The best MCs in Adelaide
The job you are buying is timing, not talking. An MC holds the running order, watches the kitchen and the bar queue, and decides whether the speeches move or shorten when the mains come out twenty minutes late. Most of the value is invisible, which is precisely why people leave the booking until it is too late.
Adelaide adds a geography question that the bigger capitals do not. A lot of the work here happens out at a Hills property, a Barossa cellar door or a McLaren Vale shed, and a host doing a midnight finish then an hour on country roads will price the drive in. Say which region you are in before you ask for a number.
Top picks in Adelaide
Top picks are the acts in this category in Adelaide, without a review, rating or premium ranking: all these sort keys are tied.
Questions people ask about MCs in Adelaide
How much does an MC cost in Adelaide?
Preparation moves the number more than hours do. A host who drafts the running order with you, rings the venue, briefs the photographer and rehearses names has done a day of work before they put a jacket on. Broadcast and comedy backgrounds carry a premium too. The from-prices on these Adelaide listings are the current local figures.
Do Adelaide MCs travel to the Barossa and the Hills?
Nearly all of them do, since so much of the good work is out there. What changes is the quote, because a late finish at a cellar door means a long drive home on dark country roads rather than twenty minutes back to the city. Name the actual venue rather than the region and you will get an accurate number first time.
Should our MC be funny?
Warm matters more than funny at a wedding, where the host is managing a nervous best man and a grandmother who wants a word. An awards night is the opposite and often rewards someone with real comic timing between presentations. Say which of the two you want in the brief, because they are different hosts and both are on this list.
How far ahead should I book an MC in Adelaide?
Further than you would expect for anything landing in February or March, because the festival season takes a large share of the city's performers out of the diary for weeks. Outside that window a couple of months is usually comfortable. If your date is a spring Saturday, ask early and ask several at once rather than waiting on one reply.
Booking tips
Decide who writes the run sheet
Some hosts build the order of the night with you from scratch, others perform exactly what you hand them. Both are legitimate and they cost different money, so settle it first, because somebody has to do the work and it is usually the difference between two quotes.
Send the names with pronunciations
Write every person being introduced out phonetically and send it a fortnight ahead. Send the names through spelled out, with a note on how each one sounds. It takes a minute and it is the difference between a smooth introduction and an awkward one.
Check whether a microphone comes with them
Cellar doors, sheds and hired halls around Adelaide often have nothing usable, while a city hotel has a system in the ceiling. Confirm which one you have, because a host relying on a borrowed microphone nobody can operate loses the first fifteen minutes of your night.