Wedding DJ FAQs

Most wedding DJs own a laptop and a playlist. I own a pair of Technics turntables and twenty years of experience reading dancefloors. I came up through Bristol's club scene, spending years as a resident at Dojo's running Hip Hop, Funk and Soul nights, sharing stages with the likes of Jazzie B, Craig Charles and Daddy G from Massive Attack. I play weddings through the Wedding Jam agency alongside DJ Yoda and Graeme Park. That background shapes everything I do at a wedding: the way tracks are mixed, the way energy builds, the way a room that was sitting down ends up on its feet. If you care about what's actually played at your wedding, not just that something is playing, you're in the right place.

Sound is delivered through an RCF system, NX932-A tops paired with 15AX subwoofers, which gives you clean, powerful, detailed audio whether you're in a barn, a converted church or a marquee. It's the kind of rig you'd find at a quality club night, not a mobile disco. For DJing, I use Technics turntables with a Pioneer DJM-S11 mixer running Serato DJ Pro. Live mixing, not a pre-loaded playlist. Lighting is included as standard: Ape Labs uplighters for ambient colour wash, Chauvet moving heads for dancefloor energy, and Astera Pixel Tubes for that visual wow factor. Everything is wireless and battery-powered where needed, so rigging is flexible and we're not trailing cables across your venue.

Yes, and I actively encourage it. Before your wedding we'll have a proper conversation about your musical tastes: the tracks you love, the ones you never want to hear again, the genres that get you going and the ones that don't. Tell me ten to twenty songs that mean something to you, the ones I might not guess, and I'll take it from there. What I won't do is ask you to trawl through a database of thousands of songs ticking boxes. You've hired me because I know music. Let me do that bit. You focus on the dancing.

Live mixing. Tight transitions. No awkward silences. No cheesy banter over the mic every five minutes. I get through a lot of music in a set, and everything flows together the way it should when someone actually knows what they're doing behind the decks. I make a lot of my own edits and mashups, which means your night won't sound like every other wedding you've been to. The dancefloor is the priority, always.

Honestly? Weddings are where I do my best work. There's nothing quite like that moment a dancefloor goes from polite swaying to full chaos. But I also play corporate events and private parties. What I don't do: karaoke or kids' discos.

A great band is a great band, but they typically play for two hours. That still leaves you with significant chunks of the evening to fill, often at the exact moment when people are most fired up and ready to dance. A band's set tends to cover the big sing-along anthems. Where I come in is bringing a completely different feel and energy to those gaps, something that complements the band rather than repeating it, and keeps the party going properly until the end. If the drummer says he can DJ the breaks as well, I'd politely suggest getting some evidence of that first.

Carefully and with experience. The heavily inebriated uncle demanding something he heard on the radio last Tuesday is a different situation to the group of friends who've been waiting all night for a specific track that will absolutely wreck the dancefloor. Knowing the difference, and handling both with good humour, is something you only get good at after years of doing this. I've been doing it for twenty years. I've got you.

Dressed smartly, looking like I belong at your wedding.

I'm based in Bristol but regularly DJ across Bath, Somerset, the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire and the wider South West. Travel within 50 miles of Bristol is included. Beyond that, mileage is charged at 50p per mile, agreed upfront, no surprises on the day.

No problem, and no extra charge. I'll keep playing until the party's done. I'd rather not go past 1am, largely so I can still drive home, but for the right night, we'll make it work.

The standard package covers the DJ performance, bespoke playlist consultation, the full RCF sound system, lighting rig (Ape Labs, Chauvet and Astera), and professional setup and breakdown. Extras: travel outside 50 miles, extended hours beyond the standard booking, or any specialist additions you want to discuss.

Get in touch with your date, venue and a bit about what you're after. We'll have a conversation, because I'd rather know you're the right couple for Speaker Box before either of us commits — and if we're a good fit, I'll send a quote. A £150 deposit secures the date, with the balance due closer to the wedding. From there, we'll stay in touch to nail down the playlist, timings and anything else your day needs.

Weddings move around. Timings shift, plans change, venues sometimes swap. I deal with these things case by case and I'll always try to be as flexible as I can. The important thing is communication. The earlier I know about a change, the easier it is to sort.