We Let the Dance Floor Speak for Itself
We're Motown meets Kendrick.
The Beatles mixed with Outkast.
Earth, Wind & Fire with that signature Prince flair.
Our love for good music runs deep, our talent spans generations and genres, and our setlists are legendary. Most wedding bands hand you a song list and call it a day. We're not most wedding bands. We build your entire setlist with you — song by song, set by set — and perform every hit with the kind of energy that packs a dance floor and the chemistry that comes from a decade together on Chicago's biggest stages.
You pick the songs. You pick the instruments. We bring Chicago's finest musicians and handle the rest — including the part where your guests lose their minds.
Luxury live entertainment for weddings and events across Chicago and the Midwest — customized to the last note.
The Lineup
Weddings
From ceremony strings to a 15-piece reception band, we build your entire wedding soundtrack, fully customized, professionally coordinated, and absolutely guaranteed to pack the dance floor.
Corporate
Your holiday parties, galas, and corporate celebrations deserve world-class musicians, seamless production, and a customized playlist that will bring the house down.
Photo Booths
The one spot at your wedding guaranteed to have a permanent line. We don’t just bring the funk, we also bring the flash. Our photo booths average 600+ guest photos a night, making it our most popular add on.
Because the Music is Only Part of the Show
We don't just bring jaw-dropping musical performances — we build the full concert experience around them. Raised platform stages, concert-rigged lighting, LED video walls, light-up DJ booths, wristbands that sync with the music, dancing on the cloud effects, cold sparks, and more.
the people
Behind the Funk
Funktastic Productions started the way all good things do — friends making that kind of feel-it-in-your-bones music that’s good for the soul, late nights at The Bassment and Untitled Supper Club, and a chemistry that was too good not to share far and wide. What began as an original funk and soul band over a decade ago has grown into one of the Midwest's most sought-after wedding and event entertainment companies, with a roster of world-class musicians and a reputation for celebrations people never stop talking about.
Mike
Marisa
The husband-and-wife team behind the music
Meet Mike and Marisa Zabrin
Mike is a bassist, bandleader, and the creative engine behind Funktastic. Driven by a desire to play bass his way, he built Funktastic Productions on that idea and surrounded himself with talented friends who felt the same. His albums feature collaborations with members of Kool & The Gang and Fishbone, he's been featured in Bass Player Magazine, and he performs on WGN Midday News every year. Marisa brings the systems, the relationships, and the kind of planner-friendly precision that makes every vendor on your team breathe a little easier. Together, they're the rare combination of creative vision and flawless execution. The harmony, funk, and finesse of Funktastic Productions, personified.
We’re Just Different.
Here's Why
We build your setlist with you.
We don't hand you a song list and disappear until the big day. We build your setlist song by song in a shared doc, send it to you for review, and learn up to seven custom requests just for your night.
Entertainment from every angle.
Ceremony strings, cocktail jazz trio, reception band, DJ sets photo booth, staging, uplighting. We don’t just make your day sound incredible, we make it look incredible too.
Music is truly our passion.
Our roster of musicians play at Green Mill and Lazy Bird when they're not with us. They don't just show up, they show out. And many have been with Funktastic for more than 100 weddings and counting.
The Knot Hall of Fame
The Knot Best of Weddings (6x award winner)
WeddingWire Couples Choice Awards
Zola Best of 2026
Party Slate
WGN Midday News (performs every year)
Bass Player Magazine
As seen on The Voice (Meagan McNeal)
As seen on American Idol (Deonte Baker)
As seen on WGN Midday News (Alysha Monique, Amber Ronae)
As seen on FOX and NBC (HG Soul)
As seen on hit FOX show "Empire" and Good Day Chicago on FOX32 (Elisa Latrice)
As seen on MTV Music News (CJ Parker)
Client Love
- Max Shulruff
They brought the energy and helped get everyone on the dance floor! I would 100% recommend them. Professionals through and through.”
"Funktastic was everything we wanted and more. They helped us create the best playlist for our wedding night and absolutely delivered!
- Alyssa Bonneau
The music sounded incredible, they did an excellent job learning the new songs we requested, and they made sure to hit all of our priority songs. The mid-set playlists were also excellent. Our music taste is definitely different from the standard wedding fare, and we never felt like we had to fight to get our preferred songs. They really understood what we were going for. Highly recommend!”
"Amazing band experience! he dance floor was SO fun & the ceremony music was beautiful.
- Phoebe Thompson
They went above and beyond, learning a last-minute song we requested, accompanying my friends during their speech, and playing the funktastic-est rendition of the horah I've ever heard. If you don't hire them, you're frankly missing out big time. Also loved their photobooth, which we added last minute! Thank you so much to Mike and team!”
"I can't tell you how many people mentioned the band as a highlight of our wedding. Funktastic brought ALL. THE. energy. SO MUCH talent!!
