Scottish Wedding Bands Find 592 of the best wedding bands Scotland has to offer
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Groove Station
Wedding BandThe act to book if you really want to impress! With talented musicians & 1st class vocals, Groove Station offer a fantastic selection of foot stomping classics & contemporary cover tunes guaranteed to have your guests dancing 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!
The Haggis Chasers
Wedding Band3 piece Ceilidh band consisting of some of the most talented musicians in the Ceilidh & Traditional music scene. Repertoire includes a mixture of Ceilidh; Scottish Traditional music; Continental Music and Jazz. Ceilidh/DJ also an option!
Swift
Wedding BandIntroducing Swift; a lively, professional & ready to party 5 piece band with a wealth of performance experience. Consisting of great female & male lead vocals backed by 3 male musicians & backing vocals, Swift cover hits from 60's Soul Classics to current chart toppers and many more. A Scottish Ceil... Read more...
The Silver Kings
Wedding BandReady to entertain, The Silver Kings of one of Scotland's leading party bands! A professional 5 piece with a fantastic live sound, this band performs music across the ages from Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran to Stevie Wonder and the Beatles. Your dance floor will be packed!
Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band
Wedding BandDance the night away to an eclectic mix of traditional ceilidh and contemporary music. The Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band feature a personable caller, are suitable for all ages and are available for any special occasion - weddings, parties, functions.
Fantasma
Wedding BandFantasma are one of Scotland’s finest and most successful wedding bands. Together for almost a decade, they have entertained audiences in some of the largest and most prestigious venues available, as well as raising the roofs of more intimate settings.
The Ceilidh-oots
Wedding BandThe Ceilidh-oots are amongst the UK's finest ceilidh bands. They perform the most exciting, toe-tapping ceilidhs for weddings, parties, celebrations & corporate events. Previous engagements include performing at the 2012/13 BBC Scotland Hogmanay Celebration!
Aye Say Ceilidh Band
Wedding BandAny event or place that wants to enjoy an evening of merriment, with traditional ceilidh music with an exciting modern twist, look no further! Aye Say Ceilidh Band will make sure everyone is up on their feet and dancing all night long!
Last Dram
Wedding BandA high energy Scottish Ceilidh band that guarantee to make your event a sucess. Available in a range of line ups and including a caller as standard, Last Dram are a popular choice bringing great entertainment and most of all 'great fun' to all!
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Our Guide to the Best
Wedding Bands Scotland Has To Offer
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Scotland has a long history of traditional music, which continues to this day alongside it’s modern music counterparts. With famous names like bagpipe-rockers Red Hot Chilli Pipers, violinists Aly Bain and Nicola Benedetti, and deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie, the country is also home to Lulu, tartan-clad ‘70s boy band Bay City Rollers, twin vocalists The Proclaimers, Annie Lennox, alt-rockers Biffy Clyro, Idlewild, Primal Scream, Garbage, and Franz Ferdinand, not to mention Belle and Sebastian, and Chvrches… among many more.
Scotland has a great many music venues including small independent pubs and large exhibition centres – from Glasgow’s King Tut’s, The Barrowlands and the SEC, to Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, Cabaret Voltaire and Jam House to Hoots in Inverness and Lerwick’s Mareel. There’s a huge choice in festivals too, including the Tartan Heart, T in the Park, Glasgow International Jazz Festival, and TRNSMT, Tiree Music Festival, Edinburgh’s International and Fringe Festivals, Skye Live, and Orkney Folk Festival.
Scotland is well served with music schools devoted to nurturing new musical talent, with institutions including the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, established in Glasgow in 1845, the Army School of Bagpipe Music & Highland Drumming in Edinburgh, and the North East of Scotland Music School in Aberdeen.
Our Scottish Wedding Bands
Our bands are available to hire in every area of Scotland including:
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyll and Bute
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumfriesshire
- Dundee
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- Edinburgh
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Glasgow
- Highland
- Inverclyde
- Inverness
- Midlothian
- Moray
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar
- North Ayrshire
- Orkney Islands
- Perth
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- Scottish Borders
- Shetland Islands
- South Ayrshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
Alive Network is home to the very best wedding bands who are available to hire for weddings taking place within Scotland.
Hiring wedding bands in Scotland
How much does it cost to hire a wedding band in Scotland?
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 Best Wedding Bands Scotland Has To Offer!
Check out these reviews of Scottish wedding bands to help you find the perfect band for you.
"Unbelievable! Thank you so much Ride The Fire!"
Jas, Dan & Jack, we cannot thank you enough for your amazing performance last night at our Wedding. Start to finish was first class. Each and everyone of our guests commented how great you were. You made our night! We wouldn’t hesitate to book you guys again. Thank you so much. Tom & Carly
"Fantastic band for our wedding"
Technicolour performed at our wedding in Devon and were just brilliant - really talented musicians and Josh was really happy to hear my requests. He played acoustic guitar as I walked down the aisle, then we had semi-acoustic music during our reception drinks, followed by two electric sets in the evening. It was just what we were hoping for and I would wholeheartedly recommend them.
"Made our day extra special!!!!"
These guys were absolutely brilliant. So interactive and awesome musicians. Just kept playing banger after banger. Really make the evening special. I can't rate them highly enough and will be recommending then to anyone looking for a band. Thanks again!
"Professional from beginning to the end"
Professional from beginning to the end. Great fellas, fabulous band got people dancing, they can even get the toughest crowd dancing. Bob learnt our first dance song, it was fabulous. If you want a band, to get your party dancing book these boys.
"Fantastic, could not have been better!"
Absolutely loved the band. They had everyone up on the dance floor. Fantastic music and sound. Limited guidance was required; they read the crowd just right! We couldn’t have asked for anything more on our wedding day. Thank you!
"The best swing band I could have asked for!!"
The earls of swing were far beyond anything I could have hoped for. The most professional, talented and incredibly friendly group of artist I have seen and worked with. Perfectly fitting for my Claridge’s wedding they received more compliments from my guests than I can count. I would not hesitate to recommend the band and I do not doubt that I will be hiring them again in the near future. A big thank you from a very happy bride and groom.
Local Scottish Wedding Venues
We work closely with some amazing wedding venues in Scotland including: Dalhousie Castle, Balbirnie House, The Balmoral Hotel, Prestonfield House, Auchen Castle Hotel, Norton House, House for an Art Lover, The Glasshouse Hotel, Wedderburn Castle, Glenskirlie 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 Scotland
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 Scotland: Weddings By Sara Jane and Fin Flükra.
