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Booking price for Djs
i was wondering and hoping anyone here with previous booking experience or background can help me find out how much a dj can charge for an event in a club (lets say a 3-4 hr set for 1500 people)
i know it changes from dj to dj but lets take for example a popular dj atm like bob sinclar or a rising star like axwell...
any ideas?
this is purely for informational purposes in order to realize how realistic is to book any of these 2 guys for a set...
A wild guess: 5000$ for Sinclar 
this topic has been covered before
and it always turns into pages of bitching each other cause no one really knows how much a dj will charge it changes from club to club.
+1^
i'll quite happily play for �10 and a few pills LOL
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| Originally posted by sleepydragon this topic has been covered before and it always turns into pages of bitching each other cause no one really knows how much a dj will charge it changes from club to club. |
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| Originally posted by KilldaDJ i'll quite happily play for �10 and a few pills LOL |
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| Originally posted by nchs09 ill play for 10 dollars and a few pills... nachos is cheaper than killadj.. :P |
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| Originally posted by d-miurge I'll play for free and offer my gay neighbor to the boss. I'm teh cheaper. |
Why don't you contact the DJs on their website ? All DJ websites have contact information for booking inquiries.
Ill play for a bag of doritos and a line of coke.
Hard to say. Completely depends on the DJ.
Tiesto asked 100k when he was here, but it was an outdoor event with 6k people +, sasha and digweed toguether were below that amount, but i dunno the specifics
Well, I remember when Mauro Picotto came here (he was the first DJ to come here) about 3 years ago I heard that he charged $25K but I don't know for certain. It was in a small club, couldn't have been more than 300 people.
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| Originally posted by woscar99 Well, I remember when Mauro Picotto came here (he was the first DJ to come here) about 3 years ago I heard that he charged $25K but I don't know for certain. It was in a small club, couldn't have been more than 300 people. |
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| Originally posted by Igaryok I never understood how small clubs could afford such expensive DJ's and stay in business. |
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| Originally posted by Igaryok I never understood how small clubs could afford such expensive DJ's and stay in business. |
the best way is to get in touch with the DJ through his website. Most of the big names will have booking agents in the major countries who will handle all the dealings
Its normally harder for a new night to get a big name first, you may find that you will be offered a smaller artist from the rooster to make sure the event is good, has a good crowd and money behind it. Only once a few other DJ's have been booked will the major acts consider doing a future event.
Face it, your not gonna be able to just drop Tiesto an email and get a cost back from them. Normally the agent will ask you to make an offer, they will want to know the venue, line-up, hotel and travel info, capacity of the event and also if it fits in with current travel details of the DJ.
So asking a price isn't something that can be answered straight off...
Hope that helps
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| Originally posted by Kuffdam the best way is to get in touch with the DJ through his website. Most of the big names will have booking agents in the major countries who will handle all the dealings Its normally harder for a new night to get a big name first, you may find that you will be offered a smaller artist from the rooster to make sure the event is good, has a good crowd and money behind it. Only once a few other DJ's have been booked will the major acts consider doing a future event. Face it, your not gonna be able to just drop Tiesto an email and get a cost back from them. Normally the agent will ask you to make an offer, they will want to know the venue, line-up, hotel and travel info, capacity of the event and also if it fits in with current travel details of the DJ. So asking a price isn't something that can be answered straight off... Hope that helps |
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| Originally posted by deibero ok...thats why im asking for a price range... |
It's better to private message promoters who have actually booked specific djs for events around the same size / area. Don't rely on rumours of how much it cost and don't expect honest answers in a public forum because promoters telling people a dj's pay is considered kinda rude.
(Oh, but emailing djs with the size / location / cover and then asking for a price is okay ... on a side note i've always hated that some booking agents *will not* give you a price, they demand an offer. Then you give them an offer and then they'll name a cost. What is this, a game show??)
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