Set times, fee, cancellation and the rider, in writing. The ticket payout is a separate calendar.
A DJ contract template is the list of terms you write down before the night, not a PDF that pretends to be valid in every state. Names, the room, the set, the fee and what happens if the show moves: if it is not on the page, you are negotiating it at the door.
This is a checklist for the promoter of the event. It is not a law-firm form. If the fee is large, or the cancellation clause is the part you care about, have a lawyer in your state read it before anyone signs.
A lawyer in your state reads it if the fee or the cancellation is the point.
The DJ deposit is yours to schedule. Ticket payout follows the sale.
The published ticket price is the amount ordered for payout.
Date, room, set start and set end.
Deposit, balance, travel and the meal, each on its own line.
Gear and booth access before the day of the show.
Payout of the ticket price is within 2 business days of the sale.
Overtime is a clause, not a conversation at 1 a.m.
No percentage of the door unless you write that percentage yourself.
The QR scan does not replace the contract with the DJ.
Parties, with full legal names and addresses. If an agency books the DJ, name the agency too.
Date, venue and street address. Set start and set end. What happens if the room runs late, and whether the DJ plays over.
The fee in dollars, and whether that number is the whole amount. Deposit, when it is due, and when the balance is due. Travel, hotel and a meal, if you are covering them, as their own lines.
Guest-list places, and whether photos or a recording of the set can be posted.
Decks or a controller, the mixer, monitors and booth access. If the DJ brings the gear, say so. If the venue supplies it, name what is already in the room.
A rider that arrives the day of the show is a new negotiation. Attach it to the same document you both sign.
The deposit you pay the DJ comes from your own cash. Ticket sales are a different calendar.
Tickean orders the published ticket price within 2 business days of the sale. A business day is a weekday that is not a US public holiday. A Monday sale is ordered on Wednesday. A Friday sale is ordered the following Tuesday. The bank posts on the bank’s schedule.
Organizer commission is 0%. If you publish a ticket at $40, that $40 is the amount ordered. The buyer pays the service fee, and it is in the price they see before they pay. That payout does not pay the DJ’s deposit, and it does not sit until the night of the show.
Who may cancel, by when, and what happens to the deposit. A date that moves is not the same as a date that is called off.
Write the overtime rule before the set runs long: an extra hour, a second set, or the night ends at the time on the page.
Do not leave “we’ll sort the money after” as the clause. That is how a door argument starts.
One room, one set, a rider that is already in the building.
The host and the DJ both sign before the deposit moves.
Each date has its own start time. One blanket fee hides the travel.
The published ticket price is ordered within 2 business days of the sale. That calendar does not pay the DJ deposit.
See pricing and fees →No. It is the list of terms to put in writing. Contract rules differ by state. If the fee or the cancellation is the part that matters, a lawyer in that state should read the page you both sign.
Only if you write that percentage, the definition of “sales,” and what a refund does to it. A verbal cut of the door is not a clause. Tickean’s organizer commission is 0% either way. The buyer pays the service fee.
Not by itself. Tickean orders the published ticket price within 2 business days of the sale. Weekends and US public holidays do not count. The deposit you promise the DJ is a payment you schedule. A Friday sale is ordered the following Tuesday, which may be after you needed the deposit.
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Last updated: October 27, 2026