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Algorhythm
Wedding BandA phenomenal, 100% live, four-piece unit essential for every party! With music from 60's (the Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Etta James) right through to the latest chart hits (Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars), Algorhythm are ready to fill your dance floor with favourites for everyone!
Beat Surrender
Rock and Pop TrioBeat Surrender are a young, energetic and highly talented function band. With a repertoire full of dance floor fillers, and a tight, powerful sound far bigger than their 3 piece lineup suggests; they're guaranteed to bring the house down at your party!
The MBB Band
10 Piece Big BandMagnificent 10 piece act specialising in Modern songs in a Swing style, Jumpin' Jive, Supercool Swing & R'n'B! Covering music from the likes of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, to Take That and Radiohead, The MBB Band's extensive repertoire is set to entertain all night long!
In The Red
Wedding BandA professional, in demand band with experience, style & energy! With an amazing show full of the very latest party favorites plus unforgettable classics, In The Red guarantee you and your guests a night to remember!
Soul Power
Wedding BandSoul power are a professional high energy 9 piece funk and soul band from North Yorkshire. With over a decade of experience performing at venues such as Blenheim Palace, this band will be sure to leave you and your guests with a night to remember.
Vintage Jukebox
Wedding BandSwing, Soul and Rock & Roll performed by a young, charismatic band. This show is feel good, high energy and interactive, not your average swing band!! Excellent musicians, a fun performance and repertoire that everybody will know and can dance to!
Amore Swing
Swing BandA professional 5-8 piece Swing band with style, class, sophistication & incredible musicianship! Fronted by a charismatic crooner accompanied by highly trained jazz musicians, Amore Swing will create the perfect atmosphere at your event whether you require beautiful ballads or up-tempo swinging jive... Read more...
The Fireflites
Wedding BandPerfect for 50's themed events, weddings, tribute nights, casinos, holiday parks or hotels; The Fireflites will take you back to that definitive era with the classic feel good songs and have you twistin', jivin' and rock 'n' rollin' all night long!
Ignition
Wedding BandDelivering an unforgettable performance that is guaranteed to get you and your guests dancing all night, Ignition cover a range of styles from Pop, Rock, RnB, Disco & Soul and Garage & Dance music with their own unique and contemporary twist. Passionate about the music they perform, Ignition will cr... Read more...
Talk
Wedding BandOffering a massive repertoire of party classics and modern chart toppers with a cool contemporary twist, Talk are an incredible live party band whose infectious energy and breath-taking performance will leave you wanting more and more.
Our Guide to the best
Wedding Bands the North East has to offer
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The North East has a diverse musical history going back through the years and covering a wide range of genres – from legends Sting, Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame, Dire Straits and Whitesnake, to Prefab Sprout, Pet Shop Boy Neil Tenant, Kenickie and Lauren Laverne, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini of Girls Aloud, Perrie Edwards of Little Mix, and James Arthur… and not forgetting Ant & Dec (OBEs).
The North East is home to many live music venues, including Newcastle’s O2 Academy, The Middlesbrough Empire and The Gala in Durham. For festivals, the region’s well served too, with the North-East’s largest inner-city music festival Hit The North, and This Is Tomorrow Festival both in Newcastle. Durham hosts Hardwick Live, while Darlington Summer Sound is a festival of tribute artists, and Lindisfarne Festival provides ‘the ultimate end of summer party’.
Our North East Wedding Bands
Our bands are available to hire in every area of the North East including:
Alive Network is home to the very best wedding bands who are available to hire for weddings taking place within the region.
Hiring a North East wedding band
How much does it cost to hire wedding bands in the North East?
The cost of a wedding band varies, depending on the line-up, and the options each band offers. In the last 12 months, the average price of a 5-piece band is around £1,600.
The table below shows the range of fees for different types of wedding bands:
| Type of Artist | Cost Range |
|---|---|
| Rock and Pop wedding party bands | £670 - £960 (3-piece) £980 - £1,550 (4-piece) £1,050 - £1,380 (5-piece) £1,570 - £2,160 (4-piece) |
| Upbeat and Dixieland Jazz bands | £460 - £1,210 (3-piece) £700 - £2,700 (5-piece) |
| Acoustic and Roaming bands | £330 - £720 (2-piece) £480 - £1,630 (3-piece) £600 - £1,630 (4-piece) |
| Soul Bands | £820 - £4,500 (4-piece) £960 - £2,420 (5-piece) £1,090 - £3,500 (6-piece) £1,210 - £7,500 (larger bands) |
| Rat Pack and Swing bands | £1,060 - £1,940 (5-piece) £2,120 - £2,904 (7 to 9-piece) £2,900 - £3,020 (10-piece+) |
Booking a band who are local to your venue is a great way to reduce cost, as any travel fees will be minimal. The home town of all Alive Network wedding bands are included on their profile pages, and your Entertainment Coordinator can recommend the best bands near to your venue. However, you don’t need to limit your search to just local bands – your perfect band maybe willing to travel at nominal cost!
