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Paid DJ gigs at pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels across the UK.
Pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels near you post party nights, Sunday sessions and brunches. Then they ask you to play. You keep every penny of your price.
The venue’s money is secured before you play. It’s in your account within two working days of the night. If you’re booked at short notice, it’s three working days after the booking instead.
Free to join. Nothing taken from your fee. No tie-in. Launching Friday 20 November.
Where you’ll play
Six kinds of night.
All of them paid.
Venues post the night, the times and the sound they want. You see it, check your price and say yes. These are the DJ gigs pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels book most.
Tap your sound
Pick what you play and we’ll show you which nights want it.
- Fri and Sat · 9pm to 1am
Party nightsWants your sound
Fridays and Saturdays in pubs and bars. Floor-fillers from the 80s to now.
New requestThe CrownSat · 9pm to 1am · Main bar · 80s to now£220 - Sun · 3pm to 7pm
Sunday sessionsWants your sound
Afternoon sets in beer gardens and on terraces. House, disco and soul.
New requestThe PloughSun · 3pm to 7pm · Beer garden · House and disco£180 - Sat and Sun · 12pm to 4pm
Bottomless brunchWants your sound
Daytime sets for restaurants and bars, kept at talking volume.
New requestBar LuciaSat · 12pm to 4pm · Brunch · Disco and pop£160 - Any night · 7pm to 11pm
Hotel barsWants your sound
Laid-back sets for hotel bars, lounges and rooftop terraces.
New requestThe Swan HotelFri · 7pm to 11pm · Rooftop bar · Soulful house£200 - Any night · 8pm to 12am
Themed nightsWants your sound
80s, 90s, garage, reggae, Motown or Ibiza classics. The venue sets the theme.
New requestThe GeorgeFri · 8pm to 12am · 90s night · 90s classics£200 - Booked by the venue · 7pm to 12am
Private partiesWants your sound
Christmas dos, birthdays and office parties in the venue’s function room.
New requestThe Kings ArmsSat · 7pm to 12am · Function room · Christmas party£250
Hover overTap a night to see the kind of request you’d get.
What’s in it for you
More gigs.
All of your money.
Here’s one £280 midweek gig, booked two ways.
Through an agent, you lose a fifth of it and wait over a month. Then you chase it.
Thursday · The Red LionCovers band · 8pm
- Agreed feeAgreed fee£280£280
- Agent’s cut (20%)Packed Out’s cut−£56£0
- Invoice sentVenue’s payment30-day termsSecured before the gig
- ChasingChasingTwice, by emailNone
- When it landsWhen it landsIn about five weeksThursday
You get£224eventually
You pick the nights.
Every gig is a one-off. Take a single night, a busy weekend or the whole week. Tap the nights you’d play.
£0
for the nights you picked
Tap a night to add a gig.
Based on your price. Bookings depend on venues near you.
Join with these nightsPrice guide
What should
a DJ charge?
A rough guide to what UK pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels pay a DJ, by the kind of night. Pick one and see where your price sits.
Party night
£150 to £300
Fri or Sat, about 4 hours. Weekends sit at the top end.
Outside London, for a typical set. London, weekends and December usually pay more. Built from published UK DJ price guides, 2024 to 2026. Whatever you charge, you keep all of it.
How it works
One gig,
start to finish.
Here’s a single booking through Packed Out, from the request landing on your phone to the money in your account. No calls, no invoices.
Log in any time with the email you signed up with. Your requests, your free nights and your payments are all in one place.
- Mon11:42Packed OutNew request
The Crown wants you
Sat · 9pm to 1am · Main bar · 80s to now
AcceptTurn down£220 - Mon11:43Packed OutBooked
You said yes
The Crown’s £220 is secured. We hold it until the night.
- Fri18:00Packed OutTomorrow
The Crown, 9pm
Load-in from 8pm. Set from 9pm to 1am. Parking round the back.
- Sat01:04Packed OutNight confirmed
The Crown marked it played
They left you a five-star review. It’s on your page now.
