Where Did You All Look To FIND Your DJ??? Craigslist? Here? Other Sites???

AZBARRELRACER

Having a hard time finding them in my area... Maybe I am not looking where they advertise!!! 

Peavy

Look on your local board, in the column on the left.

fallbride1109

I found mine on my local board.  You can try Wedding Wire also.

random4180

I found our band on gigmaster.com

Barbiiieee

My venue required we used a certain DJ. Which works okay for us. I personally know DJ Steel in the Phoenix area and he is really good. I'm not certain that he usually does weddings or not, but it might be worth looking into!

libby2483

We just Googled "wedding DJs Madison WI".  We also used a local wedding planning guide where vendors advertise.

mcskatcat

I would also ask for recommendations from friends.  Not sure if you have been to weddings in your area, but that's a big help.  

We also received a ton of recommendations from our venue.  I believe that's how we found our DJ.  The venue had a number of business cards of people they had worked with and trusted, so we similarly felt comfortable with the vendor.  

DeannaCW

I found ours on Craigslist. You just have to be careful, they do get a lot of cheapy ones or some that looked like scammers. But the guy we got is someone who does it as a side job, and has been contracted out by some of the major companies in the area before. So basically, we're just not paying the overhead. (He said one time he got a tip from the couple based on what they paid the company... and it was about the same as what the company had paid him). If you're careful about it, CL can be the way to go.

HobokensFury

My venue had a list of preferred vendors, including DJs. We picked the house DJ because he gave us a great deal and we instantly clicked.

loca4pook

I have heard to be careful about just trusting venu recommendations as sometimes other vendors PAY for their names to be given out by vendors. Do your research.

I looked at both Knot and project wedding for reviews of local vendors.

I also look at yelp.com to make sure no bad reviews were out there (some are inevitable with hundreds of reviews...but read them just to check "red flags"). Also, if you are really worried, check BBB for formal complaints

I found looking at the "local vendors" places on this and projectwedding.com was the most helpful

I also went to a bridal show and was able to see DJ's that way. that was VERY helpful

[Deleted User]

My venue had a list of preferred vendors. I checked them out on yelp and wedding wire to make sure they were reputable.

Avion22

I got recommendations from my other vendors.  I got married in a small-ish city, and it seemed like most of the vendors had worked with each other before, so they were able to provide a few recommendations for me.

HobokensFury

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[QUOTE]<strong>I have heard to be careful about just trusting venu recommendations as sometimes other vendors PAY for their names to be given out by vendors. </strong>Do your research. I looked at both Knot and project wedding for reviews of local vendors. I also look at yelp.com to make sure no bad reviews were out there (some are inevitable with hundreds of reviews...but read them just to check "red flags"). Also, if you are really worried, check BBB for formal complaints I found looking at the "local vendors" places on this and projectwedding.com was the most helpful I also went to a bridal show and was able to see DJ's that way. that was VERY helpful
Posted by loca4pook[/QUOTE]

Venues would not give their customers the names of people they don't trust because if something bad would happen it's their name on the line.  Case in point my original photographer was a no show at a wedding. My venue fired him and found us someone better.