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The Lotos Club partners with EMG as their recommended entertainment provider, offering consistent quality and memorable events.
Featured Venues
The Lotos Club partners with EMG as their recommended entertainment provider, offering consistent quality and memorable events.
The Lotos Club
A venue’s recommendation reflects the trust they place in EMG’s professionalism, value, and exceptional service. The Lotos Club named us as their recommended entertainment partner, which highlights a shared commitment to quality and confidence in the experience we bring to every event.
What Entertainment Works Best at The Lotos Club?
The Lotos Club is EMG’s NYC homebase, a beautiful brownstone with many distinct rooms, the Library, the Ballroom, the Grill Room, and more, that’s equally suited to corporate conferences, small weddings, and private parties. EMG is the exclusive in-house AV team for events here, including for celebrities and heads of state, and we recommend a smaller sound system paired with uplighting to match the club’s intimate, historic character. The conversation about what fits your event is always free.
Summary
- Recommended format: a smaller, refined sound system tailored to the room’s scale, not a large production setup
- Lighting: uplighting recommended to complement the club’s historic architecture
- Setting: a beautifully restored 1900 brownstone with multiple distinct rooms, Library, Ballroom, Grill Room, Tennyson Room, and Wedgwood Suite
- EMG is the exclusive in-house AV team at The Lotos Club, working events for celebrities and heads of state
Why We Love The Lotos Club
The Lotos Club is EMG’s NYC homebase. It’s a beautifully restored brownstone built in 1900, with a genuine variety of rooms, the Library, the Ballroom, the Grill Room, the Tennyson Room, and the Wedgwood Suite, each with its own scale and character. The club hosts everything from corporate conferences to small, intimate weddings and private parties, and EMG is the exclusive in-house AV team handling events here, including for celebrities and heads of state. That kind of standing relationship means we know exactly how to tailor sound and lighting to a room this historic and this intimate.
What Entertainment Works Best at The Lotos Club
Because The Lotos Club’s rooms are elegant and comparatively intimate rather than cavernous ballrooms, a smaller, more refined sound system is the right call here rather than a large production setup built for a 300-person ballroom. Uplighting is a strong complement to the architecture throughout the club, bringing out the paneling, moldings, and historic detail in the Library and Ballroom without overwhelming the room. As the exclusive in-house AV team, EMG configures the right scale of equipment for whichever room a couple or client books, from the Wedgwood Suite’s more intimate footprint to the larger Ballroom.
Ceremony Music at The Lotos Club
A string duo or string trio is well suited to the intimate scale of The Lotos Club’s rooms, whether the ceremony takes place in the Library or one of the smaller parlors. A solo violinist or classical guitarist also works well for a quieter, more intimate ceremony moment.
Cocktail Hour Music at The Lotos Club
The Library at The Lotos Club, with its paneled walls and historic character, is a beautiful setting for a jazz trio or solo pianist during cocktail hour. An acoustic duo also works well for couples who want a quieter, more conversational atmosphere.
Reception Entertainment Options
DJ: Works well with a smaller, club-appropriate sound system, with an event host who can read the room without overpowering the more intimate scale of the space.
Hybrid: A good option for couples who want a touch of live instrumentation, like a saxophone, layered into a scaled-down DJ setup.
Smaller Sound System: Our top recommendation across The Lotos Club’s rooms, tailored to the intimate, historic character of the space rather than built for a large ballroom.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a band or DJ better at The Lotos Club?
Given the intimate scale of the club’s rooms, a DJ or hybrid setup with a smaller, tailored sound system tends to be the better fit compared to a full band, which can overwhelm the room’s proportions.
What makes EMG's role at The Lotos Club different?
EMG is the exclusive in-house AV team at The Lotos Club, handling events for the club’s members and guests, including celebrities and heads of state. That standing relationship means we know each room’s acoustics and layout in detail, not just on a one-time basis.
Where does cocktail hour take place at The Lotos Club?
Cocktail hour can take place in several of the club’s distinct rooms, including the Library, depending on the size and nature of the event.
Do I need separate ceremony musicians at The Lotos Club?
A string duo or trio is a popular choice for ceremonies in the club’s more intimate rooms, matching the historic, refined character of the space.
What is the most popular entertainment setup for Lotos Club events?
Many clients choose a string duo or trio for the ceremony, a jazz trio or solo pianist for cocktail hour in the Library, and a scaled-down DJ or hybrid setup with uplighting for the reception, tailored to whichever room is booked.
Plan Your Event at The Lotos Club
Every event’s vision is different. Tell us about your event at The Lotos Club and we’ll help you figure out what makes sense.
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"Truly, everything about EMG exceeded our expectations. The talent, the energy, the professionalism — it all came together to create the most unforgettable night. I can’t recommend them enough!"
"The music all day was flawless — the live piano during our ceremony was so elegant and emotional, the sax and piano combo during cocktail hour set the perfect vibe, and the DJ, sax, and drums hybrid at our reception brought the energy to a whole other level. Our guests couldn’t stop talking about how amazing the music was!"
5 E 66th St
5 East 66th Street
A venue’s recommendation reflects the trust they place in EMG’s professionalism, value, and exceptional service. The Lotos Club named us as their recommended entertainment partner, which highlights a shared commitment to quality and confidence in the experience we bring to every event., NY 10065
(212) 737-7100
https://www.lotosclub.org/
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