Buckeye Entertainment

08/09/2025

NOTHING will keep us from getting to your wedding! This afternoon our DJ Tia accidentally locked her keys in her car after she loaded up all her equipment at the office. She set some gear on the front seat which unbeknownst to her bumped the door lock switch, locking her keys and phone in her car. And since she couldn't wait hours for a locksmith she decided to break a car window to get in to be able to drive to the wedding today.

Her gear might have a little bit of glass on it but she's currently rocking out that wedding! That's dedication!

Side note, we just bought a car break-in kit on Amazon to keep at the office in case this happens again to any of our DJs. This is the first time in 15 years this has happened, but it won't happen again!

01/23/2025

We are hiring! Byron here! Who wants to make $66 an hour?! I'm looking for the next awesome wedding DJ to add to my roster. Pay *starts* at $66.66 an hour which equates to minimum of $600 for a 5 hour Saturday summer wedding, most likely $700+ plus tips (5 hour wedding + 2 hours setup/teardown + 2 1 hour meetings= 9 hours, 600/9= $66.66). And you could earn $1600+ a weekend on busy weekends if you're willing to work Fridays and Sundays as well (depends on the amount of weddings booked and time of year).

The right candidate must:
1. Have never been a DJ before (that's really important)
2. Be willing to book events a year to two years out.
3. Have reliable transportation
4. Have a decent knowledge of music
5. Have weekends and at least two weeknights a week free
6. Not be a fuddy-duddy. DJ's are supposed to be fun, damn it.
7. Be an OK salesperson. I can train the right person.
8. Able to lift heavy gear (50-ish pounds) unassisted
9. Be punctual as hell. And by that I mean show up early--to everything.
10. Not afraid to speak in front of large groups
and finally,
11. Be able to make it through "DJ Boot Camp" which is 20-30 weddings that you roadie and train for meh pay.

Ability to dance is a plus but full disclosure I can't dance for s**t myself and I DJ'd nearly 1000 weddings.

Know that this isn't necessarily a full time job, but if you're willing to work the gigs it potentially can be. Also, you cannot have a history of flaking or moving, because the clients are booking YOU as much as they're booking Buckeye Entertainment.

If you aren't interested but know someone that might be, please share!

Email me at [email protected] Thanks!

01/22/2025

FIFTEEN YEARS IN A ROW that we've won the Couple's Choice Awards from WeddingWire. And it's our 13th year in a row for the Knot's Best of Weddings award!!!!!!

THANK YOU to all of our awesome couples that have reviewed us on these platforms over the years. You are amazing and so is our staff--we have the best damn DJs in the land!

07/12/2024

Not 1, not 2, but SEVEN new 5 star reviews in the last 24 hours. We have the best damn DJs in the land!

01/18/2024

Buckeye Entertainment just won the Knot's Best of Weddings for the 12th year in a row and WeddingWire's Couple's Choice for the 14th year in a row!

Add in the Knot's Hall of Fame award and that's 27 awards between the two over the last 16 years we've been in business!! 😍🥳

01/17/2024

Hey all! It's that time of year to vote for your favorite Columbus wedding vendors! We would love your vote for both DJ *and* photo booth.

Click on the link and fill out the survey to show your favorite vendors some love! Fair warning there are a LOT of questions, you don't have to vote on all of them.

THANK YOU!!! :)

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10/17/2023

Buckeye Entertainment is hiring yet again! Who wants to make $66 an hour?! I'm looking for the next awesome wedding DJ to add to my roster. Pay *starts* at $66.66 an hour which equates to minimum of $600 for a 5 hour Saturday summer wedding, most likely $700+ plus tips (5 hour wedding + 2 hours setup/teardown + 2 1 hour meetings= 9 hours, 600/9= $66.66). And you could earn $1600+ a weekend on busy weekends if you're willing to work Fridays and Sundays as well (depends on the amount of weddings booked and time of year).

The right candidate must:
1. Have never been a DJ before (that's really important)
2. Be willing to book events a year to two years out.
3. Have reliable transportation
4. Have a decent knowledge of music
5. Have weekends and at least two weeknights a week free
6. Not be a fuddy-duddy. DJ's are supposed to be fun, damn it.
7. Be an OK salesperson. I can train the right person.
8. Able to lift heavy gear (50-ish pounds) unassisted
9. Be punctual as hell. And by that I mean show up early--to everything.
10. Not afraid to speak in front of large groups
and finally,
11. Be able to make it through "DJ Boot Camp" which is 20-30 weddings that you roadie and train for meh pay.

