Booking a Wedding DJ - the timeline

I’ve had everything from people calling 4 years in advance to the week before – like really?!?!? You JUST thought you should get a DJ for your wedding NOW?!?! Ha ha ha – no jokes. For the person that e-mailed me for 2015 – yeah that’s cool, you like to plan in advance and I’m all for that, but c’mon that’s serious overkill! Ha ha.

To give you a little perspective from my side here’s a rough estimate of when clients are booking me:

• 25% are booking me 12 months or earlier in advance
• 50% are booking me 6-12 months in advance
• 20% are booking me 3-6 months in advance
• 5% are booking me 0-3 months in advance 

The numbers trail off and rightfully so – there are only so many weekends in the year and once they get booked up, there’s no more space!

So the question – How far in advance do I need to book a DJ? Answer you should aim for about a year in advance. If however you’re getting married on a popular day such as a long weekend or holiday – BOOK EARLY!!! This will be a high demand date for a DJ. Along the same lines if you’re getting married in August and looking to book a DJ – definitely aim for at least a year in advance. Granted I still have a few dates left in Aug 2011, but most of the Saturday’s were booked by Oct 2010.

The main point though is this – book us! Ha ha! But no for reals if you find a DJ you like - BOOK THEM!!! There’s no sense in rolling the dice if you’ve found someone that is going to rock your party and make your wedding day the highlight of the year. The call or e-mail I hate giving is when someone was interested but never acted early, they waited 6 months or so and are ready to go forward and I can’t because someone else booked me. I don’t like being a heart breaker, so for the love book your DJ early!