Terms · last updated 31 August 2026
Terms
of booking
This is what is agreed with every client before an event. It is published openly so you can read it calmly before writing: we would rather nobody was surprised. Each event is then closed with its own signed document.
Four-line summary.
A deposit holds the date. The equipment is owned and expensive. The booth is a restricted area. If someone at the party breaks something, the client covers it — not the DJ.
1. Booking and payment
- The date is held with a 30 % deposit. Until then it stays available to others.
- The balance is paid on the day of the event, before the set starts, unless agreed otherwise in writing.
- The quote includes travel, rigging, sound check, the set and de-rigging.
- Cancellation: up to 30 days before, the deposit is refunded in full. Between 30 and 7 days, half. In the last 7 days the deposit is not refunded, because that date can no longer be sold.
- If the DJ cancels for reasons of their own, everything paid is refunded.
2. What the venue needs to provide
Confirmed before the day, and part of the agreement:
- Space: around 2×2 m for the booth and speakers, on firm ground and under a roof or a closed marquee.
- Power: a nearby, stable socket. For large events, a line with its own breaker. A trip at two in the morning ends the night.
- Load-in access: parking nearby and a route without impossible stairs. If there is none, say so beforehand.
- Curfew: whatever the venue or the council sets, in writing. The set is planned to reach that time without a hard cut.
- Rain cover if the event is outdoors. Electrical equipment cannot get wet.
3. The booth is a restricted area
This point is not fussiness: it is the part that prevents the most problems. The mixer, the laptop and the speakers are the DJ's livelihood and are not covered by the venue's insurance.
- Only the DJ is in the booth. The couple or whoever books can come over whenever they like.
- If anyone else wants to come up — to dedicate a song, speak on the mic or take a photo — it is asked beforehand and the client takes responsibility for that person.
- No glasses, bottles or drinks on any surface of the equipment. A spilled glass over a mixer destroys it in seconds.
- At large parties, the organiser is advised to plan a physical barrier or a table in front of the booth.
4. If something gets broken
Put as plainly as possible, because it has happened:
- Damage caused by guests is covered by the client. If someone throws a glass, spills a drink, knocks over a speaker or hits the table, repair or replacement is at the client's expense, regardless of who did it.
- The amount is based on the actual repair or replacement cost, with the corresponding invoice. No added surcharges.
- The DJ never confronts the person responsible. It is not their job, and an argument in the middle of a party ends badly for everyone. It is reported to the client and the night continues.
- If the situation becomes dangerous for people or for the equipment — fights, people climbing on the rig, aggression — the right is reserved to stop the set, pack up and leave the event, with no refund and without prejudice to claiming for damages.
- In cases of wilful damage or assault, the authorities will be notified.
Security deposit for higher-risk events.
For large-capacity parties, open street festivals or events where the booth cannot be kept protected, a refundable security deposit may be requested and is returned in full at the end if there are no incidents. It is agreed beforehand and stated in the contract: never sprung on the day.
5. Times and overtime
- The agreed schedule is what appears on the contract. Rigging starts at least two hours before the first guest arrives.
- Overtime is agreed on the night and charged per started hour, always within the venue's curfew.
- If the event starts late for reasons outside the DJ's control, the end time does not move.
6. Music and requests
- Before the event a must-play list and a no-play list are agreed.
- The rest is read live. A closed four-hour playlist nearly always empties the floor.
- With the QR request system, final moderation rests with the DJ and the client.
- Offensive or discriminatory content, or anything likely to cause conflict, is not played.
7. Force majeure
If the event cannot go ahead for reasons beyond both parties — storm, administrative ban, serious illness — an alternative date is sought and the deposit stands. If no date is possible, it is refunded less any costs already incurred.
8. The contract
Each event is closed with a short document setting out: date, place, times, capacity, fee, payment method and these terms. It is signed by both parties and a copy is sent.
9. Questions
If any of this does not fit your event, let us talk. These terms are a reasonable starting point, not something imposed.