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Nerd. Turntablist. Host.
DJ Switch PDX is a DJ and professional nerd based in Portland, OR, USA.
Since 2011, DJ Switch has been exciting the nerd community of Portland with credits that include serving as DJ/MC for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, the arcade at Rose City Comic Con, and the DJ for the annual Yule Ball hosted by PDXPelliarmus, Portland’s inclusive, wizarding-focused fan activism community!
In addition to more than two decades of corporate clients, private events, and over $500,000 in charity raised, Switch is also a proud member of the Portland Ghostbusters fan charity organization, an active member of the Hit Squad DJs Crew and the official live show DJ for the Portland-based, award-winning hip hop artist Mighty!
After growing up in the family computer store, Switch began DJ'ing at just 14 years old in 1998 as a way to marry his love of music and technology. Switch became both a working musician and an accomplished photojournalist in college, and has been a podcast and digital media producer since 2009.
DJ Switch has provided the live soundtrack for the smallest comic shops and breweries, the hottest night clubs and the biggest conventions in and around Portland. Switch’s credits also include radio and television performances, judging talent shows, and most recently producing content for Twitch and YouTube, proving that Switch can bring his big, dorky, fun-loving personality to any audience at any time.
In 2024, Switch began producing a gaming & geek culture podcast titled “Pickup And Play” and he was named #14 on a list of “Reasons To Love Portland” published by Portland’s own Willamette Week.
Switch also started a series of LoFi Video Game Music events in the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA areas, and is currently booking new LoFi VGM events in 2025 to support his LoFi Fridays streaming show every Friday at 7pm Pacific time on Twitch.tv/DJSwitchPDX
All of Switch’s social and Discord links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/djswitchpdx
“DJ Switch provides everything you’d want from an event DJ – he brings an incredible library of music, he gets the crowd going, and he makes it look like fun!
But he’s also gone above and beyond that to make my fundraisers a success, from helping me book performers, to emceeing the show, to suggesting better ways to set up and organize the entire event. I couldn’t continue to put on events that raise funds for folks in need without DJ Switch, and I wouldn’t want to.”
Sarah Gulde, NERD CAMP Organizer