How Many Uplights Should I Get? San Diego Event Lighting

Wedding where we used 18 uplights in a Medium Room. Couple wanted to light up just about every column!

You’re planning a beautiful wedding reception or an eye-pleasing event and hear nothing but good things about “Uplighting“. It is the best “bang for your buck” in regards to custom event decor and event lighting. An “uplight” is a single fixture that sits on the ground and shines “up” something. Simple enough? But how many uplights should you plan on getting for your event?

Typical Number of Uplights in a Room

After supplying over 200 events with some form of Uplighting, it’s not difficult to assess a decent quantity of uplight fixtures for a room or space. Our Standard (and Minimum) package comes with 12 fixtures which we would call “the recommended minimum.” Most of the weddings we work end up with 12-18 uplights. Additional fixtures are always available and easily added to the package for a minimal cost.

12 Uplights – Basic/Minimum Package (Good coverage for Small room, Decent coverage for medium room). Most Common: 4 lights along the front edge, 4 lights along the back edge, 2 lights on each side wall.
18 Uplights* – Full coverage for Smaller room (<150 ppl), Good Coverage for Medium sized rooms (150-250). *Most Common: 6 Lights across each long edge, 3 on each side.
24+ Uplights – Maximum coverage for small/medium sized rooms, decent coverage for large rooms. Most common: 6 Lights along each wall.

We have done as many as 32 uplights for a medium sized wedding of 150 people so we can balance out whatever your desires and budget will allow. Have a look at many of the Real Weddings with Lighting involved. Most of these will include some form of Uplighting.