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I'm seeing DJs of varrying prices and have no idea what is a normal or good rate for a DJ. The DJ I am hoping to book (a referal from a friend) charges about $110 per hour including set up and tear down, does this sound reasonable? I've seen others advertising half as much but do not have anyone able to verify their quality.
How much was your DJ and how long did you have a DJ for? We are looking at, cocktail hour - finish (including load in/out), about 10 hours.
We have a friend of the family doing it for $300, so we don't know what it normally costs in real life ... sorry I can't be of more help.
Ours is $100/hour (with set up and take down included after 4 hours). We are having ours play from about 6-10:30 (this includes during dinner and dancing).
We are also having a family friend do it for $400 fo us for 7 hours but I believe the $110 and hour may be pretty good. My friend's DJ charged $120 / hr until he heard it was for a wedding, then the cost started at $1K.
Ours is $1000 for 6.5 hours of actual music playing. I don't know how long it will take him to set up and break down. FH's cousin used him last year and he was great.
I was just quoted $950 for 5 hours plus another $100 for every extra hour so it would be closer to $1100 for us. I thought that was normal but now I feel like its too much!
yikes! ours is $250/hr. Everyone we spoke with in the area was about the same. Guess it depends on the location
OUrs is about $815 for 4 and half hours playing time. No charge for set up and break down. I think overtime is $75 to $100 dollars an hour. He will be half hour increments. This is in West VIrginia, but the part that is only 90 miles from DC.
Wow thanks for the quick responses. I guess I should mention, the friend who refered him, said that this was a discounted price but I didn't know if it was really a discount. It sounds pretty good now that I have a bit of perspective.
From what our coordinator said, we're budgeting $1300 for our DJ.
$595 for 4 hours. Mine is normally $695 but he's cutting me a deal because I throw him a lot of work. For 10 hours, I'd say you're looking at a minimum of at least $1000.
We had a friend who is a swing music DJ do our DJing for us for about $400 for 4 hours. He brought and set up his equipment but he didn't have an enormous music catalog (which was fine by us).
i think i'm getting ripped off, but this is what they cost in new jersey. $1700 for 2 DJ's - one as an emcee and one to mix the music for 4 hours. So that's a little over $400 an hour, but I do have 2...
I'm paying more than most people at $1495, but I'm so confident in my DJs (husband and wife team) and they will be taking on a coordinating role during the reception as well, to make sure things run on time with the idea to have me worry less about it. I think they'll play great music too. I didn't really realize I was paying more than average when I hired them, but I'd still do the same thing!
I think ours is going to be $1450-we're meeting them tonight and that is the package we are thinking about getting-it includes a few meetings, 2 DJ's and some lighting.
$495 for 4 hours. It was the cheapest place I could find that had a lot of good reviews. I met the DJ last week. I think I could take him if he sucks. ;)
Our was $1,200 for 6 hours, all set up, etc...seems to be the going rate in Chicago for what we found.
$950. for 6 hours,but considering what a jerk he turned out to be,anything we paid was TOO much!
Ours is $1000 for unlimited time, plus lighting. They were not the cheapest, but they were definitely the best reviewed, and they've been great so far!
In So cal, everyone is charging 1100-1800 with the average at 1400. I found a dj for about 800 from the www.thepros.com. They got the best of the knot. Should be great!
mine is $600 for 5 hours, the going rate in manhattan is $2000 some came down to $1400 if they are good
our DJ is afriend of my co-worker so he worked with our budget :) good to have peeps
Ours is $800 for 4-5ish hours, and he comes with a small light package as well.
We were going to pay Dave Tutton of San Francisco $1100 for a full nine hours including equipment, set up, tear down and he was going to coordinate all of our ceremony music as well, move speakers from the ceremony site back indoor to the reception site while seamlessly providing background music during the cocktail hour. He was a gem, really, and when I think of the vendors we were going to use, I almost regret deciding to elope.
