Wedding DJ guide: Òran Mór, Glasgow

A converted church in the West End

Òran Mór — Gaelic for 'big song' — sits at the top of Byres Road and is one of Glasgow's most recognisable wedding venues. The Auditorium, with its soaring ceilings and Alasdair Gray celestial mural, is a genuinely spectacular room to play.

Sound and set-up in the Auditorium

High vaulted ceilings mean sound bounces. The room needs a system tuned to it, so the dancefloor stays crisp without becoming overwhelming for guests at the bar.

The venue is lift-accessible, which makes load-in straightforward, and the in-house team handle the turnaround from meal to dancefloor efficiently.

Lighting the room

• Warm uplighting against the sandstone pillars draws the eye up toward the mural
• Dancefloor lighting kept focused on the floor, so the room's own character still reads
• A dark, minimal booth sits better against the stained glass and dark wood than a bright set-up

How the room parties

The Auditorium holds a large seated crowd, so it needs a DJ comfortable reading a big room rather than working a small one.

A Loch Lomond finish is hard to beat here — the acoustics turn the singalong into something closer to a gig.