need famous dj names for my budget!
Hi,
I run a club 45 minutes outside of london in a town. I’d like to ask the community to recommend some big name DJs for me
£1000-1500 range
£1500 - 3500 range
£3500-6000 range
Any kind of music is welcome but the person must have been/is ‘popular’ or ‘recognisable’. 60 minute sets are fine.
I hope this is not against forum rules. Thank you very much!
Cheers,
Swanbiz
DJ Vekked, he’s a member of this community, don’t know if he’d come to the UK to just play for 60 minutes.
No disrespect to DJ Vekked but I was thinking more someone along the lines of Tinchy Stryder or Tim Westwood
Thank you for the reply though! 
Why in the world would you pay that kind of money for 60 minutes in a club? If you are gonna spend that kinda cash, you need to get at least 3 hours out of that headliner.
in light of that is sounds to me that he isnt actualy RUNNING the club
and infact just was asked to take over a single night of the week
Prices are one of those things that people just don’t discuss openly on forums for larger name acts. If you know, you know, and if you don’t, you have to earn the knowledge 
i’ll play for 1500 quid.
my mates know me
hahaha you have a lot to learn young grasshopper - 1hr set is the standard for headliners, it’s only through much planning and discussions will your favourite artists play longer sets at a random night they are booked for.
TS, I would do some research - why not put a post up on the fanpages and portals of the club and see who people want to see, without mentioning your budget.
The 2 names you’ve mentioned above are sort of in your range - £5000 - £6000 will get you a 15min set for a semi-decent pop act, and you can afford westwood for a whole set with that sort of budget.
I’d do some research, send some emails to agencies and it’ll start to come clearer - asking a forum like techtools isn’t going to get the answers you need.
Funny kind of post.
You could pick up a variety of music mags and see who’s drawing the crowds. A quick google of Tim Westwood or Tinchy Stryder easily puts you in contact with their agents.
Asking here may be good for getting name underground Dj’s, but not really mainstream ones. You could go through Radio 1 DJ names of who is doing the Friday and Saturday night slots, or other late night slots where they may have a following and are playing some genre of dance music. Of course if you’re going for Tim Westwood, there are also the Trevor Nelson types.
…Or you could employ a promoter who will do the job properly and you won’t end up getting ya pants pulled down by every agent in industry cus they will charge YOU what YOU will pay not what the artists actually goes out for.
Seriously dude, you are setting yourself up for a fall here. Get a promoter who knows how to approach agents and do the job properly.
… Tinchy Stryder DJs? I thought all he did was make cheesy pop songs while annoying grime fans.
Are you kidding? Here in Miami headliners play a minimum of 3 hours for club gigs. I know this because I book them. Festivals, 60 to 90 minutes is normal. If you are only getting 60 minutes out of a headliner you are fucking ignorant. No DJ wants to play for an hour and you don’t get your money’s worth as a promoter or club owner. YOU have a lot to learn bro.
Thanks guys - who’s your favourite DJ that would come in my budget then?
i dont know but by booking a headliner and having them only play for a single hour,
you are assuming all the people coming for the headliner are coming at the same time
What do you do with the rest of the 5 hours for the night?
Book 5 other no named djs?
or book 2 others and have them play longer than the headliner?
i have to ask because it just doesnt add up
No, he’s right. Zedd just played in Mansion like 2 weeks ago and his set wasn’t even an hour and a half, for example.
Hahahaha… this is Mansion, not a nightclub. Space, Story, Treehouse, Pickle are all 3 hours minimum unless they have multiple headliners.
Well, it’s not Miami.
If you are booking names that are known in practically any household that listens to Top 40 and pop mainstream radio then you are not talking 3 hour sets.
Yes, if you got someone over like Todd Terry, then you would be looking at somewhere around 3 hours, but he’s obviously looking to get more mainstream known acts
r3hab is going to play an awesome 3 hour set later this month just because he’s playing at Story instead of a place like Mansion.
this is common with smaller places and when a headliner has multiple bookings
J Paul Getto will do a 90 mn set for $2000 plus flight and hotel.