Cost of a DJ

danielley

Hi there,

We are starting to put our budget together and I would be grateful if you could let me know how much you are paying for your DJ. If you can specify if its the venue's own or not, or mates rates that would also be useful.

Many Thanks

kacy1988

our venue is providing us with a dj & disco (lights etc)
for £200
hth

MissPixie

We found our own and we are paying £275 when we werre looking they were mostly around the £300 mark.

sammy_wheeler

£180 from 5-1am

trying_2_b_good

£175 7.30pm - 1am

Venue wanted £330 :eek:

I googled DJ and the post code of my venue - then contacted everyone who came up to see who was available on my date and just went with the cheapest. He has good reviews but not a fancy website - which must be one of the reasons he can keep his prices down!

becca0417

We have our own who we found after searcing the internet paying £275 for 7:30-12:30 x

Hollie84

Were having our own,venue wanted £250 so we got one for £200,he will entertain the kids,bring glowsticks thats from 7-12 aswell and we meet with him before the day to discuss what songs we want played and what type of music

PinkPrincess83

I shopped around for our dj and actually went for the most expensive (because we want someone who will play exactly what we want and will have confidence in playing exactly the type of music we want) but I had quotes for £180, £225 and £250, and if I hadnt gone for the one I went for I would have gone for the £180 dj. Prices vary so much its definately worth shopping about.

I think the venue dj would have been very reasonable, but Im using the same venue as my mums cousin and she had the venue dj so I didnt want it to seem like I copied everything she did.

redhead122

We paid £200 for our DJ, from 7pm till 1am, venue wanted £300, but charged £50 (non negotiable) if we wanted to bring our own, and he had to provide a PAT certificate and liability insurance.

We chose him on a friends recommendation

Some were nearly £500, but that included extra's like flame lights, confetti cannons, bubble machines, dry ice and laser shows, but our venue wouldn't allow bubble's or dry ice in case it damaged their floor.

maginot

We paid £200 for the entire evening from the hotel.

We did look at some local ones but they were all more expensive.

SplanK

£300 for:
DJ from 7 to 12
Room uplighting to be installed before 2pm, and switched on at around 4pm for meal