dj Refusing to sign venue Liability Waiver

I’ve never heard of a venue requiring vendors to sign a liability waiver. What does the waiver specify? Does the DJ not have insurance? Did your venue require you to obtain wedding insurance?

A dj should have his own insurance. The insurance through the venue strictly covers damages to the building, not for the individual vendors.

Our venue requires us to get insurance but has no insurance requirements for vendors. Sorry I can't be any help with your specific situation.

25 days prior to the wedding is pretty late in the game. The venue should have provided this to you while signing up with them. Yes, the dj should have liability however, it sounds like the venue wants to be free and clear of any responsibility to his equipment while protecting their venue.
A dj has huge electrical concerns. I don’t know the details but a venue needs to be wired properly to handle what a professional brings in. Any damage done to venue’s electric/wiring is going to cost a fortune. So the venue wants their property covered but won’t do the same for him?
Talk to your dj and find out exactly what the issue is then take it back to the venue. IMO, the venue should be doing this, not you.

Our venue had the insurance in the price but I’m not sure if it covered the individual venders. Ask him if he has his own insurance.

What was your outcome?

We have a venue and we make all bands and vendors sign a liability waiver. We do carry insurance on the venue. We make them sign it because it takes the liability of any nefarious or accidental acts of band, band members, vendors off the venue. Venues carry insurance to cover the basics of their venue and venue staff, if we didn't make bands sign liability waivers then the venue is responsible for actions taken by band, band members and vendors. If the venue had to cover this the insurance rate would be so high for venues it would not be profitable to have a venue and would open the venue to all kinds of legal issues. If a band doesn't want to sign the liability waiver then we require they have insurance that covers damages to the venue and the band, bands members, and vendors and anyone who would be affected by their actions. It's not a "gotcha" thing it's to protect the venue and their staff. Having a band is the same thing as having a business you get paid to play and thats a business transaction, you wouldn't start a business with no insurance would you?