Awards & Recognition
Eleven-time winner of The Knot Best of Weddings — including 2026 — inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Record-Journal's Top Entertainment Company seven years running, and featured on NBC Connecticut. The proof behind Connecticut's industry leader.
11 wins. Hall of Fame. Still counting.
The Knot Best of Weddings honors the top wedding professionals in America, judged by the only voters who matter — real couples and their reviews. RICO Entertainment has now earned the award eleven times, including 2026 (the award's 20th year), and stands among the select few inducted into The Knot's Best of Weddings Hall of Fame.
Two decades of earned trust
The Knot Best of Weddings 2026
Named a 2026 winner — awarded to vendors whose real-couple reviews on The Knot averaged 4.5★ or higher. Our eleventh Best of Weddings honor. Read the announcement →
Best of Weddings Hall of Fame
The Knot's highest recognition — reserved for vendors who win Best of Weddings repeatedly, year after year. A distinction very few entertainment companies in Connecticut hold.
Record-Journal Top Entertainment Company
Voted the Record-Journal's Top Entertainment Company seven years in a row — the region's readers picking the same team, year after year.
WeddingWire Couples' Choice
Recognized among the top five percent of wedding professionals nationwide, based on reviews from newlyweds — excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism.
WeddingWire Bride's Choice
Back-to-back Bride's Choice honors from over one million reviews of 200,000 wedding professionals — the awards that started the streak.
Featured on NBC Connecticut
NBC CT featured RICO as an industry leader in event management, performances and technology. Watch the segment →
Record-Journal Feature
"Not Just Spinning Records Anymore" — a full feature on how RICO redefined wedding entertainment: preferred by the Northeast's best venues, with lighting, production and planning under one roof. More press →
"The award that means the most doesn't sit on a shelf. It's the way the venue staff — the coordinators, the waiters, the bartenders — light up when they see our team walk in. They know what's coming — we have a professional in the building. It's going to be a real party tonight."
Awards are nice — your packed dance floor is the point
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