Post an open decks night

This page is for people running a venue or a night. If you’re a DJ looking to play, start here.

When you’re done, you’ll have a night people can sign up to play, with a link and a QR code you can put anywhere.

Create the night

Before you startRunning nights needs Venue Lite or above. Compare venue plans.
  1. Open Open decks from your venue dashboard and choose New night.
  2. Give it a title and a line about the vibe. DJs read this before deciding.
  3. Set when it runs. Check the timezone matches the room, because every time a DJ sees is in venue time.
  4. Set the slot length. Thirty minutes suits most rooms; an hour if you want fewer, longer sets.
Slot length is the setting to get right first — everything else follows from it.

Who can sign up

You answer two separate questions here, and both are worth getting right:

  • Which DJs can sign up — anyone with the link, or only DJs on your roster. Open is how you find new people. Roster-only is how you keep the standard predictable.
  • Who can take which slots — you can reserve the better times for DJs you have graded higher on your roster, and leave the rest open.
Set a sign-up window for a busy night. Open sign-ups a fortnight before and close them the day before, so you are not fielding claims an hour after doors.

Point it at a screen

  1. Choose which screen runs the night.
  2. Pick the look. This is the venue’s branding, not a DJ’s.
  3. Save. The night starts as a draft until you publish it.

Share it

  1. Publish the night.
  2. Copy the link, or download the QR code. Both point at the same sign-up page.
  3. Put the QR code on your screen during the nights leading up to it. The room already in front of you is the best audience for it.

Check it workedOpen the link in a private browsing window. You should see the slot grid, with every slot showing as open, and no need to sign in to look.

If it didn’t work

The times look wrong to a DJ. Check the timezone on the night. You set it per night, not once per account.

Nobody can sign up. Either the night is still a draft, or the sign-up window has not opened yet.

DJs say slots show as unavailable. You have restricted those slots to a roster grade. Loosen it, or add those DJs to your roster.

Last updated 2026-08-01