If уου wеrе shopping fοr a wedding reception DJ wһаt woudl уου expect tο pay fοr a 5 hour reception wіtһ a ехсеƖƖеחt DJ/MC? At wһаt price wουƖԁ уου ѕау іt wаѕ unnecessary? Aחԁ аt wһаt price wουƖԁ уου bе suspicious tһе DJ аחԁ οr equipment wаѕ inferior?
AƖѕο, аrе уου οr a parent paying fοr іt?
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We live in NJ and priced DJs from $200 to $1500. We settled on a DJ for $700. We like his personality and have been to event he had done in the past so we know what to expect. We are not having lighting or anything fancy, just music and announcements and "flow" throughout the night. I would say to question around and make sure someone has had experience with the person you choose ahead of time to ensure you know he’s worthwhile.
Otherwise I reckon it varies by area and level of audio education and equipment. The $200 DJ was a local college student who did it on the side. He was excellent when we met him but seemed worried to me.
My mom is paying for our DJ.
Excellent luck!
I’ll tell you what we had…DJ did ceremony (1:00pm), break in between, music while we entered reception, dinner music, reception (dance). She finished up being there from 1:00pm to 2:00am. We also had illumination. We paid $1275.00. My husband and I paid for it!
my husband and i paid about $1000 for our dj, he also coordinated the event that day. he helped make sure everything ran smoothly and most dj don’t worry about this stuff. my husband kept saying that we paid too much for our dj during the preparation administer but after the wedding he realized that he was worth every penny. we would have had a really different day with out him. we still get greetings on how smoothly everything went and how fantastic our dj was. i reckon in this area you most often get what you pay for, they less they charge the less professional they look (dress and set up), and the less they know about how to keep a reception in succession smoothly. I reckon you can find a decent dj for around $500 but that will be an uninvoleved basic service.
we paid for our dj
the dj was near the top of my priority list along with food, these things help make your event better for your guest and in my mind these are excellent places to splurge.