Not all DJs are the same all have a different level of service, different equipment, different personalities. The key to hiring a DJ that will make your your reception not break it. Is to interview them and follow up with referals. Most planners have DJs they know they can trust. Price though really is regional, you can go to craigslist route and pay as little as 25.00 and hour, or you can hire a full time professional and pay 6000.00 for your event I have heard of in Southern California. Price though will truely reflect level of service and experence level . Remeber it is not just music any more there is alot of options DJ's are providing now days up-lighting and video montages for each special dance, dancing on the cloud effects, monograms, star light ceiling effect. Final how good of a Emcee are they. Interview, Interview, Interview find the DJ you like personnally remember they are the face of your event.
I'm in NYC and our music package, which includes, DJ/MC, music person, and music for 6 hours is costing us about 1650. It's a lot more than I wanted to pay, but the group is very professional, with backups of everything. I mean, they not only have all the equipment ready for the event, but they have second truck with duplicate equipment ready to go in case the first one gets into trouble, back-up DJs and music techs on call for the event in case the guy you hired gets sick, etc... I thought the higher price was justified after meeting them and seeing how organized and together their operation was.
Our DJ was $100 an hour. We had quotes that ranged from $600 to $1150 but we decided on the cheapest, which ran at $100 an hour. If I could do it over again, I think I'd pay a little more because near the end the music wasn't as good and he had some trouble with the mic.
We're having an experienced friend do it for free, but we had to rent a PA system, which costs around $300.
We are paying $425.00 for 4 hours, but that includes a $50.00 traveling fee since our venue is about an hour away from his normal area. That is only the second DJ I know that charged less than $500. Most others started at $700.00 and went up from there. I think it mostly depends on what area you are in. I'm in Houston, TX
I'm almost embarrased to say this but my dj is going to be $1800. With that amount comes unlimited meetings/planning time, coordinating roles, no time limit on the day of, and a lot of unique game/trivia and overall entertainment beyond playing music. I still think it is really high, but I have the utmost confidence he will make my day great and much better than any of the other options which would have only played music.
We're still looking but we've budgeted around 1,000. I hope it's enough!
Our reception is at a ballroom dancing studio so we had to use their dj if we wanted to use their equipment (and we didn't want to take up the extra space to set up a dj when their dj equipment is in a side office). He's $500 for the night and right now after reading everyone else's comments it sounds like I did ok.
I have been looking for a dj and these are the quotes I have for Boston:
999--5 hours, includes a lot of extras like 2 plasma tvs, and photos taken and shown on the screen
1600 for 4 hours (no extra)
850 discount for 4 hours (from 1250)
ours is $1250 for arrival, ceremony music and the entire reception - a total fo 7 hours and an additional 2 hours of set-up.
We're still looking, but one DJ we spoke with said his prices ranged from $800 to $1100, and another said $100/hour.
there is a reason that some DJs charge $100.00 per hour and you will find out why AT you event when it is too late...
So let me throw this out there...
how much are you paying for your photographer? Why? how many people will get to enjoy what that photographer does? 2% of the people at your event, maybe... most will never ever even see the pics...
But your DJ will have an effect on 100% of the people at your event.
It's your WEDDING DAY! have one less salad and get a better DJ.
at the end of the night it won't matter if the chicken was hot or cold, BUT it will matter if the DJ had that song you wanted...
wow excellent words of wisdom :)
OK so I DJ I HAVE to agree but, you do get what you pay for. Cost is very area dependant and then service dependant. However, any DJ charging $300 is going to be low quality guarenteed. Unless they have a day job and do it for kicks but, do you want that as your wedding's atmospheric coordinator?
In the Boston area a good DJ will run between $1k and $1500. A great DJ can run up to $3k
NYC will be at leats this.
I myself try to keep it reasonable within my clients'' budgets but, not sacrifice my customized content and individualized service. So that means I have to draw some lines but, I do this fist out of love for weddings, second for profit. Most music providers do it for profit first.
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