The best DJs in Wollongong
A DJ booking in the Illawarra usually comes down to what the room already owns. The club and surf club circuit along the coast tends to have a rig and somebody who knows it, while a hall, a headland marquee or a shed on a property up the escarpment has nothing at all, and the same DJ quotes those two nights very differently.
Ask each one what arrives in the car. Speakers, lighting, a microphone for the speeches, a spare of anything that matters: those answers separate two numbers that otherwise look alike.
Top picks in Wollongong
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Questions people ask about DJs in Wollongong
How much does a DJ cost in Wollongong?
The hours and the gear do most of the work, then where the driver starts from. A DJ based in the Illawarra pricing an Illawarra job has no highway in the number, while somebody coming down from Sydney does, and that is often the whole gap between two quotes. Lighting, a second speaker for a ceremony spot and microphone duties for the speeches each add to it too, so ask for a figure against the exact night you want rather than a starting price.
Do I need a DJ for a four hour party or a longer booking?
Four hours covers arrivals, dinner and a solid stretch of dancing for most parties, and it is the length people underestimate at the wrong end, not the right one. Think about when guests actually get up rather than when the invitation says the party starts. Agree an hourly figure for going over while you are booking, because negotiating it at half past eleven with a full floor puts you in a poor position.
Can a DJ set up at a beach or clifftop ceremony?
Only if they own battery power, and not all of them do. A huge share of Illawarra ceremonies happen on sand or up on a headland with no outlet within a hundred metres, so make it an explicit question and ask how long the battery holds. The afternoon southerly off the water is the other one: it will take a light speaker stand over well before rain becomes the problem.
No DJ on this page shows a rating. What do I go on instead?
Recordings of them mixing, and the quality of their questions. A DJ who asks about your guest ages, the room, the finish time and the songs you specifically do not want has already shown you how the night will be handled. Ask for a mix rather than a promo video, and ask how they take requests from a crowd that has had a few, because the answer tells you how many rooms they have worked.
Booking tips
Ask whether they will run the announcements
Plenty will handle the entrance, the toasts and the cake, and at an easygoing reception where nobody has been given the MC job, that is usually the right call. Talking to a room is its own craft though, so ask to hear them do it rather than treating it as part of the deal.
Get the venue's cut-off before you book hours
Clubs along the coast and function rooms near housing each have their own condition on amplified music, and on private rural land it can be attached to the property's approval. Find out your real finish time first, so you are not paying for a set that can never be played.
Describe the carry, not just the suburb
A surf club with a flight of stairs and one power point near the bar is a different job from a club room with a dock. Say where the gear has to go and how far it has to travel from the car park, and the quote you get will hold.