awesome!! Very versatile. I had multiple guests comment on how much they loved the DJ at our wedding reception and I also saw him at a Church Halloween party and he had them dancing all night long as well! Thank you Mike for making our wedding reception one that no one will ever forget!

Sheena, Married on 05/13/2017

Mike is YOUR guy! He went above and beyond for our wedding! My 4 year old loves plugging things in so he took the time to let him help set up, he even prepared to step in when our ceremony musician was running late, did the sound for the ceremony, accommodated all reception requests - played all our special songs, and completely covered all announcements so we didn't have to worry about a thing. Every guest was on the dance floor at some point - even had our 80+ year old Grandmother movin'! Truly can't say enough how great he was; you NEED him at your wedding!

Alexandra McElwain

Our reception was so so fun! Prince did an amazing job and it was by far the best night of our lives! Thanks so much to Lightwave.

Holly Rice

Music is everything to me, ironically it was the last decision I made on our wedding. I think that worked out that way for a reason because it led me to a referral to Mike Ballard & Lightwave Entertainment. Our first phone call I knew that he was going to be our DJ for our big day. We hit it off well on our first meeting and the day/night went just as I had hoped and expected it would! He was very professional, prepared, organized and kept the dance floor full consistently! We had the best time the night of our wedding & thank you Mike Ballard for being a part of it all! We highly recommend Lightwave Entertainment for all your DJ/Music needs

Heidi Harms

The Wedding Package

Two 3-way 1000 watt jbl professional speakers
Two 18” JBL subwoofers
Ten led lights dmx controlled for the dance floor
Fifteen uplights for the venue perimeter (turns your room into a color)
Pro DJ/Emcee/Coordinator
Four hours of music
All songlists/music planners and music collaboration meetings
$1625.00
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Optional Services

Photobooth

Uplighting

12ft Video Screen

Contact Us

Phone:

502-643-6776

Address:

756 Woodland Hills Drive
Taylorsville, KY 40071

Email:

lwavedj@yahoo.com

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday
10:00am-7:00pm

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