Frequently Asked Questions
Here we have listed the answers to questions we often get asked. If you are unable to find the answer you’re looking for, please contact us.
Placing a booking:
About the disco
If you are unable to find the answer to your question on our site please feel free to contact us.
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How do I place a booking?
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You can easily place a booking by Telephone, Email, via our Online Enquiry Form, or by our ‘Chat With Us Now’ service.
To place a booking you will need the following details:
- Event Date
- Event Times
- Event Type (Wedding, Birthday, etc...)
- The Venue’s Name & Address.
- Your Name, Address & Telephone Number.
All our contact details can be found on our contact us page.
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When should I place my booking?
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As soon as possible.
To ensure you get the date, venue and entertainment you want you should book everything as early as possible.
The majority of our bookings are placed about 3 to 4 months in advance. Although, some bookings, such as Christmas, Weddings and other important dates come in over a year in advance.
We work on a first come, first served basis and can not take provisional bookings.
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How much do you charge?
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The cost of supplying a mobile disco varies depending on the individual requirement for each booking.
There are many variables such as travelling time, venue access, late finishing times and what equipment is required. All of which can make a difference to the total price.
As you would expect Friday and Saturday nights are the most popular and carry a higher charge than a weekday.
The main nights through the year such as New Years Eve and Halloween are also more expensive due to the demand and are priced accordingly.
For your convenience we have listed our start prices for a variety of nights on their relevant pages. These prices are for guidance only and you should contact us for a firm quotation.
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Why do mobile discos charge different prices?
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Simply put: Not all mobile discos are the same!
Although it is not always the case, the price often reflects the quality and experience of a particular mobile disco company.
Newcomers to the trade often have to price aggressively to kick start their business. While many mobile discos are actually ran as a hobby and often use equipment that is not intended for professional use.
Streetbeat has been running since 1992, we only buy professional equipment from reputable manufacturers and suppliers. We are all too well aware of the manufacturers who claim to make professional equipment, but are in fact simply cashing in on the vast number of young DJ wannabes.
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Can you send a confirmation?
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Yes.
All bookings are confirmed in writing. We send a printed 2 part confirmation agreement that contains all the details of your booking. This way we both have a copy of what is happening on your event date.
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Can you set-up in the afternoon?
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Usually yes.
We understand that sometimes it is convenient for equipment to be set-up earlier in the day and so we offer an early set-up service.
Should you require our equipment to be set-up more than 2 hours prior to the disco start time there maybe an additional early set-up fee.
Please confirm at time of booking if this service is available.
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Will your equipment fit in our venue?
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Our equipment can be set-up in many different ways to suit virtually any venue. However, if you have any concerns about the available space please let us know. We may arrange to visit the venue prior to your event.
All venues and events are different and so, we design our shows in such a way that it is suitable and effective for your event and venue.
For example if you’re having a 60th birthday we will be careful to use softer lighting effects and any beam effects will point to the floor or ceiling to avoid ‘blinding’ people.
However, if you’re having an 18th Birthday party we will use more appropriate harder lighting such as strobes and smoke. We’ll spread the lighting wider to fill the room and maximise the effect.
Let us know if you have any special requirements for lighting we will be happy to help - after all, we never forget it’s your party!
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How long do you need to set-up & pack up?
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We usually allow 1 hour to set-up and around 45 minutes to pack-up.
Marquee’s and venues with difficult access may take longer. Always ensure you inform us about any access difficulties.
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Are you insured?
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Yes
We have Public Liability Insurance (PLI).
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What music do you have?
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We have a very large music collection. It primarily consists of Chart, Pop, Dance, R&B, Cheese, Indie, alternative, Motown , Soul and Rock from the 60s to pre-release tracks of today.
Our catalogue also includes sections of Old Time, Big Band, Jazz, Swing, Jive, Crooner, Rock & Roll and Sing-a-long music styles for when they are required.
Please feel free to contact us with any music requirements you may have.
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What music will you play?
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It is usually important to play a variety of the most popular music and work from what music gets the best response.
The music played at an event or party is the single most important thing. We carry a very large collection of music to ensure we have something for everyone.
At the majority of events there will be a cross-section of guests with widely differing tastes in music. From the very start we ‘people watch’ to try and gauge the types of music that will be needed throughout the party or event.
