How Many Gigs On Average ?

[501damian501]

Right... then you folks time to clear the air, how many wedding gigs on average do you do a year...... ? reguards damian

[Penfold42]

It depends who you ask.....

Some guys on here...weddings are their bread and butter....others not so....

Me, i'll be doing between 15 - 20 this year......not a lot i know...but this is only the second year...

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Just out of interest Damiuan, why the phrase "Time to clear the air" I'm not sure what you mean?

[Penfold42]

Just out of interest Damiuan, why the phrase "Time to clear the air" I'm not sure what you mean?

I thought you were off for a wee....

[rob1963]

It depends who you ask.....

Some guys on here...weddings are their bread and butter....

I'm one of those guys.

Weddings account for nearly 90% of all my disco bookings.

This is exactly what I'd expect, as about 90% my advertising is on wedding directory type sites.

[Tony Scott]

I'm one of those guys.

Weddings account for nearly 90% of all my disco bookings.

About 75% for me on the wedding front.

Getting a lot of 18th Birthday Disco's. Did 2 or 3 at the end of last year and now all their friends are booking me for this year......I know a lot of people shy away from 18th's but I really like em!

Weymouth, Dorset, Somerset, www.partyshopdisco.co.uk 18th Birthday Disco, Bassline, Drum & Bass, Pendulum, Hardcore, RnB, Emo, Indie, Cheese ...........there that's the search engine optimisation bit done!

[Vectis]

My rough split is

Weddings - 30%
Older Kids/Young Teens - 50%
Other - 20%

BUT (and it's a big but) the majority of my weddings are very intricate, all-day type affairs with lots of additional services wrapped into the overall package, usually far exceeding my published "disco only" rates

Example being yesterdays:
- three planning sessions (mainly because bride is American, groom is British, friends arriving from about 20 countries)
- marquee used for meal needs PA for 250 plus video projection
- same room being used for ceremony and disco so lots of jiggling and hanging around
- custom video sequence for first dance
- video recording and photography during the whole event

etc.

[Tony Scott]

............usually far exceeding my published "disco only" rates

Example being yesterdays:
- three planning sessions (mainly because bride is American, groom is British, friends arriving from about 20 countries)
- marquee used for meal needs PA for 250 plus video projection
- same room being used for ceremony and disco so lots of jiggling and hanging around
- custom video sequence for first dance
- video recording and photography during the whole event

etc.

All that for £75.00........wow!

[Vectis]

All that for £75.00........wow!

Yep - not a bad hourly rate huh?

[DazzyD]

Usually weddings make up 40-50% of all the work we do. This year has been mostly engagement parties so far but the number of christenings has rocketed. Had nearly 4 full months of Sundays from mid-January but things have quietened down a bit now. (I'm glad of the break, really!)