Mogo gets a good start and then falls off a cliff. A DJ is based in the village, a Batemans Bay cover band is ten minutes north and a second DJ sits at Moruya a quarter of an hour south, and those three are properly local. Card four is the better part of an hour away at Ulladulla, and it stays that far or further all the way down the page.
Which makes this a shortlist page rather than a browse. Three names is not a lot of choice, so the question is less who's best and more who's free, and that changes with how early you ask. Anything beyond the first three is an hour of Princes Highway in each direction and should be priced as such.
Top picks are the nearby performers with the most visible reviews, then rating, then the closest; further afield the closest come first, and premium listings break remaining ties. Distances are straight-line from Mogo. Ask each act whether they travel to your venue and what that costs.
Three, and the page is honest about the rest. A DJ in the village, a cover band at Batemans Bay and a second DJ at Moruya all sit within a quarter of an hour, and after those the distances leap to an hour or more. Everyone else on the list is a South Coast act who'll travel, not a neighbour.
You can, though only one is close. The Batemans Bay cover band is ten minutes away, and the next live options are the Ulladulla and Mollymook acts about an hour north. Book the near one early if a band matters to you, because there's no second local option if the date goes.
Two DJs sit inside a quarter of an hour, so neither is adding much for the drive, which puts Mogo in a better position than most towns this size. What actually shifts the quote is hours, lighting and whether they're running your announcements as well as the music. Read the from-prices on the cards where a DJ has given one.
With only three acts genuinely close, sending the same date to each of them on the same afternoon is the sensible move rather than waiting on one reply at a time. Nothing is booked by enquiring and it's free, so there's no cost to asking widely.
Mogo sits just south of the Bay and shares its entertainment market completely. The Batemans Bay and Moruya pages carry the same acts with slightly different distances, so check all three before deciding nothing suits.
The bush and the river properties around here rarely come with a stage or a power board that likes a PA. Tell the act what power there is, or that there isn't any, before they quote for the day.