Wedding Production
Wedding DJ and MC
Prelude through last dance, with the timeline handled
What is included
What you get
We run the music and the microphone for your whole day. The ceremony, the cocktail hour, the introductions, the toasts, and a dance floor that fills up and stays that way. No cheesy bits, no airhorn, nobody begging your guests out of their chairs.
- A planning call about your event, not a package walkthrough
- Timeline built with you and your coordinator, then shared with your other vendors
- Prelude, processional, and recessional music for the ceremony
- Cocktail hour and dinner music at a level people can talk over
- Reception DJ from the first dance to the last song
- MC work: introductions, toasts, dance floor cues, and announcements
- Your must play and do not play lists honored exactly as written
- Two wireless handheld microphones for vows, toasts, and blessings
- A PA sized to your room and your guest count, not one rig for every job
- Setup and teardown outside your event window
- A backup laptop, a second deck, and spare cables on every single job
How we work
Our approach
We talk before we plan anything
The first conversation is about your day, not our packages. What the room looks like, who is in it, what you want people doing at nine o'clock, and what you absolutely do not want to hear. We have run enough weddings to know that the details people mention offhand are usually the ones that matter most.
We build the timeline with your other vendors
Your photographer needs to know when the first dance is. Your caterer needs to know when toasts land. We put the timeline together with you, then make sure everyone working your day has the same version of it. Most of the moments that go sideways at a wedding go sideways because two vendors were working off different schedules.
We read the room all night
A playlist written three months out cannot know that your uncle cleared the floor at 9:15, or that your crowd wants something older than anyone predicted. We watch what is actually happening and adjust. That is the whole difference between a DJ who reads the room and one who reads a script, and it is most of what you are hiring us for.
What we bring
On the truck
We size the system to your room and your guest count rather than rolling the same rig into every job.
- Powered PA tops on stands, sized to the room and the guest count
- Subwoofers for the reception dance floor
- Wireless handheld microphones for vows, toasts, and announcements
- Wireless lavalier for officiants who want their hands free
- A DJ controller with a second deck and a backup laptop ready to take over
- Mixer, DI boxes, and enough cable to reach the far end of any room
- A wireless setup tested before your guests are in the room, so the toast mic works the first time somebody lifts it
- Dance floor lighting on stands, run from the booth
Questions
What people ask us
How far ahead should we book?
Most couples book us nine to fifteen months out. Peak Black Hills Saturdays in June, September, and early October go first, and the weekends on either side of the Sturgis rally get complicated fast. If your date is closer than that, ask anyway. We have picked up plenty of good weddings inside of six months.
Do you MC, or just play music?
We MC. Introductions, toasts, dance floor cues, and the announcements that keep the night moving are part of every wedding we run. We do it in a way that moves your event along without making the reception about the person holding the microphone.
Can we pick the music, or do you?
Both, and the balance is up to you. Some couples hand us a full list and some hand us three songs and a general direction. Either works. What matters most is the do not play list, because that is the one where getting it wrong is obvious to everyone in the room.
Do you take requests from guests?
Yes, unless you tell us not to, and we will hold anything that conflicts with your do not play list. If you would rather we route requests through you or your coordinator instead, we can do that too.
What happens if you get sick or your gear fails?
We carry a backup laptop, a second deck, and spare cables to every event, so a hardware failure is a thirty second recovery instead of a dead room. For illness, we are connected to other working DJs across the region and we would rather hand your date to a professional we trust than leave you without one. It has not happened yet. We plan for it anyway.
How much does a wedding DJ cost in the Black Hills?
Our wedding work starts at $1,200 for ceremony audio only and $1,995 for a full production from ceremony through last dance. Larger weddings with bigger rooms and more moving parts start at $3,500. The real number comes out of a conversation about your specific day, because a 60 guest barn reception and a 300 guest ballroom are not the same job.
Service area
Wedding DJ across the Black Hills
We run wedding dj throughout western South Dakota and into Wyoming. Every town on this list has its own page with what the work actually looks like there.
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Send us the date and the venue and we will come back to you with what production actually makes sense for it. No pressure, no packages pushed at you.