How many people are expected at this event? For a typical set up for a child's birthday party, I get to an event 2 hours before, but that's to give me plenty of time to fix something if something is wrong. I don't need 2 hours to set up. There's a venue in downtown Cleveland that can only give an hour to set up. So. I get there early, get all of my equipment all ready to go on a cart right outside the room and quickly set up in plenty of time. I know a DJ that said he won't do an event at that venue since he doesn't have enough time to set up.
I bet I'd be out of there by 7:10