My Dad NEVER Officially retired. He was still deejaying. Albeit, he stopped doing weddings unofficially in 2008. So he was 64 when he chose to stop doing weddings. He did still do some weddings after that though. However, they were for past clients who he looked at as friends still. They were also basic weddings in terms of equipment. So he only ran 1 single sound system and no lights, and he used a pair of 10" Alto speakers that weighed 26.7 lbs each. He was still deejaying local elks lodge club events, and local hand dance club his final 2 years in life.
As for me, I DO NOT want to be deejaying into my 70s AT ALL. I WILL retire completely by age 67 at the latest. My wife says she will force me to hang it all up and retire from deejaying when I turn 60. So If that is the case...then I have 19 more years left as a DJ lol.
I do have plans to cut back, and not be a "Professional Business" DJ at some point in the future. I do plan to scale back, and become strictly a hobbyist who just DJs maybe 5 to 10 (maybe 12) events per year for extra side income, and then keep my career in that status until I do officially hang it all up when I am older.
I don't know when I will make that big change, BUT I was just talking with my brother kinda about this over the phone. I am planning to NOT renew the current website in 2025 when it comes due to renew again. He is also planning to make a switch to becoming more of a TALENT AGENT as he ages and slow down on the deejaying in the coming years. So I believe the current DJ Business the way it has been set up with my sister, bro, and I will be coming to an end, and that end might be in 2025. I might move more towards having my own website in 2025, and scaling back to more of a hobbyist status shortly after that. This is not set in stone, and this process could be delayed for a few more years for any sort of reasons, BUT I do believe this change is going to happen during this decade. 2025 or 2026 seems to be the most likely year at the moment.
When that change does Happen, I am going to sell off roughly 50% of my equipment arsenal that I currently have. I will only need 1 full sound system, and my battery powered Bose S1 Pros once I make the big change. Any equipment that I don't like to take the time to set up and use will be sold, and my equipment storage foot print will be kept to a minimum