Tennyson Events
ProHighlights
- DJs mix live on turntables and digital vinyl, scratching and blending songs from a timber booth built by a member of the team
- Every booking includes MC work – the couple's entrance, housekeeping notices and speeches are handled by the DJ
- Travel to Barossa wedding venues is part of the quoted price, and the venue only needs to supply a power point near the reception
About Tennyson Events
Tennyson Events is a small group of DJs and MCs whose members came up through clubs, radio and independent record labels, and each has spent over two decades playing. They mix live on turntables and digital vinyl, cutting and layering songs on the fly, and see themselves as club DJs who now play private functions. For a Barossa Valley wedding, the person you plan with is the person behind the decks on the night. Planning starts with one or two meetings, followed by a few hours spent shaping the playlist and preparing custom edits. When the day arrives, the ceremony gets its own speaker and microphone, and a speaker is then moved or added so canapés have music. Through the reception they look after the couple's entrance, housekeeping notices and speeches before opening up the dance floor and reading the room from there. Each booking comes with QSC speakers and a subwoofer when the space calls for one, a smaller second speaker for the ceremony, a Sennheiser digital wireless microphone system, uplights that change with every track and a timber booth one of the DJs built by hand. Spare microphones, battery-powered speakers, cables and music devices travel too, so a winery lawn or estate marquee only needs a power point close to the reception. Weddings make up most of the calendar, but the team also plays birthdays, engagement parties, fashion parades and corporate or brand events, from relaxed networking music to high-energy activations. Travel to Barossa venues is included in the wedding price, and the team has played a backyard wedding in Williamstown.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Tennyson Events charge extra to MC our Barossa wedding?
No. MC work comes with every booking, so the DJ introduces you both, runs housekeeping notices and keeps the speeches on track. If a friend or relative is MCing, the DJ works alongside them instead.
What is included in a Barossa wedding booking?
One or two planning meetings, time spent preparing the playlist and custom edits, a speaker and microphone for the ceremony, canapé music, MC duties over dinner and a DJ set to the final song, with spare gear on hand.
What gear does the DJ set up at the winery?
QSC speakers with a subwoofer where the space needs it, an extra speaker covering the ceremony and canapé hour, Sennheiser wireless microphones, turntables, wireless uplights that follow the music and a hand-made timber booth.
How do the booking fee and extra time work?
A $1,100 booking fee, which is non-refundable, locks in the date, and the balance is due eight weeks before the wedding. If the night runs longer, extra time costs from $330 an hour per DJ, billed in half-hour blocks.
Is travel to the Barossa Valley included?
Yes. The team's pricing covers travel to Barossa venues, so there is no separate travel charge for a winery or estate reception there. The venue needs to provide a power point near the reception area.
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Jessica Maxwell
3 weeks ago
Ryley from Tennyson Events was absolutely fantastic! Luke and I didn’t give him a whole lot to go off when it came to the music for the night, but he absolutely nailed it. The music was great, the dance floor was so much…
Michael Rapaic
a month ago
We had Ryley Smithson DJ our wedding at Coriole. He played music from the beginning of the ceremony until the end of the night and we couldn’t be more pleased. The music was always on queue perfectly. He was very organis…
Alex Hunt
a month ago
Ryley from Tennyson Events was amazing to work with from the first email. Great communication and he asked plenty of questions to make sure that our day was exactly what we wanted, which was important considering we were…
Iz
a month ago
As I write this three days after my wedding, with ZERO voice left from screaming songs at the top of my lungs all night, I cannot thank DJ Dylan Sander enough for the unreal vibe he brought to Harrison and my wedding at…
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