We do not set rates, so we cannot quote you one. What we can do is tell you exactly what moves the number, and show you what the DJs on this roster actually publish.
A three-hour reception and a nine-hour wedding day are different jobs, not the same job priced twice. Most quotes here are built on set length first and everything else second.
A Saturday in October costs more than a Tuesday in February, because the DJ is turning down other work to hold it. Off-season and weekday dates are where the money is.
A DJ with their own rig saves you a rental line, and prices accordingly. A venue with a house system and an in-house engineer usually costs less on the DJ side and more on the AV side.
Inside the Beltway is one thing; Charles County on a Sunday is a different day. Travel is priced by the DJ into their own quote, and no part of it is marked up by us.
A conference walk-on set with a cue sheet, a clean library for a school night, or a rehearsed show file behind a performing artist are specialist jobs, and specialists charge for them.
The DJs worth having hold peak Saturdays six to twelve months out. Asking late does not usually raise the price, it just removes the people you wanted from the list.
Each service page says what that job involves, which is the part that decides the price.
The DJ. Every rate on this site was set by the person who has to honour it, and it is published on their own profile. We take no commission and add nothing on top, so the number you agree with them is the number.
Because there is not one. A DJ playing a two-hour pop-up and a DJ running a nine-hour wedding are doing different work. A single headline rate would be wrong for almost every booking, and the ones it flattered would be the ones you overpaid for.
No. There is no card field anywhere on this site. You send a brief, you agree a fee with the DJ, and you pay them directly.
Yes, and it is the better way round. Create an event, put your budget in the request, and open it to the roster. Your request reaches the DJs who fit, the ones who can do it at that number quote back, and you compare them side by side.
Not reliably. Rate tracks demand, travel, gear and set length more than it tracks skill. Read what a DJ is actually booked for before you read their number.
Open the request to the roster and the DJs who can do it at that number quote back. Compare them side by side.
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