Silent disco: a wedding guide
At a silent disco, guests wear headphones. Each one picks a channel and dances.
When couples book this
About 9 months before your wedding.
Still deciding the wedding
Your wishlist
Answer these before you meet anyone.
How many channels would you like?
How would you like the channels run?
When do you picture the headphone party?
Comparing your options
What to ask each one
Dropped off or staffed?
A drop-off rental puts distribution and collection on your side.
Transmitter range and coverage
Matters for sprawling venues, gardens, and multi-room sites.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Possible extras: Additional headsets, Live DJ per channel, Equipment / loss deposit.
Booked and settling details
What you settle once booked
How many channels?
Two or three channels is the classic move — different genres compete, and the headset colors show who's listening to what.
Who runs each channel?
When does the silent disco run?
Continuing after curfew is the headline use: the speakers stop at curfew and the headphones pick up the same dance floor.
How do headsets get to guests?
What to look over
Correct these details as needed.
How many headsets?
Override to size for an after-party subset.
Silent set start
Every other music block is capped by the venue's curfew; this one starts at it.
The week of the wedding
The day-of sheet
Confirm arrival, finish, who to call, access, a meal, and what is due.
Across the whole day
Choose which moments to include.
- Silent disco delivery & setup
- Silent disco set
- Headset collection
- Equipment load-out
For businesses
The brief a couple sends you has these sections:
- The event
- The setup
- Logistics
- Contacts