Since 1983, Footloose DJ Entertainment has provided the area's highest quality mobile DJ entertainment. By combining our experience with your vision for a great party, you can be assured of having a memorable event that will be enjoyed by guests of all ages.
We are a diversified, multi-system company that provides you with benefits that separate our services from others. Our DJs have many years of experience, playing for a variety of age groups and for a multitude of events. Whether you are planning a wedding reception, wedding ceremony, class reunion, birthday party, company party, or school dance, we have the expertise to make your event the special occasion that it deserves to be. The Footloose team is comprised of John Lawson, Bob Lawson, Leah Lawson, John Rabold, and Steve Haskell. John and Bob Lawson began their entertainment careers in 1983, and Leah joined the company in 1990. John Rabold, our Indianapolis-based disc jockey, has been with us since 1994, and Steve Haskell has been a part of the company since 1987. We also have young disc jockeys that are learning their craft and are available for teen events. We do not, however, assign a DJ in training for wedding receptions, class reunions, or any other event for which experience is mandatory.
Footloose uses only professional-grade equipment that we own and maintain, and we have complete back-up systems that ensure your event takes place without fail. Our company is fully ensured. These factors add additional peace of mind for you, our client. You may ask why insurance and backup equipment is important to you as a potential client. For starters, many venues require any vendors that provide services on their premises to be insured, but it also assures you of another level of professionalism and provides you with protection that you may not have realized that you need. When operating our photo booth services as a stand-alone service where a band or another DJ service was used, it really opened our eyes to see that when it comes to DJs, there are many levels of experience and professionalism in our market. We have observed DJs that play inappropriate music, make off-color comments with a live mic, play music so loud during dinner that guests seated next to one another could not have a conversation, and some that have experienced issues when their computer failed or they were attempting to stream music because they did not have legally licensed music to play, and most of those DJs do not even own backup equipment, let alone have it with them at an event. Every piece of electronics will fail at some point, and the worst possible time would be at your party. With Footloose, we’re ready to switch out a piece of equipment with a replacement, ensuring your event will run non-stop without any interruptions.
Whether your event is going to be held at a small venue, or a larger site such as Hulman Center or O’Shaughnessy Hall at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, we can provide quality entertainment at the proper volume level. For large events, we can provide larger setups with additional speaker sets to properly disperse the sound. We have performed at wedding receptions with as few as 25 guests to as many as over 500 guests in attendance at venues like O’Shaughnessy, The Main Event, and the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds, as well as upwards of 1,000 guests at Human Center. We have also performed for even larger crowds at community festivals and events. You have probably been somewhere where a band or DJ had only two speakers and attempted to fill a venue with sound that their equipment was not capable of doing the job. With Footloose, we can modify or expand our setup for virtually any size or need.
Venues that we often perform include: St. Mary-of-the-Woods O’Shaughnessy Hall and LeFer Hall, Red Barn at Sycamore Farm, Sycamore Winery, ISU Sycamore Banquet Center, Idle Creek Banquet Center, The Ohio Building, The Main Event, Country Club of Terre Haute, Hulman Center Glass Pavilion and main floor, Terre Haute Convention Center, Krietenstein American Legion, Meadows Banquet Center, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Operating Engineers Union Hall, Zorah Shrine, Shrine Hill Country Place, and the St. George Social Center, along with a host of others in Terre Haute. We often perform in Brazil, Indiana, at locations such as White Pine Manor, Cedar Bay, Homestead in the Hollow, Traditions, the 4H Fairgrounds, and the Elks Lodge. Other cities that we frequently perform are Clinton (including the Eagles), Covington, Farmersburg, Greencastle, Linton, Mansfield, Rockville, Sullivan (including many events at the Sullivan Civic Center, Acorn Ridge, and The Barn at BRR), and Clayshire Castle in Bowling Green, in Indiana. As the demand for exceptional quality disc jockey entertainment has increased in recent years, we are also booked for events held in Indianapolis, Bloomington, Plainfield, and Evansville.
In Illinois, we perform regularly in Casey, Effingham, Marshall, Paris, Robinson, and other towns, at venues such as Castle Finn Winery, the American Legion, Knights of Columbus, Stoney Ridge Event Center, and Betty Jane’s Kitchen Banquet Room, among many others.
Should you need help in locating a venue, we can offer assistance as we have performed at virtually every location in the bi-state area, from small to very large events, within a 75-mile radius of Terre Haute. We can also direct you to the highest quality bridal and event coordinators, cake decorators, photographers, and more. Footloose is a founding member of the Wabash Valley Bridal Society and Footloose’s John Lawson is a past president of the organization. Our services can also be combined with a live band. The band can provide live music, while Footloose can provide you with exceptional dance music with an emcee that is well-versed in weddings and special events.
In addition to offering expert disc jockey services, Footloose offers decorative uplighting, dance floor lighting, photo booth services with instant photos, and audio guest book services. We have several lighting system options that will illuminate your dance floor with color-changing lights that move to the beat of the music. Our lighting system helps add color and mood to your dance floor area, plus allows you to dim or turn off overhead white lighting, making your dance floor more conducive to dancing.
The Footloose music library is comprised of the latest radio and streaming hits, along with the greatest music from the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, to today's latest hits. We feature top 40, rock, hip hop, country, and more. We legally purchase and license all of our music and will play the properly edited versions of songs so you do not have to be concerned with inappropriate lyrics. We have dance favorites such as the Cupid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slide, Wobble, Macarena, Electric Slide, the Chicken Dance, YMCA, and many more. We realize that some clients wish to include many audience participation songs, while others prefer not to have any. With Footloose, the choice is yours!
We do more weddings than any type of event and more than any other area service, but in addition to weddings, we also perform at holiday parties, schools ranging from elementary to college events, and have performed at a host of other events including graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, auctions, fundraisers, comedy shows, professional wrestling events, and so much more, providing us with many well-rounded experiences on our resume.
