DJ Club & Entertainment

No one can deny the popularity of nightclubs — there is great music, a great atmosphere, and the drinks are ever flowing. But when it comes to attracting a broader clientele, there is a new trend sweeping the nation. Nightclub comedy is now a big industry, what with people wanting more than just a night of drunken bumping and grinding.

When it comes to nightclub comedy, there is definitely a reason why it is such a popular alternative for a Friday night. Though these nightclubs haven’t lost their old regulars, one could always do with more –more variety, more customers, and more money. There is a huge market for comedy clubs. After all, everyone wants to laugh. Nightclubs have gotten in on the comedy trend and have decided that they need a new seller to keep the young clientele coming back to their nightclubs for all their entertainment needs.

When in the market for a night of festivities, a nightclub comedy night could amp up the amount of people who are trying to find something to entertain them during the week-end. It’s safe to assume that not everybody is in the mood for sloppy drunkards, crunched toes on a cramped dance floor, and inappropriate touching from random inebriated strangers. The most important thing that these nightclubs have to keep in mind is their customers. After about an hour, most nightclub goers are ready to turn in. With nightclub comedy, you’ve got the whole package –happy customers who keep the money rolling in as they eat, drink, and be merry.

Although a big trend on the club circuit, nightclub comedy does have its pitfalls. The money these clubs spend on comics can often times exceed their regular costs of house DJ. There are a few logistics that these nightclubs have to work out to ensure that they are not losing money as they bring in newer customers. Comics cost upwards of $1000 or more while the usual house DJ that the club enlists charges a steady fee for performing nightly –which is usually a few hundred dollars and free booze. If the club hires locally, they can allay some of those costs, but they will still have to think about all the extra goodies that their comics will need (demand) in order to perform.

It may seem folly to invest in nightclub comedy, but the truth is this new form of club entertainment will more than pay for itself. When you consider the new batch of clientele that will be swarming in, the club circuit is ideal for comics who need broader exposure.

Throwing a bash at the local hotspot can be a lot of work, but the event can be a great time for all if you take care of proper planning. Some basic steps of proper planning include:

• Reserving The Club – Reserving a portion of the club or the entire venue takes coordination with the club owner or manager as well as negotiating on terms and price. Be sure to have a contract in place that clearly details the agreement.
• Find Entertainment – You may want to have a DJ, live band, comedian, etc. Make sure you get references from the entertainer. Once again you should have a contract with the provider in place.
• Private Bartender – It’s not unusual for a private bartender to be brought in to mix specialty cocktails throughout the event.
• Food/Snacks – A few munchies are usually a welcome sight at any event.

Now that the basics are in place, it’s important to think about how you are going to promote the event. Putting together a club flyer is a must. Club flyers can be handed out to patrons of the venue for a few weeks prior to the event. This will help build buzz about the event and give individuals time to make plans and spread the word. Flyers can also be distributed to other nearby businesses. Assuming the business isn’t a direct competitor, many are happy to have a stack of flyers for their customers. You will often find success by asking local salons, tattoo shops, music stores, and coffee shops to leave out your flyers for their customers. Flyers can also be distributed on parked cars in your parking lot, leaving a flyer under the windshield wiper is sure to get noticed.

A talented graphic designer can help put together a flyer that will grab attention and bring in a crowd. You can use an offset printing company to print your club flyers. It is an easy and affordable process. You can order a flyer online and receive it as soon as the next day, leaving you plenty of time to distribute the information on your event.

Almost everyone would agree that the most common question that dancers ask potential partners at swing club functions is: “would you like to dance?” This straightforward question is asked hundreds of times an evening and usually, after a brief conversation, the smiling couple walks to the dance floor where the “leader” leads and the “follower” follows. It is understood that when the male dancer determines which moves are the most appropriate to lead his partner, he must factor in her experience level, the tempo of the music and the space available to him on the dance floor; however, there is another implied, yet unspoken, consideration that makes his selection even more challenging, and surprisingly, it is not for his lack of taking sufficient dance lessons!

When the D.J. begins spinning, most dancers around the room move effortlessly into their patterns, but for one leader this moment is “crunch time” because at the last second, just before he transitions his partner into the open position with his planned “Tuck and Turn,” she urgently mentions her bad rotator cuff and asks him not to raise her right arm above her head. Whew, the male dancer thinks, I knew there was a reason that the clubs always teach the “Glideaway!” Having successfully dodged that bullet and moved his partner into the open position, he decides to lead her into a neck wrap using either a traditional, two-hand tuck entry, or a modified “Sweetheart Wrap” entry where, before he turns her, he may circle his left hand (holding her right hand) in front of her head at neck level to minimize any stress on her right shoulder. Great idea he muses as he opts for the latter entry; however, his self-congratulations are short lived because after he picks up a two-hand lead and he begins to rotate her around clockwise into the wrap, his partner balks at his lead and informs him that she recently sprained her neck and to please be gentle.