How much space will they need?
The table below shows approximately how much space wedding bands of different sizes require:
| Size of Wedding Band | Performance Space Required |
|---|---|
| 3-piece band | 3 x 3 metres |
| 4-piece band | 4 x 3 metres |
| 5 and 6-piece band | 5 x 3 metres |
| 7-piece band and bigger | 5/6 x 4 metres |
How long will they take to set up & soundcheck?
Depending how close to the performance space a wedding band can park, unloading, setting up and performing their sound-check will take around 60 – 90 minutes.
Some busy city hotels require bands to load in via a supplier’s entrance, using a shared staff elevator, which can increase set up times.
Following their performance, it takes around 45 – 60 minutes to pack down and load out.
How long is a typical wedding band set list?
Our bands usually offer two 60-minute performances, though many can perform for longer if needed. You could spread out a two-hour performance by splitting it into three 40-minute sets. Most bands are flexible to fit in with your evening, and will usually take a break of around 15 minutes between sets, during which time they will provide background music from an MP3 player or laptop.
If providing the evening entertainment, a wedding band would typically arrive at 6pm, get set up and perform that all-important sound check by 7.30pm to 8pm, get changed and ready to start the first performance by around 9pm. The second performance would then start around 10.30pm, until a normal curfew of midnight. Many wedding bands offer longer performances or DJ sets at an additional cost, including finishing times of 1am and 2am. You can find the booking options on each wedding band’s profile page. These times serve as an example – the band will always liaise with you and will tailor what they are doing on the night to your particular needs.
Find The Perfect Wedding Band the North East Has To Offer!
Check out these reviews of North East wedding bands to help you find the perfect band for you.
"Absolutely fantastic band, can’t recommend enough"
Tuxedo played at our wedding and we couldn’t be happier with how it went. They were absolutely brilliant from the first song to the last and as well as being great musicians they were a great group of people who were really friendly from the moment they arrived! All our guests have not stopped mentioning how good Tuxedo were and we’re already trying to find a reason for another party so we can book them again. Thanks very much to you all for making our evening very special and great fun
"Amazing wedding band - got everyone dancing"
Swamp cats were fantastic, arrived when they said they would, were easy to talk to. Their sets had amazing energy and were well paced. Everyone commented on how good they were and at the end of the night I think almost everyone was on the dance floor. Would definitely recommend!
"Absolutely incredible - highlight of the day for all our gue..."
These guys are superb. We had 2 x 1 hour sets and the dance floor was packed for all of it. Every song was a banger. Excellent set list covering a range of decades and genres. The guys delivered on each one. Naomi is a superstar. So much positive feedback from our guests after the wedding all highlighting how incredible the band were. Thank you so much for such a memorable evening.
"Amazing wedding band! Highly recommend!"
We absolutely loved having Minnie and the Moochers at our wedding. They played a great selection of funk and soul hits, which kept the night high energy throughout. They have a professional and highly honed skill at engaging and entertaining a wedding crowd, and as a result the dance floor was nothing but full the entire night. They play the perfect music for a wedding, and you should book them now!
"Absolutely bloody incredible!!"
We first came across Happy Hour at another wedding, we immediately had to have them! They were just as incredible, they absolutely made the wedding! Our venue had a complex sound system which could easily make it difficult for a band to get the crowd going, absolutely no issue for happy hour, everyone was on their feet and dancing the night away!
"The Duplicators are much more than duplicators!"
The band more than lived up to the recommendation that we had been given by friends who had hired them last year for their wedding. Seriously talented musicians, who excel in filling the dance floor. They went down a storm!
Local North East Wedding Venues
We work closely with some amazing wedding venues in the North East including: Woodhill Hall, Close House Country Club, Durham Castle, Otterburn Towers, Lumley Castle Hotel, Alnwick Castle, Marriott Hotel (Newcastle-U-Tyne), Chillingham Castle, Horton Grange Country House and many more.
If you want any advice on suitable entertainment at your chosen venue, just let us know where you’re planning to book and we’ll share what we know, who we’ve booked there in the past, which of our bands are most suitable and any other key information about entertainment at that venue that we think you might want to be aware of.
UKAWP Wedding Planners in the North East
As a proud supplier member of the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners, we are happy to recommend their members who abide by the UKAWP Code of Business Practice.
The following UKAWP wedding planners cover the North East region: Fin Flükra, Kook Events and Weddings By Sara Jane.
