Wedding & Event DJ FAQ | Nightbird
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Wedding and event DJ questions

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Booking and payment

How do we book?

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Send your date through the contact form. We confirm whether your date is open, usually within one business day, then send a fixed quote in writing. A signed contract and a $400 deposit hold the date.

What is the deposit and when is the balance due?

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$400 at signing holds your date. Half the balance is due 90 days out and the rest 14 days before. Nothing falls due in between.

Can our company be invoiced instead?

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Yes. Companies, schools and nonprofits can pay on net terms against an approved purchase order, with a W-9 and your PO number on the contract. No deposit is needed on that route.

What if we need to move the date?

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Tell us as early as you can and we will do everything we can to move you to another open date. The specifics are in your contract.

Are prices really published?

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Yes, all of them. Wedding packages and event prices are on the site, along with every add-on.

Know what you need? Send your date and we will tell you if it is open. Check Your Date

Your DJ

Can we request a specific DJ?

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Yes, and it is a paid reservation rather than a best-effort. Tell us who you want and we will hold them for your date.

When do we meet our DJ?

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Your DJ is assigned ahead of the event and works in the planning portal alongside you. For weddings there are two calls, one to get to know each other and one to plan.

Do you MC and make announcements?

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Yes, included in everything we do. Introductions, toasts, awards and every cue in your timeline, read the way you wrote them.

What if our DJ cannot make it?

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Every event day one of our DJs is on call and deliberately unbooked. Your timeline, names and music live in the planning portal, so whoever covers walks in already knowing your event.

The music and the event

Can we choose the music?

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You build must-plays and do-not-plays in the planning portal, and you can require clean edits only. Your DJ reads the room for everything in between.

Do you take requests during the event?

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Yes, filtered through your do-not-play list. If you would rather we take none, say so and we will not.

How loud will it be?

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Loud where it counts and never past what your city and your venue allow. Tell us the cap and it goes in the contract.

What time do you arrive?

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Most events it is 2 hours before start time. We set quietly, stay dark until doors, and are packed out within an hour of the last song.

Logistics and paperwork

Are you insured?

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Yes. We will name your venue or institution as additional insured. Send us the venue details and we will get the certificate to whoever needs it.

What do you need from the venue?

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Somewhere to set up, access to power, and a load-in window. We bring our own power distribution and tape or ramp every cable run.

How far do you travel?

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Metro Atlanta, Athens, Gainesville, Madison, Monroe, Greensboro, Lake Oconee, Cobb, Gwinnett and across north Georgia. Travel outside our standard area is quoted in the contract.

What is not included?

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Travel outside our standard service area, and hours past your contracted end at $150 each. Both are priced before you sign.

Let's get your date
on the calendar

Joyful celebrations. Smooth planning. Friendly crew.

  • $400 reserves your date, the balance splits at 90 and 14 days.
  • A backup DJ on call for every date
  • Planning portal and calls
  • Easy to work with
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