- Tue09:12Packed OutPaid
£0 in your account
Two working days after the night. Nothing to invoice, nothing to chase.
What venues see
Your page.
Sound first.
Venues pick DJs by ear. Your page leads with your mix, then your sounds, your price and when you’re free. Every gig you play adds a review.
Badges open more nights
Add insurance or a PAT test and it shows as a badge. Venues that ask for them can book you. Tap the grey badge to see what changes.
Got a following?
Venues running brunches and themed nights look for it. Add your Instagram or TikTok. Say you’ll post about the night and you’ll stand out.
7 free nights this week
Open to: nights that don’t ask for a PAT test.
What you need
Start with a mix.
Add the rest later.
You don’t need insurance or PAT tests to join. Each venue says on the night whether it needs them. Add them once and more nights open up.
DJs
For party, club, mobile and Sunday-session DJs.
- To joinA mix or a video of a nightSo venues can hear your sound before they ask.
- If the venue asksPublic liability insuranceHotels and bigger venues often ask for it. Upload the certificate once.
- If the venue asksPAT-tested kitDecks, speakers and lights, with the test date.
Your page takes about five minutes.
Make your free profileQuestions
DJ
questions.
Question we haven’t answered?
support@packedout.co.uk
Email us and we’ll get back to you. Everything else, from posting a night to getting paid, happens in the app.
None. Joining is free, always. You only pay when you book: 15% on top of the act’s price, never more than £50. Food trucks are a flat £50.
When you accept a booking. We hold your money safely and only pay the act once the night’s gone ahead. If the night doesn’t happen, you get it all back.
That’s the Backup Promise. We find you a replacement. If we can’t, you get every penny back.
Every act’s profile shows reviews from other venues and what we’ve checked. Need public liability insurance or PAT-tested kit? Tick it when you post the night. Only acts who have it can say yes. Food trucks always need a hygiene rating.
Keep them. Bring them onto Packed Out and book everyone in one place, with the same checks and the same money held safely until the night.
If you can send a text, you can use it. Posting a night takes about a minute. The app walks you through every step.
No. No minimum nights, no monthly fee. Book when you want, stop when you want.
We work with pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels across the UK. Acts choose how far they’ll travel, so you only see people who’ll actually come to you.
Not always. Many ask for a meal or a stay. Some charge a fee too. What they’ll post and what they get is agreed in writing before they walk in.
No. It’s free to join and we take nothing from your fee. We charge the venue, so you keep every penny of your price.
The venue’s payment is secured before the night. It’s released to you once you’ve played and lands in your account within two working days of the night. If you’re booked at short notice, it’s three working days after the booking instead.
Most venues expect you to bring your own set-up. Say on your page what you bring. Venues see it before they ask.
A mix or a video of a night, so venues can hear your sound. You don’t need insurance or PAT tests to join.
Only when a venue asks. Each night says whether it needs them. Hotels and bigger venues often do. Add them once and every night that needs them opens up to you.
Party DJs most of all. Venues also book house, garage, reggae, 80s and 90s, Motown and soul, plus Sunday sessions and bottomless brunches.
Yes. Mark the nights you’re free in your dashboard. Venues only ask about those nights. You can turn any request down.
Yes. You set your price per gig, the areas you’ll travel to and the nights you’re free. Venues see your price before they ask.
As a rough guide outside London, £150 to £300 for a four-hour party night, less for a Sunday session or brunch and more for private parties and December. Set your own price. You keep all of it.
Whatever you and the venue agree. The times are in the request before you accept, so there are no surprises on the night.
Yes. Every booking stands on its own. If a venue loves you, they can ask you back. You’re never tied in.
Keep them. Invite them on and book through Packed Out. You get paid on time, every time, without chasing.
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Get your
first booking.
Sign up free on our app and build your page. Get checked once, then venues near you can book you.
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Make your free profile
- Set your own prices and the nights you’re free.
- Get checked once, then venues near you can book you.
- Free to join. You keep every penny of your price.
Bookings open on Friday 20 November. Join now and get your page ready.
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