Understanding typical pricing of a wedding DJ in West Sussex
Planning a wedding in West Sussex and wondering about entertainment costs? The average price for a professional wedding DJ in the Horsham area typically ranges from £450 to £750 for an evening party, while superior, full day packages featuring premium sound, lighting, and hosting services can range between £800 and £2000.
How Much Does a Wedding DJ Cost in West Sussex?
We see this question all the time on various wedding forums, so I though it’s time to dig a bit deeper. There are many DJ’s out there providing their services for weddings in the UK. Whilst there are some national variations, the average fee seems to be between £450 and £750 for the evening party in and around Horsham. The fees I am discussing here are usually date sensitive. Weddings held on weekends are usually more expensive than on weekdays. Likewise, weddings in the spring and summer months are usually dearer than during the winter.
Many DJs charge much less, however they are most likely to be highly inexperienced and not an appropriate choice for what is essentially the best day of your lives. Budget and entry level DJ’s may have very little real world experience of DJing a wedding. Substandard equipment, poor quality sound, uncontrolled lighting, poor knowledge of music, no backup or insurance, and no agreements to secure their services are possible scenarios here.
An average DJ should improve on this low bar by providing agreements for your peace of mind, decent quality sound and lighting, liability insurance (PLI), safe and regularly tested equipment (PAT), a good knowlege of music, good reviews from previous clients, and a general can-do attitude. They should be competent in the use of their equipment, carry backup equipment and be experienced in providing their DJ services at a wedding.
If you don’t want average, you need to look at highly experienced, seasoned professional wedding DJ’s. These DJ run a bona fide small business, are reputable, and are great communitcators. They have extensive musical knowledge, be passionate about providing their services for you on your wedding day, and be highly respected by the venues they work in and by other wedding vendors. With a high quailty sound system, great controlled lighting, excellent mixing skills and microphone technique, reliable transport, and consistently excellent reviews from previous clients, they are the best way to guarantee a brilliant party for your wedding.
Many of these professional DJ’s also attend regular training courses, and offer other services which are very useful to wedding couple on their big day. These include all day hosting (acting as Master of Ceremonies), ceremony music production, background music production to name a few. You should find one of these DJ’s in the £800 to £2000 ballpark, but please be prepared to chat about your plans so they can provide an accurate quote for you.
Some DJs with very unique and specialist skills may charge more for those services. For example, maybe you are looking for an expert wedding DJ who is bilingual, and knows the customs and music of a multi national wedding in West Sussex.
Finally, you may have a large number of guests, and need to hire a production company to provide staging, dance floor, lighting, big sound, video walls, power etc…, and just need a DJ without equipment to celebrate your wedding. This would mean that a mobile DJ business would not need to bring their equipment, and could reduce the cost of a DJ for you, although the production costs will be obviously higher.
Can I help you?
If you are looking for an expert Wedding DJ in West Sussex, please do get in touch. Once I have found out what you are looking for, I will be able to provide a quote for the services you need from me.