Know that this isn't necessarily a full time job, but if you're willing to work the gigs it potentially can be. Also, you cannot have a history of flaking or moving, because the clients are booking YOU as much as they're booking Buckeye Entertainment.

If you aren't interested but know someone that might be, please share!

Email me at [email protected] Thanks!

07/07/2023

We do things differently than most other DJ companies. For example: We don't do surprises. Never. Not one. Why? Because we've seen them go horribly wrong. If mom/dad/maid of honor/uncle billy bob want to surprise the couple they are welcome to do it on their own but Buckeye will not have any part of it. That is, unless we hear it directly from the bride or groom that they know someone is planning a surprise and they are ok with that.

We've seen this topic come up many times in DJ groups and as far as we can tell we're the only DJs it seems like in the damn country that won't go along with surprises. But here's the thing, it's YOUR day. It's not the parent's day, it's not uncle billy bob's day. YOU had a vision for your wedding and we promised to give you what you wanted.

We bring this up because a mom just emailed us this: "I want to surprise my daughter and guests by having “singing waiters”. Have you seen this done at an event? Its only for a few songs. I think they DJ would need to be in the loop and engage in this surprise. Thoughts?"

We've done 5000 weddings and honestly thought we'd seen it all. Apparently not. :) Now, while we think this sounds cool her daughter might be horrified at this. And 99.9% of DJ companies would hop right on board and do this surprise waiter thing no questions asked but we will not. Here's my response:

"In over 5000 weddings I don't think we've ever seen that. Just when I thought we've seen it all, lol!

Here's our company policy with surprises. We don't do them. We've seen them go horribly, horribly wrong and we decided long ago to not put our reputation on the line for someone else's surprise. So, we would need your daughter to tell us directly that she knows someone has a surprise for her and she's ok with it. Obviously you don't need to disclose much but we need clearance before we will participate. Sorry about that!"

And that, my friends, is the Buckeye Entertainment difference. WE PROTECT OUR CLIENTS.

Ultimately the mom refused to ask her daughter if it was ok to have a surprise which tells us that the bride probably would not have liked this idea and it was more for the mom than the daughter. What one person thinks is cool the person sitting next to them might think is cheesy as hell.

Your wedding is about YOU, not anyone else. That's also the reason why we're not flashy, but that's another post. lol

06/27/2023

Buckeye Entertainment is hiring yet again! I'm looking for the next awesome wedding DJ to add to my roster. Pay starts at $66.66 an hour which equates to $600 for a 5 hour Saturday summer wedding (most actually pay $700+ plus tips). You could earn $1600+ a weekend on busy weekends if you're willing to work Fridays and Sundays as well (depends on the amount of weddings booked and time of year).

The right candidate must:
1. Have never been a DJ before (that's really important)
2. Be willing to book events a year to two years out.
3. Have reliable transportation
4. Have a decent knowledge of music
5. Have weekends and at least two weeknights a week free
6. Not be a fuddy-duddy. DJ's are supposed to be fun, damn it.
7. Be an OK salesperson. I can train the right person.
8. Able to lift heavy gear (50-ish pounds) unassisted
9. Be punctual as hell. And by that I mean show up early--to everything.
10. Not afraid to speak in front of large groups
and finally,
11. Be able to make it through "DJ Boot Camp" which is 20-30 weddings that you roadie and train for meh pay.

Ability to dance is a plus but full disclosure I can't dance for s*** myself.

Know that this isn't necessarily a full time job, but if you're willing to work the gigs it potentially can be. Also, you cannot have a history of flaking or moving, because the clients are booking YOU as much as they're booking Buckeye Entertainment.
If you aren't interested but know someone that might be, please share!

If you or someone you know think you might be a good fit, DO NOT USE THE APPLY BUTTON ON FACEBOOK but rather head to our website and email the email address you find there. I cannot post it here because Facebook blocks it. Thanks! IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. kthanksbye

01/19/2023

And for the 13th year in a row we've won the WeddingWire Couples' Choice Award and for the 11th year in a row the Knot Best of Weddings. Combined that's 24 awards, we're running out of room at the office for all of them--a good problem to have! 😍🥳

09/02/2022

We love opening our inbox in the morning and seeing emails like this! It's our 599th review on the Knot and we have a 4.9 overall rating. That's a LOT of happy couples!! 😍

01/19/2022

We won the WeddingWire Couple's Choice award yet again! That's 12 years in a row that we've won this!! Thanks to all of our amazing couples that left reviews for us on WeddingWire and the Knot. :)

Buckeye Entertainment is a wedding entertainment company based in Columbus, Ohio. Owner Byron Gunter is committed to providing an exceptional experience. A true scholar of his craft, Byron’s work has been published in a number of industry magazines.