8 Important Questions To Ask Your Wedding DJ

Are you planning on hiring a DJ for your wedding day? Best choice ever! No one wants to have their favourite song skipped right in the middle by a drunk guest running your spotify list. Did you know that not all wedding DJ's are the same? Not to mention you have to spend your entire wedding day with them, so you will want to meet them first and really get to know them!

'Til Death Do Us Party covered 10 weddings in 2025 from illegitamate wedding DJ's that cancelled or bailed on wedding couples last minute. Here is your list of 8 important questions we could think of asking a wedding DJ before you hire them! Seriously, and we will explain why.

#1. Do you have insurance?

Most venues out there will require insurance, and sometimes they require your vendors to provide proof of insurance and/or licensing. When your DJ has insurance it proves they are professional and care about the business they are in.

#2. Will you read the crowd?

This is really important at weddings! The crowd is often aged 2 yrs old to 90 yrs old and there will be a lot diversity in the music your guests are into. Even if you're having a smaller wedding, you will want someone that plays what you and your guests want to hear, not what the DJ wants to hear.

#3. Do you take requests?

Even we were surprised to learn that not all DJ's take requests! Your weddings guests will love to make requests all night long, we highly encourage it as it helps with reading the crowd! It's not every day a guest gets to make a request from a DJ, and it's not handled well or not played, it can create a negative experience for your wedding guests.

#4. Do you own your own equipment?

Some part time DJ's will charge you and then rent the equipment. It's important that a DJ owns and has had time to understand their own equipment. Rentals can often have issues that are not easily solved, or they borrowed their "buddy's friend who knows a guy, speakers". It again shows how much your DJ values their job and your wedding.

#5. How many hours are provided and what's included?

Some DJ's provide the whole day, others only give 4 hours (the dance). Some bring out microphones, some do not. We like to cover your cocktails and dinner to get a feel for the crowd before the dance begins, and no one wants to eat in silence! This also provides a sound system for your speeches.

#6. When do you set up?

This ties in with number 5. If your DJ is only playing for 4 hours you DO NOT want them to be setting up during your dinner and speeches! It will be very disruptive. Ask to make sure your wedding DJ will setup and sound check well before your wedding begins.

#7. Do You have a contract?

If the answer is no, do not hire them. Do not give them any money. Do not pass go. This is important to make sure your DJ has the obligation to show up on your wedding day for the agreed upon wage for the agreed upon amount of time.

#8. What Does Your Setup Look Like?

You want your wedding DJ to bring out a professional setup a clean work station. Ask to see actual photos of their setup and make it doesn't take away from your wedding day with tacky lighting, company banners/logos, or messy cables.

Do you have any other important questions? Let us know! www.tildeathdousparty.ca