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Find the perfect York band for your corporate event, wedding or party .... in fact any event where you want to dance all night to rock and pop hits from across the decades! Find the best local function bands in York only at Alive Network, the UK's biggest music agency.
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Rude Boy Mitch and The Two Tones
Ska Band York,If it's a skanking good party you want, Rude Boy Mitch & The Two Tones will be in their element! Performing classic ska hits from Jamaica & Britain from the 60s, 70s & 80s, this quality act will have you guests skanking & dancing all night!
BackBeat
Party Function Band York,An electric group of 5 young, cool, professional musicians. Their ever expanding repertoire covers a huge range. From Soul, Funk, Motown & Disco to Rock & Pop, all your favorite party classics & latest modern day hits guarantee to get the party started!
Cassino
Rock and Pop Function Band York,Cassino are Yorkshire's finest function band. An enthusiastic & passionate four-piece band with extremely talented musicians featuring both male and female vocals, Cassino offer something for everyone with their varied repertoire of unforgettable classics & contemporary hits!
We Are Guardians
Rock and Pop Function Band York,We Are Guardians are a professional live band with a wealth of experience, fronted by Chris who has toured extensively supporting acts including THE CHARLATANS, SHED SEVEN, CHRIS HELME (SEAHORSES) THE TWANG and many more. Performing classics old & new!
Soul Satisfaction
Soul Band York,Graduates of Leeds College Of Music, Soul Satisfaction are a professional 6 piece band specialising in Funk, Soul, Motown & Pop! With a pure soulful sound and a stunning female vocalist Soul Satisfaction guarantee to provide you with top class music.
Lets Dance
Rock and Pop Function Band York,Lets Dance are here to get you and your guests moving all night long. From dance floor bangers, soul and RnB all the way through to chart music from the 70’s to the present day they will make sure your event is unique
Your School Disco
Tribute Band York,Come and bathe in the warmth of the music you secretly love with one of the UK’s premier nostalgia bands! Your School Disco lovingly and precisely recreate your favourite tunes from the 90s and 00s and invite you to dance and party as you did back then!
Midnight Train
Rock and Pop Function Band York,Midnight Train are a 4 piece party band hailing from Leeds. They have played together for almost a decade, combining their different styles & passions to create exciting, memorable sets to fill any dance floor. Expect hits from Bruno Mars, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Beyonce & much more! Previou... Read more...
Funkytown
Rock and Pop Function Band York,Funkytown are a 5-10 piece Funk/Pop/Soul band with fantastic female vocals. From Aretha Franklin to Mark Ronson's latest collaborations, they can provide great party music for all occasions!
Audio Wave
Rock and Pop Trio York,If you want an energetic, cool & contemporary band that bring your event to life with their powerful 3-piece harmonies & selection of rock, pop, funk & soul hits from the sixties to the present day, Audio Wave are for you! They will bring music to life with their amazing, top of the line PA, instrum... Read more...
Our Guide to the Best
York Bands For Hire
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With its Roman roots and Viking past, York has nurtured a range of artists, from electronic dubstep producer & DJ Rusko, nineties Britpop band Shed Seven, indie folk singer Benjamin Francis Leftwich and Chris Helme, to the rock and heavy metal bands Glamour of The Kill and Asking Alexandria.
Live music can be heard across the city at venues such as the Grand Opera House, the York Barbican, at renowned live music club Fibbers, and at The Great Yorkshire Fringe and the Best of York Music Festival.
Alive Network’s Bands in York
Our bands are available to hire in every area of York and North Yorkshire including:
Alive Network is home to the very best function bands based in York and other bands who are available to hire for events taking place within the city.
Hiring A Band From York
How much does it cost to hire band in York?
The cost of a live 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 bands:
| Type of Artist | Cost Range |
|---|---|
| Rock and Pop 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 live bands of different sizes require:
| Size of 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 the 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 function bands 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 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 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 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 York Band For Your Event!
Check out these reviews of York bands for hire to help you find the perfect artist for you.
Really enjoyed the mix of music played, many guests commented on how good the band were - even those that weren't dancing! Also commented on the lead singers voice - always spot on. A great band - not overpowering - so many compliments on the evening.
"SMASHED IT - WE DANCED ALL NIGHT!!"
We booked Live Wires for our wedding three weeks ago. They were brilliant! The dance floor was full all night and the guys were so great to have around, we had the best night ever! We loved every minute and would recommend 100%!! They even learnt a song specifically for our wedding that made the night even more special and everyone we know is still talking about how good the music was at our wedding! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THEM!
"Best live wedding band weve ever seen, You've made our day"
You were the best live wedding band weve ever seen, absolutely brilliant. You played all our favourite songs and all our guests loved it. You've made our day and were delighted. Thank you Claire & Richard x
"Got everyone up and dancing at our party!"
Fantastic! Played a really good mix of songs, really good to have both male and female vocals. Really friendly and approachable. Guests at the party and after have commented how much they enjoyed the band, made the atmosphere fab. Would absolutely book them again! Thanks Groove City got an awesome night!
"Wow!!! Best Atmosphere, extremely funny, talented and profes..."
I'm so glad we booked Rokko, easy to contact and effortless on the day. Absolutely brilliant! Could not recommend them highly enough! