Featured Venues
Point Pleasant’s Clarks Landing selects EMG as their recommended entertainment partner, ensuring premier music and a seamless guest experience.
Featured Venues
Point Pleasant’s Clarks Landing selects EMG as their recommended entertainment partner, ensuring premier music and a seamless guest experience.
Clarks Landing
A venue’s recommendation reflects the trust they place in EMG’s professionalism, value, and exceptional service. Clarks Landing 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 Clarks Landing Yacht Club?
Clarks Landing Yacht Club in Point Pleasant is one of New Jersey’s top-rated waterfront venues, with a self-playing baby grand player piano in the cocktail space that provides entertainment automatically during cocktail hour, though it can be set to manual for live musicians to play on. The venue has a house sound system that all entertainment vendors need to play through, and DJs and live bands both sound best in the reception space. Elegant Music Group has performed at Clarks Landing Yacht Club, and the conversation about what fits your day is always free.
Summary
- Recommended format: DJs and live bands sound best in the reception space
- Cocktail hour: a self-playing baby grand piano provides automatic entertainment in the Riverview Room; it can also be set to manual for a live pianist
- House sound system: all entertainment vendors must play through the venue’s house system in the reception space
- Setting: a newly renovated waterfront yacht club on the Manasquan River in Point Pleasant, NJ, ranked #1 wedding venue in the US by The Knot and NJ.com
- EMG has personally performed at Clarks Landing Yacht Club
Why We Love Clarks Landing Yacht Club
Clarks Landing Yacht Club has been ranked the #1 wedding venue in the country, and there are clear reasons why. The Riverview Room for cocktail hour has the warm, library-like character of an Edwardian reading room, with dark wood wainscoting and comfortable seating, and the self-playing baby grand player piano is a standout feature that provides elegant background music throughout cocktail hour without any additional planning needed. The Sunset Ballroom reception space has a circular hardwood dance floor, tiered crystal chandeliers, and panoramic views of the Manasquan River, and the venue’s state-of-the-art speaker system is positioned directly above the dance floor to cover it cleanly without bleeding into the surrounding seating areas.
What Entertainment Works Best at Clarks Landing Yacht Club
DJs and live bands are the formats that sound best in the Sunset Ballroom at Clarks Landing, where the house speaker system is built to support professional entertainment. All vendors need to play through the venue’s house sound system in the reception space, which is worth confirming with EMG in advance as part of planning. For cocktail hour, the self-playing piano handles the music automatically, which is a genuinely useful feature, but it can also be set to manual mode if a couple wants a live pianist to play on it instead.
Ceremony Music at Clarks Landing Yacht Club
A string trio or string quartet is a beautiful choice for a ceremony in Clarks Landing’s glass-enclosed ceremony space overlooking the waterfront, with luxury yachts and the Manasquan River as a backdrop. A violin and cello duo also works well for a more intimate ceremony moment.
Cocktail Hour Music at Clarks Landing Yacht Club
The Riverview Room’s self-playing baby grand piano provides elegant cocktail hour music automatically. Couples who want a live performance for cocktail hour can have the piano set to manual mode for a live pianist, or they can bring in a jazz trio or other performers. The self-playing piano is a feature worth knowing about so couples can decide in advance whether to supplement it or let it run.
Reception Entertainment Options
DJ: One of the best-sounding formats in the Sunset Ballroom, with the house speaker system positioned directly above the circular dance floor for clean, focused sound.
Hybrid: A strong option, with the house sound system supporting live elements alongside the DJ.
Band: A strong fit that sounds excellent in the Sunset Ballroom through the house system, with the circular dance floor and Manasquan River views as the backdrop.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a band or DJ better at Clarks Landing Yacht Club?
Both sound excellent in the Sunset Ballroom. The house speaker system is positioned directly above the circular dance floor to cover it cleanly, and either format benefits from that setup.
What is the self-playing piano at Clarks Landing Yacht Club?
The Riverview Room has a self-playing baby grand player piano that provides elegant music during cocktail hour automatically. It can also be set to manual mode if a couple wants a live pianist to perform on it instead of the self-playing feature.
Do entertainment vendors need to use the house sound system?
Yes. All entertainment vendors need to play through the venue’s house sound system in the Sunset Ballroom reception space. EMG is familiar with this and plans accordingly.
Where does cocktail hour take place at Clarks Landing Yacht Club?
Cocktail hour takes place in the Riverview Room, a dedicated cocktail space with dark wood wainscoting and a library-like character adjacent to the reception ballroom.
What is the most popular entertainment package for Clarks Landing Yacht Club weddings?
Many couples use the self-playing piano for cocktail hour in the Riverview Room and pair a DJ or live band for the Sunset Ballroom reception.
Plan Your Clarks Landing Yacht Club Wedding
Every couple’s vision is different. Tell us about your wedding at Clarks Landing Yacht Club and we’ll help you figure out what makes sense.
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Clarks Landing
A venue’s recommendation reflects the trust they place in EMG’s professionalism, value, and exceptional service. Clarks Landing named us as their recommended entertainment partner, which highlights a shared commitment to quality and confidence in the experience we bring to every event., NJ 08742
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