Serving Columbus, Ohio, and the neighboring areas, Arch City Lights is a premier event party band providing high energy, fun live music! Playing a mixture of classic soul, motown, funk and dance hits to today’s top 40 and R&B, there’s guaranteed to be a packed dance floor all night long.
Since its founding in 2014, the band has performed at over 150 weddings and events and seeks to provide excellence in entertainment for whatever your event needs might be. With powerful vocals, dynamic musicianship and engaging performance, Arch City Lights is sure to make it a night to remember for years to come!
Services Offered
In addition to a live performance during your reception, they are also well versed to play for your ceremony, offering acoustic or classical music followed by cocktail music where they offer a variety of ensembles. Emcee and DJ services are readily available to keep your timeline on track while taking on live special requests and first dances. They also bring their own lighting/sound setup, so you can eliminate the hassle of working with multiple vendors for your event.
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Steph K wrote a review September 27, 2024
Best band!
Emily and the rest of this incredible band made our wedding (and all the planning) run seamlessly. From their attention to detail, timely responses, a...nswering our 80,000 questions and running our wedding with professionalism and an amazing sound, we would HIGHLY recommend them! Our guests are still raving about Arch City Lights!
Date of wedding: 09-21-2024
Dorothy M wrote a review September 24, 2024
Arch City Lights Kept the Party Going Beyond the Big Day
It’s been one year since Arch City Lights played at our wedding. Since then, we’ve heard from countless friends and family — across the age spec...trum — how much fun they had dancing at our wedding. Not only that, we’ve gone to see Arch City perform locally with friends who saw them at our wedding and wanted to keep the party going! In addition to their incredible talent, they’re also incredibly kind. Emily was easy to work with and very considerate of specific accommodations we requested, even learning a new song for our first dance! Working with such a competent and confident vendor made us feel that way, too. Thank you, Arch City, for helping us to create memories that will last a lifetime for us and our friends and family, too.
Date of wedding: 09-23-2023
John S wrote a review September 11, 2024
Great Experience with Arch City Lights!
We had Arch City Lights for our wedding at The Fives (Columbus, Ohio) and they were amazing. Having a live band was very important to us – and havin...g Arch City Lights was even better, as my wife and I had seen them multiple times while we were dating. We weren’t even sure if they did weddings when we initially started doing our research. Not only are they an amazing wedding band, but they are incredibly thorough, well-prepared, professional, friendly, and flexible. And as others have mentioned, Emily was a great MC throughout the evening. Would strongly recommend!
Date of wedding: 09-07-2024
Grace G wrote a review September 4, 2024
best day ever!
Arch City Lights made our wedding day so unforgettable! They had amazing energy and were so accommodating to our requests. Their set list was truly th...e best and kept they dance floor packed all night!
We requested they learn 3 new songs to their set and they crushed them!
I also want to mention that Emily is an amazing MC for the night too! We received so many compliments afterwards about how great they were! I highly recommend booking them for you wedding or event!
Date of wedding: 08-10-2024
Anita M wrote a review August 15, 2024
Unreal experience! Would book a thousand times over
ACL were absolutely amazing for our wedding day! Every step of the process and on the day itself they were very professional, friendly, kind and extre...mely engaging. They kept the dance floor packed the entire night and it was nonstop fun. My husband was in a band in college and they were kind enough to let his band play two songs to open up the night. They were amazing MCs for the reception as well. If you are musically inclined, like my husband is, picking a band was a very important decision and we absolutely made the right call choosing ACL. I cannot recommend them enough!
Date of wedding: 08-03-2024
Kristin L wrote a review July 29, 2024
Want to throw another wedding just for ACL!
Emily and the ACL Band absolutely killed it at our wedding. Our dance floor was packed all night and so many people came up to us to tell us how amazi...ng they were! They were kind enough to learn 3 new songs that we requested, and even accommodated us asking to have the sax and trumpet out on the dance floor with us for our grand entrance song. Wish we could throw another reception just to have them back! 100% recommend.
Date of wedding: 07-19-2024
Emily R wrote a review June 27, 2024
Amazing band!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for making our day so special!!! You guys rocked!!!! I can’t tell you how many people told us what a great band you guys were. We ...had a blast!!!!! Thank you thank you!! We loved the cocktail hour too. The selection of music for both the reception and cocktail hour were absolutely perfect, and the energy that you brought to the night was incredible. You were all very professional and made everything for the reception very smooth. Thank you so much!
Date of wedding: 05-11-2024
Christina S wrote a review June 15, 2024
AMAZING!!
Everything we were looking for in our wedding band! Emily made the process so stress-free! They even learned 3 songs of our choosing! Our family an...d friends cannot stop talking about how much fun they had on the dance floor!
Thank you Arch City Lights!!! Wish we could do it all over again!!!
Date of wedding: 06-08-2024
Miranda D wrote a review May 2, 2024
Wonderful Night!
We're so glad we hired Arch City Lights for our wedding! Our number one goal in wedding planning was to give our guests a good time, and this band mor...e than delivered. The reception was an absolute blast, and the band kept the dance floor packed all night. Emily was also a great MC. Throughout the evening people kept coming up to us to tell us how great our band was, and weeks later now we're still receiving compliments and being told how much everyone enjoyed themselves. I may be biased - it was my own wedding, after all! - but I don't think I can overstate how fun and memorable the evening turned out. And of course, this is all thanks to our fabulous band!
