About Music in Scotland
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:
Alive Network is home to the very best wedding bands who are available to hire for weddings taking place within Scotland.
How much does it cost to hire a wedding band in Scotland?
The cost of wedding bands varies, depending on the line-up, and the options each band offers. In the last 12 months, the average price of a wedding band in Scotland was £2000 including travel costs.
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 | £750 - £3000 (3-piece)
£800 - £4000 (4-piece)
£1100 - £5000 (5-piece)
£1400 - £27000 (6-piece or bigger) |
| Upbeat and Dixieland Jazz bands | £660 - £1,800 |
| Acoustic and Roaming bands | £380 - £2000 (Duos)
£750 - £2000 (3-piece)
£850 - £3600 (4-piece or bigger) |
| Soul Wedding Bands | £1100 - £3600 (5-piece)
£1600 - £5000 (6-piece)
£2100 - £7500 (7-piece and bigger) |
| Rat Pack and Swing bands | £1000 - £2500 (4-piece)
£1100 - £3000 (5-6-piece)
£1000 - £5000 (7-piece and bigger) |
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!
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.
Safe, Secure Wedding Band Hire Backed By 24/7 Cover!
Aside from finding some of the best Wedding Bands in Scotland and getting expert advice from our friendly staff, one of the main reasons to hire from Alive Network Entertainment Agency is security. We ensure your booking is covered 24/7 against any eventuality, so that no matter what, you can enjoy your event without worrying about whether your entertainment will turn up. If your band is ill or unable to perform, our team will be on hand to source a suitable replacement even out of office hours and at short notice. Imagine having to do that yourself!?
- Outstanding five-star customer service
- Emergency cover 24/7, 365 days a year
- Hand-picked Wedding Bands for the ultimate in quality and reliability
- Safe, secure booking contracts for your peace of mind
- Easy enquiry and booking process
- Hundreds of Wedding Bands to choose from
- Trusted brand with over 110,000 previous clients & high-profile industry partnerships
- Instant online Wedding Band prices & availability
Established in 1999, Alive Network has grown to become the UK's largest live entertainment agency and one of the leading online entertainment booking services in the world. We specialise in wedding entertainment, party entertainment and corporate entertainment, trusted by companies like Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Coca-Cola & Nike, and we have helped over 110,000 customers to hire the perfect live entertainment for their events. We are formally partnered with BIMM, the largest and leading provider of contemporary music education in the UK and Europe, ensuring that we are able to bring you the very best new talent exclusively at Alive Network.
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