Featured Venues
Felina recommends EMG as their entertainment partner, ensuring quality music and event excellence.
Featured Venues
Felina recommends EMG as their entertainment partner, ensuring quality music and event excellence.
Felina
A venue’s recommendation reflects the trust they place in EMG’s professionalism, value, and exceptional service. Felina 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 Felina?
Felina, a neoclassical bank building in Ridgewood, NJ, has a ceremony and reception space in one, a loft-style wraparound mezzanine for cocktail hour, and an Italian-inspired rooftop, La Terrazza, that doubles as additional cocktail hour space or an after-party spot when the weather is right. When the rooftop is open, additional musicians or satellite sound bring the music up to that level. The reception ballroom, known as The Treasury, works well for a band, DJ, or hybrid. Elegant Music Group has performed at Felina, and the conversation about what fits your day is always free.
Summary
- Recommended format: band, hybrid, or DJ all work well in The Treasury
- Ceremony: held in the reception space, which is then flipped into reception setup during cocktail hour
- Cocktail hour: the wraparound mezzanine above the main floor, plus the rooftop La Terrazza when weather allows
- After party: the rooftop can continue as an after-party space at the end of the reception
- When the rooftop is open, additional musicians or satellite sound extends the music to that level
- Setting: a restored 1930s neoclassical bank building in Ridgewood, NJ
- EMG has personally performed at Felina
Why We Love Felina
Felina is a genuinely distinctive venue: a 1930s neoclassical bank building with marble columns, a floating chandelier sculpture, and an iconic vault door that gives the space a look no standard ballroom can replicate. The ceremony takes place in The Treasury, which the Felina team flips into reception setup during cocktail hour while guests gather upstairs on the wraparound mezzanine. When the weather cooperates, the rooftop La Terrazza opens as additional cocktail hour space and transitions naturally into an after-party spot later in the night.
What Entertainment Works Best at Felina
The Treasury works well for a band, DJ, or hybrid. During cocktail hour on the mezzanine, a single performer or a DJ setup on the main level easily carries sound upstairs given the room’s architecture. When the rooftop is open, additional musicians or satellite sound ensure the music is present on that level too, rather than guests on the roof being cut off from the evening’s energy.
Ceremony Music at Felina
Because the ceremony takes place in The Treasury itself, entertainment setup should be planned with the room flip in mind. A string duo or string trio works well for a ceremony in this space, with the vault door and marble columns as a backdrop. Coordinating the flip timeline with the entertainment team in advance ensures a seamless transition.
Cocktail Hour Music at Felina
The wraparound mezzanine offers a gallery view of The Treasury below during cocktail hour, and a jazz trio or acoustic duo is a natural fit for this elevated, intimate space. If the rooftop La Terrazza is open, additional musicians on the rooftop or satellite sound keeps the music present up there as well.
Reception Entertainment Options
DJ: Works well in The Treasury, with the room’s architecture and floating chandelier giving the space a dramatic visual energy that pairs with a strong DJ setup.
Hybrid: A strong option, with a saxophone or percussionist adding live texture alongside the DJ in the ballroom.
Band: Works well in The Treasury for couples who want a fully live reception in a venue that rewards a bold sound.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a band or DJ better at Felina?
Both work well in The Treasury. The room’s dramatic architecture, vault door, and floating chandelier create a visual backdrop that elevates any format.
How does the room flip work at Felina?
The ceremony takes place in The Treasury, and while guests move to the wraparound mezzanine for cocktail hour, the venue team flips the room into reception setup below. Guests typically don’t notice the transition.
What happens on the rooftop during the wedding?
Felina’s rooftop La Terrazza can serve as additional cocktail hour space when weather allows, and can transition into an after-party space once the reception winds down. When the rooftop is open, additional musicians or satellite sound keeps the music present up there.
Where does cocktail hour take place at Felina?
Cocktail hour is held on the wraparound mezzanine one level above The Treasury, with gallery views of the main floor below.
What is the most popular entertainment package for Felina weddings?
Many couples pair a string duo or trio for the ceremony in The Treasury, a jazz trio on the mezzanine during cocktail hour, and a band, hybrid, or DJ for the reception, with satellite sound or musicians on the rooftop if La Terrazza is open.
Plan Your Felina Wedding
Every couple’s vision is different. Tell us about your wedding at Felina and we’ll help you figure out what makes sense.
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Felina Restaurant and Events
18 Prospect Street
A venue’s recommendation reflects the trust they place in EMG’s professionalism, value, and exceptional service. Felina 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 07450
(551) 276-5454
https://www.felinarestaurant.com
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