{"id":10583,"date":"2025-11-20T10:22:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/?p=10583"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:22:28","slug":"marquee-advice-dj-areas-in-marquees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/marquee-advice-dj-areas-in-marquees\/","title":{"rendered":"Marquee Advice: DJ Areas in Marquees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When planning DJ areas try putting yourself in a DJ\u2019s shoes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was pointed to this forum recently: DJ forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s one post that was perfect for us so I\u2019ve quoted it in full here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFortunately I only do a couple of marquee gigs each year, but there are four main reasons why I have a strong disliking for these functions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The ground is always uneven, meaning you usually have to put piles of disco cards under your stands & tripods to level them up\u2026and this looks rubbish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If its been raining, then can be very muddy. I had this problem big time at one particular gig last year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. They often have a dodgy power supply, either from a generator or from extension leads from a nearby building\u2026and you\u2019re never sure if they are being shared by caterers or the lighting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Lack of headroom. Being at the side of the marquee, we are normally in the area where the roof is at its lowest, and I often find that I don\u2019t have the 9 feet height required by my main lighting tripod.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Okay, so lets deal with these points in order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. There\u2019s not much you can do about uneven surfaces. Don\u2019t increase the dance floor to accomodate DJ\u2019s \u2013 dancing will make the records jump etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Encourage customers to have flooring if there\u2019s any chance of it being muddy. It makes for a better party and means DJ (and your) equipment stays clean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Try to make sure you have a completely separate power lead for the DJ, either their own extension lead from the house or a separate lead from the generator so it doesn\u2019t conflict with anything else.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. When designing your customers\u2019 layout try to have the DJ area at one end rather than to one side, this means they\u2019ll have greater headroom and also looks more impressive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. If possible allow for access in to the back of the DJ area, this saves equipment being carried through eating\/greeting areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. If you\u2019ve got lighting controls position them near the DJ, this allows him\/her to dim them down when starting their set and helps control the atmosphere.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Thanks to Rob James Entertainment for letting me quote their forum post & thanks for reading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Spencer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      When planning DJ areas try putting yourself in a DJ\u2019s shoes: I was pointed to this forum recently: DJ forum There\u2019s one post that was perfect for us so I\u2019ve quoted it in full here: \u201cFortunately I only do a couple of marquee gigs each year, but there are four main reasons why I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}