People maybe sober and not ready to dance, but tell-tell signs such as tapping feet give away their music preferences.
Combine our ‘tricks of the trade’ with our years of experience and you have a recipe for a very successful party.
Some events will have a more specialised musical theme. Talk to us about how strict a music policy you would like to apply at your event.
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Do you accept requests & playlists?
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Yes.
We welcome customers who wish to send a playlist or even a don’t playlist! Using our many years of experience we will select and play music from your list as and when appropriate.
All we ask is you keep in mind the music you might like to listen to at home is not necessarily the right music for your guests to dance to at your event
Unless otherwise instructed we will let your guests know they are welcome to make requests and dedications on the night.
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What equipment do you have?
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We couldn’t maintain our reputation for professionalism and reliability if we didn’t use a high standard of equipment.
We only buy equipment from manufacturers who have a long running reputation of supplying technically advanced and hard wearing goods.
We are all too aware of the vast numbers of manufacturers who attempt to copy the professionals or who produce cheap unreliable goods to cater for the amateur or ‘bed room’ DJ’s
LIGHTING
Streetbeat’s standard light show consists of a variety of analogue and DMX intelligent lighting effects. We use multiple effects that link together via data cables to enable them to work together to produce a perfectly synchronised fully controllable light show.
The result is visually stunning, watch as bright, vibrant beams of light twist and turn, dancing in time with the music.
SOUND SYSTEM
We use a very high quality state-of -the-art professional speaker system that produces an exceptionally clear, crisp and warm sound. Depending on the numbers at your event we will either use a 2 or 4 speaker set-up.
Our standard sound system is powerful enough to cope with audiences up to around 800 people. For larger events we are able to supply systems up to around 10kW.
“It’s not about volume, it’s about quality.”
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What is a Lighting Jockey or ‘LJ’?
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A Lighting Jockey or ‘LJ’ is a person who’s job is to operate a lighting system to provide appropriate lighting for an event.
The ability of a mobile disco to supply soft, slow and subtle lighting and effects through to fast, bright and strobe lighting at the right time in the music makes a huge difference in the quality and entertainment value of a lighting system.
The majority of mobile discos turn on their effects and just leave them on doing their own thing.
Our combination of using fully controllable DMX lighting with DMX controllers and a lighting jockey ensures that our light show is appropriately stunning (or subtle) for all the music we play.
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Can we use your microphone(s)?
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Yes.
A microphone can usually be made available for speeches as required. Please prearrange this with us so we can ensure a microphone is ready for when you need it.
Unless you have booked our karaoke add-on, microphones will NOT usually be available for guests who want to sing along!
There maybe an extra charge if a microphone is required outside of the disco time or if you require more than one microphone.
For maximum flexibility we use high quality radio microphones that have switchable frequencies that ensures you will not get any interference from other electrical equipment or crosstalk from other radio microphones in the area.
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Will the DJ dress smartly?
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All our staff will be dressed appropriately smart to suit your event.
We wear black tie & Dinner Jackets at balls & proms and shirt and tie at weddings etc.
The only exception to this rule is on fancy dress or theme nights where we will wear smart casual dress. Otherwise we would spend a fortune on various outfits to cover hundreds of possible themes!
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Can we extend the finish time on the night?
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Usually Yes.
Often parties can be far more successful than you have planned. There’s nothing worse for you and your guests than reaching your booked finishing time when you still have guests wanting to party!
For this reason we are usually able to offer a continuation service.
Providing the venue management are happy for the disco to continue and so long as we are not breaking any laws or licence agreements, we can for an agreed rate continue for a limited amount of time.
The rate and amount of time must be agreed with the DJ on the night. The DJ’s decision is final.
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What other services do you supply?
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We provide a range of optional extras designed to help enhance the atmosphere and to give you and your guests the best experience possible.
Our standard available extra’s range from Bubble and Snow machines through to Up-lighters and Architectural lighting we can provide stage lighting should it be needed.
We only list on our site the most popular extras. So if you have something in mind you would like at your event, whether it’s a laser light show or pyrotechnics or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact us - we can usually help.
If we do not stock the item or effect, we can usually obtain it through our local or national suppliers.
Also see: Extra’s and Karaoke
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