About Dark Star Entertainment

Dark Star Entertainment started with a disappointing wedding DJ. Its founders were let down on their own wedding day, so they built the DJ company they had wanted: one that gets to know you and plans the night around you. Today DJ Byrd owns the company and is its lead DJ.

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Owner

DJ Byrd owns Dark Star Entertainment and is its lead DJ.

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Our story

Dark Star Entertainment was founded in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho after a disappointing DJ performance at its founders' own wedding. They started the company to give couples and hosts a DJ they can trust, with every event planned around the people throwing it. Today DJ Byrd owns the company and is its lead DJ.

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The company DJs and MCs weddings, private parties, corporate events, school dances, house shows and after-parties, with lighting design, uplighting, dance-floor lighting and wireless ceremony microphones. Pricing is by the hour: $300 per hour for every event except corporate events, which are $450 per hour. The one add-on is live music, acoustic guitar, piano and vocals for the ceremony, cocktail hour or dinner hour, at $100 per hour for each hour performed.

Every booking follows four steps: Meet, Dream, Plan and Create. Clients meet their DJ by Google Meet, phone or FaceTime, work through must-play and do-not-play songs in an online planning portal, and send their final details through a requests form before the event.

Dark Star skips the skits, electric slide routines, pre-made playlists and inflatable props. Each event's music is built from the client's own tastes, and the DJ reads the room from there.

Gear is sanitized between events, and the DJs carry single-use earplugs for guests who find the music too loud.

Based in Coeur d'Alene, Dark Star Entertainment works events in Coeur d'Alene, Spokane, Moscow and the Tri-Cities, and travels across the Pacific Northwest.

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Ask about pricing, check your date or set up a meeting with a DJ. We'll get back to you within a day.

How booking works

  1. Meet

    Talk with your DJ about your plans, vibe and venue on Google Meet, by phone or on FaceTime.

  2. Dream

    No pressure. We send what you need to decide, including pricing and what's included.

  3. Plan

    Book with a contract and a small down payment, then build your must-play and do-not-play lists.

  4. Create

    Send your final requests before the event. Then we show up and get the party started.