Without missing a beat the male dancer deftly continues around behind her and exits the move holding her right hand again in the open position. While executing a couple of “patty-cakes” to contemplate his next move, our hero suspects that his partner is protective of her left wrist which she casually confirms moments later by telling him about her recent diagnosis of carpal tunnel, caused by her long hours at work as a computer programmer. “I’d rather dance than work any day wouldn’t you?” she asks cheerfully. “It’s great exercise and it really increases your range of movement!” He agrees and compliments his partner on her great footwork and enthusiasm, and then he leads her into a benign, waist level pass-by which worked great; that is, great until her casual reference to the knee that she twisted recently playing volleyball and her not so subtle request for him to avoid leading her into moves like the ‘last one’ that caused her to lean forward which aggravates the pain in her lower back.

Wanting very much for his partner to enjoy their dance and being sensitive to her temporary physical limitations, the male dancer decides that it is time for him to really play it safe, so he leads her into a comfortable “Basic Return” followed by a “Caught-in-the-Cage.” Both of these moves worked perfectly: when he led her return into the closed position, her right hand was positioned at waist level, and when he rotated her back-and-forth within her “cage” she was able to stand up straight. The male dancer executed a few more carefully considered moves and then he led his partner back into the closed position feeling confident that he had protected her as much as possible from any pain. After he quickly dismissed the thought that his hand “flip-flopping” on her upper back during the “Caught-in-the-Cage” would have any impact whatsoever on her lower back pain, he smiled and instinctively knew at that moment that he was improving as a dancer by becoming a better leader!

As the music ended, the male dancer avoided any concluding embellishments like a “dip” and he simply led his partner into their final steps together in the closed position. Afterwards, she graciously thanked him for the wonderful dance and, while they threaded their way across the crowded floor towards her table, he reflected upon the valuable lesson their dance had taught him. He used to think that music tempo and dance floor space coupled with his partner’s experience determined which swing moves to lead, now he realized that he also needed to consider their physiological impact. When he seated her, she asked him what he thought of her favorite line dances: the Electric Slide and Swamp Thing. Ordinarily, he would be very unenthusiastic about these two dances; however, live and learn! Grateful for his new insights from their enjoyable dance together, he looked at her with appreciation and then he surprised himself by answering her question without even a blink of an eye: “I haven’t learned these popular dances yet but they certainly look like a lot of fun. I’ll bet they really give you that welcome freedom of unrestrained movement and expression don’t they!”

By becoming a nightclub promoter you get a chance to throw your own events. For this you need to be creative and need to develop your own party ideas or favourite themes for them.

There are many themes available for you. Angels and Demons themes allows you to play with a good and evil idea. In this theme, girls dress as innocent, sweet or naughty and guys also match them.

The themes of 80’s, 90’s and 70’s provide lot of fun and college crowds love the nights very much. You can also adopt day specific themes for the nightclub event. For example, you can set one weekly theme as ‘Mondays Suck’, Wednesday as ‘Hump Day’ and Thursday as ‘Early Weekend’ and so on. If you are organizing the nightclub event for summer or spring you can make every one enjoy fun and look fancy with white parties.

You can even make your DJ nightclub a great hit by collaborating with local DJs, hip hop artists and local modeling agencies. By generating enough publicity for the event, you can sell the tickets and even raise the prices and your revenue. In a nightclub you can meet all sorts of people and you can enjoy partying with them and also get paid for that.

Not everyone can perform the job of a DJ in a nightclub. To succeed as a DJ you need to stay out late on weekends and you should also remain as the center of attraction in a night club. As a DJ you get to move with your friends and can a make a nice living out of it.

Promoting a nightclub and setting up a DJ is not only a rewarding career but also allows for lots of fun. Though the profession is not widely known, with a creative side, love to party and a good business, you can make the night club promotion and setting up a DJ as your dream job.

While trying to concentrate on the theme nights, take care not to overdo them. In fact, people may even ignore the theme. The theme is just an idea to brand a particular night event. The theme should not be ridiculous and encourage people to make great efforts on their part to follow the theme.

Don’t put on DJ events at night clubs with too many themes. You can limit them and also avoid doing multiple nights in a week. Try to avoid slutty themes that might turn away the people you want to get in. Remember that some guys pay and come to night clubs just to meet girls and not merely to listen to DJ in the night club or sit and watch them dance all the night. As a nightclub promoter you should put good party ideas into practice to make the event a memorable one that everyone can enjoy.