Feel what the field wants to hear
At a festival your crowd is too far away to shout anything. Give them a QR code and you'll hear them anyway.
At a festival you stand further from your audience than anywhere else. You can still hear the front rows, but the thousand people behind them never reach you. And that crowd turns over by the hour: whoever is at your stage at four is long gone by eight.
A QR code on the screens and the barriers closes that distance. You see hour by hour what is being asked for and steer your set accordingly without giving it away — because you still decide what actually gets played.
Sound familiar?
- You're playing to a thousand people with no idea what's landing
- The queue at the booth blocks the walkway to the bar
- Every stage sounds the same because nobody adjusts
How DJ Request fixes it
From the front row to the back
The QR sits on the screens and the barriers — anyone on site can request.
Moderation that protects your set
You approve. The programme stays yours; the crowd only supplies input.
Data per stage
See hour by hour what was requested — valuable when programming next year.
Using it at a festival
On a site with thousands of people, different practical rules apply than in a venue.
- 1
Put the code on the screens between acts
That is exactly when people look at their phones. Ten seconds on screen beats a sign that stands there all day.
- 2
Assume mobile coverage will be poor
On a packed site the network is saturated. Share the link through the festival app or your socials so people open it earlier in the day.
- 3
Create a separate event per stage or per day
That keeps the stats usable afterwards and shows which crowd belongs to which stage.
- 4
Lean on it for your final hour
At the end of your slot you want to know exactly what is still being asked for. That is when the list is worth the most.
Frequently asked questions about festivals
How do I handle hundreds of requests at once?
You do not have to read them one by one. Identical tracks are grouped together, so a single glance shows which three or four really stand out.
Does this work when the site network is saturated?
Partly. The page is light, but without a connection nothing comes through. That is why it pays to share the link in advance through the festival app or your own channels.
Can an organiser use this across several stages?
Yes. You create an event with its own code per stage, so requests are automatically tied to the right stage.