Wedding DJ advice from DJs that have seen it all — Guides, mistakes to skip, and Real Weddings to get inspiration from
You got a big party to throw, but you’re probably not a party-throwing expert. No worries, because we are (much to moms' disapproval).
We've spent years as wedding DJs across Omaha, Lincoln, Madison, and Milwaukee, so these blogs are where we give you expert insight that we’ve earned over countless late nights (and occasional mistakes). Wanna see our favorite Spotify playlists from previous couples? Figure out how to time the reception so your guests don’t get bored? Why you should have cocktail tables next to the dance floor?
Scroll down and start with whatever you're worried about. We'll meet you there.
Cafe Postale Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
Café Postale gives you three rooms with every booking and no dance floor in any of them. Here's which room the party belongs in, and why the brick under your feet used to be a street.
Lied Lodge Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Nebraska City
Arbor Day Farm has eight wedding venues across 260 acres and couples love combining them. Two of them is a good night. Three is a DJ rebuilding their rig in the middle of your wedding.
Zenia Omaha Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
Zenia builds your floor plan from scratch, which means where the DJ ends up is a decision somebody makes rather than a thing the room decides. Here's how to make that decision well.
The Paxton Ballroom Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
The Paxton's website says events end at midnight. The reception we DJ'd there stopped at 11. That one number decides your whole timeline, so here's how to find out which one is yours.
Junto Wine Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Seward
There's no house sound system at Junto, and nobody tells you that until you're standing in a vineyard at 4:30 wondering where the ceremony speaker plugs in. Here's how to plan around it.
Villa Aletta Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
Villa Aletta gives you stone walls, a huge fireplace and a ceiling fully draped in fabric and twinkle lights. That ceiling is doing your sound a favor. Here's how we'd run the night.
How to let your guests build the playlist: Mikayla & Lindsay at the Harper Center, Omaha
Mikayla and Lindsay asked every guest to name a song on their RSVP card, then handed their DJ two playlists instead of one. She got two requests all night. Here's how to steal it.
Harper Center Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
The ballroom lights here are on a keypad only staff can reach, and the staffer goes home at nine. Get that sorted and you've got a great room. Here's what a DJ plans for at the Harper Center.
Whispering Pines Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Madison
You booked a converted church with brick walls and a tall vaulted ceiling. It's stunning, and it rings like a bell if nobody plans for it. Here's how a DJ keeps the sound tight in a room like this.
Majestic Theatre Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Madison
You booked a 1906 theater with a real stage and a professional concert rig. That changes how a DJ works the room, and mostly for the better. Here's how we'd run your night on it.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Madison
Olbrich clears everyone out by 11 p.m., teardown included, so the music has to stop before that. The couples who plan a tight timeline around it throw the better party. Here's how a DJ runs a glass garden.
Sugarland Barn Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Madison
You booked a barn that is 34 feet wide and 130 feet long. That one measurement decides where the dance floor goes, where your DJ stands, and whether table twelve hears the toast.
Madison Elks Lodge Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Madison
You booked a lakefront hall with a walk-out to the water, which means your ceremony and your reception are a few steps apart. Here's what a DJ does with a day that never has to move.
Schlitz Audubon Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Milwaukee
You booked a north-woods lodge on a Lake Michigan nature preserve, with an 11 p.m. curfew and no fog machines allowed. Here's how a DJ plans a great party inside the rules.
A View on State Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
Four hundred guests fit in one room here, and that number cuts both ways. A big room makes a great party feel huge and a thin one feel obvious. Here's how to set it up so the floor fills.
A View West Shores Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Omaha
You picked a bright lakeside room wrapped in brick, wood, and windows. It's gorgeous, and every one of those surfaces bounces sound. Here's how a DJ keeps the dance floor from turning washy.
Milwaukee Public Museum Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Milwaukee
You can dance in front of a dinosaur and send guests wandering through a rainforest between courses. Here's how a DJ anchors the sound so the party stays a party inside a museum.
Coast | Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Milwaukee
You booked a glass room on the lakefront with the Art Museum out the window. It's gorgeous, and all that glass throws sound right back at your guests. Here's how a DJ keeps the dance floor tight.
The Valerie Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ | Milwaukee
You booked a bright modern hall with polished concrete floors and a wall of windows. It's a blank canvas built for a party, and all those hard surfaces need a plan. Here's how a DJ dials it in.
The Woolworth Weddings: Tips for Couples from a DJ
The Woolworth is one of the most beautiful rooms in the Old Market, and that beauty is exactly what can turn your dance floor washy if nobody plans for it. Here's how we'd run the night.