What nobody tells you
before you book.
What things actually cost, what to ask, and the mistakes that end a night early. Written by people who book New York rooms for a living.
The DJ who made my birthday the best night of my life
Everyone remembers one birthday out of thirty. It is almost never the one with the best cake. It is the one where the floor filled at the right moment and nobody wanted to leave, and that is a DJ decision, not a venue decision.
Read itI booked the cheapest DJ in NYC and it cost me the whole party
Price is the first question everyone asks and the worst one to lead with. Not because DJs are precious about it, but because the number means nothing until the night is defined.
Read itWe booked a Bushwick warehouse and almost got shut down at 11
A raw warehouse is the best value per square foot in New York and the easiest way to lose a night. The room is a shell. Everything that makes it a party arrives on a trolley.
Read itNobody danced at our corporate party until we fixed one thing
A corporate party is the hardest easy room in New York. Everyone knows each other professionally and nobody wants to be the first one dancing in front of their manager.
Read itOur wedding DJ read the room better than our planner did
Every wedding DJ has a nice site and a highlight reel. The reel tells you what a peak looks like. It tells you nothing about the hour before it, which is where weddings are actually won.
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