DJ
Runs the music and acts as MC for your reception. Set the coverage and the key moments, and the plan builds the reception program and shows it against your venue's end time.
Also called: dj, disc jockey, music, mc, emcee, entertainment.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 9 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
Where do you want music covered?
Wishlist mirror of the coverage_scope candidate fact.
What should the dance floor sound like?
How much MC / announcing do you want?
Any must-haves in your DJ?
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
Where do you need the DJ?
Overtime policy
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
Music end time
DERIVED from the venue curfew. Reopening the venue's curfew decays this to needs_reconfirm.
Power / setup needs
Key reception moments to announce
Grand entrance lineup
DERIVED from wedding-party roles; the couple sets the order and can override.
First dance & parent dances
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What times are set on the day?
One row per moment — a serving round, a pickup leg, a person's slot, a set. Each row becomes its own block on your run of show, labeled with whatever you type, so name it for whoever will be reading it.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
Songs you want played
Title and artist for each. Say which recording if a particular one matters.
Songs to keep off the list
Its own field on purpose — a do-not-play buried in a paragraph is the one that gets played.
The song for each moment
One line per moment: the moment, the song and artist, which recording or version, and what cues it to start. The version is the detail that most often goes missing between the plan and the day.
Names to announce, and how to say them
Write each name the way it should sound, in the order they come in.
How it lands on your day
DJ load-in & sound check
Reception music
DJ load-out
Set time
One block per row of the cell's dayof_service_times answer; the row's own label names it, and its `until` makes it a window.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Ceremony sound / mics, Cocktail-hour sound, Uplighting / lighting add-on, Overtime (per hour).
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, coverage, run of show, music, logistics, contacts.
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Plan your dj — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
We will write when there is something worth telling you.