- BOISE, IDAHO
WEDDING DJ AND EVENT SOUND IN BOISE
Boise is 25 minutes up the freeway from my shop, so there is no travel fee. I run the gear myself and every price is on this site.
SwissMixx in Boise
Straight Answers for Boise Events
I live in Nampa and Boise is 25 minutes up the freeway, so there is no travel fee on a Boise date. I am Mark, I run SwissMixx Audio myself, and every rate I charge is published on this site. What follows is not a list of places I claim to serve. It is what I actually know about running sound in these rooms.
5 stars across 150+ Google and Yelp reviews in Idaho and Utah. Read them with real names on them.
“Crystal-clear sound no matter where you are in the venue, even in tough environments. (Yes, grandma will finally be able to hear what's being said.)”
“We hired them for our company's 2-year anniversary party, and they did an amazing job! The music was great, the energy was perfect, and they kept everyone having a great time throughout the night.”
Room by room
What I Know About Boise Venues
Curfews, power and what each room does to sound. Confirm any policy with the venue before you build a timeline on it, because venues change their rules and a wrong curfew costs you the last dance.
Boise Depot
Music stops at 10:00 PM. Not 10:15. Build the timeline backward from that and you get a great last dance instead of a cut-off one. There is a house system in the building. Ask exactly what it covers before you count on it, because in rooms like this it is usually built for announcements and a ceremony mic, not for a dance floor.
Idaho Botanical Garden
Music ends at 9:00 PM, the earliest hard stop anywhere in the valley. If you want dancing at the Botanical Garden you are dancing at 7:30. That is fine, it just has to be the plan from the start, and there is no kitchen on site so the catering timeline pushes everything too.
TRICA Castle-Cathedral
Forty-five foot ceilings, exposed rafters, hardwood floor. It is a beautiful room and it is a long reverb tail. Point a pair of speakers into that space wrong and every toast turns to mush. This is a room where the aiming matters more than the wattage.
Barber Park Event Center
House PA with wireless mics and projection, dimmable lighting, and six ceiling wires with outlets. Better equipped than most rooms in the valley. I still bring my own system for a reception, because a rig that handles a presentation rarely handles a dance floor, and I am not going to stake your night on somebody else's speakers. If you want the low-cost path, rent a DIY kit from me instead and run it yourself.
Capital City Event Center
Music until 4:00 AM, the latest cutoff I have found in the region. Indoors only.
The Penthouse at C.W. Moore Plaza
Music to 2:00 AM, and your six hours of event time does not include setup or cleanup, so load-in is outside the clock.
The Grove Hotel
Midnight cutoff, and food and beverage is theirs.
The Adelmann
Exposed brick, wood floors, second floor of a downtown building. Every case goes up. Worth knowing when you are comparing quotes, because the guy who has never loaded in there has not priced it.
Boise Centre
They have an in-house AV department. For a corporate general session I will quote against them and show you plainly where the difference sits, in gear and in who is actually at the console.
Doing it yourself?
DIY sound kits for Boise venues, from $249 a weekend
A lot of couples in this valley run their own sound, and for a ceremony and a modest reception that’s a completely reasonable choice. I’ll rent you the kit, size it to your room, and walk you through exactly where it goes. Speaker and wireless mic from $249 for the whole weekend, free pickup in Nampa or delivered anywhere in the Treasure Valley.
The Honest Version
If your Boise reception is a hundred people in a room with a house system, you may not need a DJ package at all. I rent a proper speaker and a wireless mic for the weekend starting at $249 and you set it up yourself. That is the lowest-cost path and I will point you at it before I try to sell you anything else.
If you want the room run properly, here is the whole price list:
- Reception only, up to 5 hours: $2,500
- Ceremony and reception, up to 7 hours: $3,400
- Full day, getting ready through the last dance: $5,750
- Retainer is 25% of the package, $500 minimum
Corporate and gala work in Boise starts at $2,850.
Nearby: Meridian · Garden City · Eagle · all service areas
What it costs
Prices here are the same prices I post for everyone
Wedding DJ
from $2,500
DIY Wedding Kits
from $249
Corporate AV
from $2,850
Silent Disco
from $850
Full price breakdown on the pricing page and every rental rate is in the catalog.
Common Questions
Boise FAQ
No. Boise is inside my standard Treasure Valley service area, about 20 minutes from my shop in Nampa. Travel is included in every wedding and corporate package. Rental delivery to Boise is the standard $250 each way, or pick up free in Nampa.
Downtown hotel ballrooms, event centers, river and park venues, corporate offices, and plenty of backyards. If your venue is new to me, I walk it before the event or model it in software, so the sound plan is dialed before load-in day.
My published packages: Reception Only $2,500, Ceremony and Reception $3,400, Full Day $5,750. DIY sound kits for self-run weddings start at $249 for a Friday to Monday weekend. Those are the real numbers, not a starting price that grows after you call. Every package is spelled out on the Boise wedding DJ page.
Planning Something in Boise?
Call or text me with the date and the venue.