Date of wedding: 04-13-2024
Dan R wrote a review March 18, 2024
Wedding Reception-Ceremony Review
Arch City Lights was truly amazing and helped us have a wedding reception that matched the energy and love of our wedding day. The party was nonstop f...rom the first song to the last.
Our guests raved about the band, and the praise is still coming in! They brought energy, enthusiasm, and so much talent. Their repertoire of songs is vast and they learned multiple songs by request. DJ’ed music during breaks kept the party going without losing the crowd or the vibe. They are also flexible and can add brass instruments to accommodate your size and preference needs.
Emily was professional and communicative throughout – from chatting with us for awhile after one of their showcase events, to organizing a shared doc that had all the information we needed – and more we hadn’t even thought of, to checking in multiple times the month before to confirm final details and keep the communication going. Arch City Lights also arranged the string duo for our ceremony music – and they were fantastic. It was incredibly helpful to have all our music needs taken care of through one vendor.
We would recommend them to anyone and will cherish the memories they helped create for a life time. 10/10 band!
Date of wedding: 03-16-2024
Layla W wrote a review January 4, 2024
Everything we hoped for and More!
Emily and the entire Arch City Lights band made our already magical NYE wedding even more perfect! Emily was so communicative leading up to the event ...and really wanted to understand our goals and love for music to make our reception match our style. The day of, they were prompt, professional, and attentive. The talent from this band is unmatched!! Emily's voice is simply incredible and the band's talent and energy were palpable! All of our wedding guests raved about the talent on stage and the fun they had. I think Emily and the band are mostly responsible for the FUN! They did a great job of reading the crowd and keeping the party going until well after midnight for our NYE Wedding Celebration. 5 stars is an understatement. They are FANTASTIC!
Date of wedding: 12-31-2023
Megan O wrote a review November 13, 2023
THE BEST wedding band!
We got married over 8 weeks ago and are still getting compliments on the wedding band! Arch City Lights brought SO much fun, energy, and positivity t...o our special day. They were super responsive and positive throughout the entire planning process, they were flexible when some AV stuff came up with the venue, and they delivered the most fun environment we could've asked for. They are a very talented band, they were open to learning a couple songs that we requested before the wedding, they let us hop up and sing with them at the end of the reception. They are well-connected within the Columbus music scene, so if you want extra horns or whatever they'll always find a way to make things work. 100% recommend Arch City Lights, they will always hold a special place in our hearts and we will definitely keep them in mind for future events!
Date of wedding: 09-16-2023
Brandon B wrote a review November 3, 2023
Blown Away!!!
Emily and the others in Arch City Lights really showed up for our wedding! There's an energy brought to the dance floor when you've got a band up on s...tage playing live music and ACL crushed every single song. Throughout the night, each member had their moment to showcase their skills and each member absolutely killed it! From the sax player to Emily's amazing voice the band was nothing short of spectacular. A sentiment reinforced by the endless compliments passed onto them by our guests that night. Aside from the unforgettable performance by the band, Emily did an wonderful job emceeing our wedding and accommodating any requests we had throughout the night. If you have the opportunity to book Arch City Lights, absolutely do it.
Date of wedding: 10-28-2023
Noah H wrote a review September 24, 2023
Brought our wedding to the next level!
We had Arch City Lights for my wedding band and they really brought the party to the next level!! Out of all vendors and services we were in communica...tion with, they were the most easy to work with. Emily was always quick to respond and made sure all of the boxes were checked off well ahead of time. 10/10 service wise.
When it comes to them as a band, they have such an amazing spectrum of talent. You can tell all of their members are extremely passionate and they all are just as friendly as they are talented. We checked them out a couple months before our wedding at one of their local shows and had a great time listening. They brought even more energy to our wedding. They clearly have as much fun performing as we all did dancing. We hired them for ceremonial strings, jazz for cocktail hour, DJ work for announcing and for music between acts, and our band. They were always open to learning new songs that weren’t on their typical set list as well. 100/10 performance wise.
Whether you’re looking for a fun band to check out one night, or looking for a band to hire for your event, this is your group. I can’t recommend them enough!!
Date of wedding: 07-22-2023
Alessa R wrote a review September 18, 2023
So fun to have them sing at our wedding.
Arch City Lights did an absolutely amazing job performing at our wedding. They were high energy, very talented, and so easy to work with. All our gues...ts commented on how much they loved the band, and it was just so fun to have a live performance during our reception. 10/10 recommend them!
Date of wedding: 09-09-2023
Charles R wrote a review September 2, 2023
Your guests will thank you.
Arch City Lights will rock your wedding night! We continue to receive compliments because of Emily and the entire band. They are awesome! They were ea...sy to communicate with, custom-curated not only their setlist, but the entire performance and even learned a song that we could dance to privately before the end of the night. Arch City Lights brings the energy! We wanted our guests to leave our celebration with big smiles, full bellies and tired feet. Arch City Lights helped make that possible.
Date of wedding: 07-15-2023
Lexie W wrote a review July 29, 2023
So fun!
We loved Arch City Lights! They were so accommodating and quick to respond throughout the whole wedding planning process. Emily walked us through all ...of our options and helped us decide what size band to go with and the desired play time. They even learned 3 songs for us! We would highly recommend them for your wedding!
Date of wedding: 07-01-2023