Rochester, NY (December 11, 2018) — Kalifornia Entertainment is pleased to announce they have been selected as a 2019 winner in The Knot Best of Weddings for the third year in a row, a special section featured on The Knot. The Knot is the number-one wedding destination, most trusted by brides.
Last year, only 2% of the 300,000 local wedding professionals listed on TheKnot.com have received this distinguished accolade. In its 12th annual year, The Knot continues its longstanding tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed almost one million reviews across the various vendor categories—venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more. These winners represent the best of the best for wedding professionals that a bride or groom would want to consider in order to inspire, plan and book their own unique wedding.
“Kalifornia Entertainment is honored to receive this award for the third time since joining The Knot. We are dedicated to working extremely hard to provide the best Rochester DJ services to our clients and we wouldn’t have gotten this far without them and their support. We have a deep promise and business mission to continue providing the best services and value to our couples going forward in Rochester and surrounding areas.” – Josh Volpe, Owner, Kalifornia Entertainment.
To date, Kalifornia Entertainment (DJ Kalifornia) has received the following proven and honored achievements and recognition, in Rochester, NY and on a national level:
- 10 Time Finalist /4 Time Winner: Annual City Newspaper’s “Best of Rochester Poll” As Best DJ – Voted by thousands of people year after year (rochestercitynewspaper.com)
- 2017 & 2018 Couples Choice Winner – Weddingwire (weddingwire.com)
- 2017, 2018 & 2019 Best of Weddings Winner – The Knot ((theknot.com)
- WHEC Channel 10 News Weekly Rochester Roc Poll FINALIST – Best DJ In Rochester (whec.com)
- 2015 & 2017 Best Wedding Vendor – Rochester Wedding Directory (RochesterWeddingDirectory)
- 2016 Top Bride & Groom Pick – Rochester Wedding Directory (RochesterWeddingDirectory)
- Rochester’s 2017 Roc Award Finalist — DJ OF THE YEAR! (rocawards.com)
The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s uniquely theirs. With a rich history of providing quality content and inspiration to couples, The Knot is making it easier for couples to connect with and book just the right wedding professional to create their perfect wedding day. Eight out of 10 couples come to The Knot where they can be connected to any of 300,000 local wedding professionals across the country. The Knot marries great technology with trusted content–and a little love–to make planning for the most important day of a person’s life easier and more enjoyable.
For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and a complete list of winners, please visit https://www.theknot.com/vendors/best-of-weddings.
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DJ Kalifornia (Joshua V.) is an 13 time finalist and 5 time winner in the annual Best of Rochester City News Poll as Best Rochester DJ, voted upon by thousands of people over the years as a finalist and winner. He was also a finalist in the WHEC’s Channel 10 News weekly “Rochester Rocs” award as Best Live DJ, nominated in the annual prestigious “Roc Awards” as Best Rochester DJ, as well as a winner and finalist in the Democrat & Chronicle Choice Awards as Best DJ In Rochester.
Kalifornia Entertainment, as a company, is an annual multi-award winning business with achievements from The Knot, Weddingwire and other online wedding directories. The business has achieved over 500+ five star reviews in total and has been placed on 50+ PROVEN preferred vendor lists. DJ Kalifornia was the leading long time successful resident DJ at Rochester’s beautiful ONE and Two89 nightclubs in the East End District, as well as resident at many other nightclubs in the area. He was a long time monthly resident on Party 103…a worldwide radio station with millions of listeners and world renowned top global DJ’s. You can see him play at other nightclubs all over as a special guest or headliner from time to time when not doing private events.
He currently writes for DJ Times magazine (now DJ Life Magazine), which is the biggest DJ specific world wide publication with millions of readers spanning across the planet on every continent and showcases the worlds best DJ’s. His articles discuss how to get an upper edge over the competition and how to apply strong marketing techniques, strategies, social media, Public Relations and diversity in a way that places you as an industry leader and gain more business. The magazine featured him in a full article, in April of 2020.
He’s been a resident DJ at just about every major nightclub in the Rochester, NY area over the years (and has played all over elsewhere as a guest and resident DJ), was the founder and creator behind the Rochester Zombie Prom, Showcase of The Arts, One Night In Heaven Fashion Show, and many other popular large scale events around WNY. He has thrown hundreds of established and successful themed events, themed weddings (considered the best and #1 elite in Rochester for putting together unique themed wedding receptions) and is very well known through out many different social and business groups and circles in WNY. His experience, vision, knowledge and the ability to make your wedding or event stand out from the rest, puts him at the top and head of the industry that no one else can duplicate, when it comes to being your DJ or entertainment vendor of choice.
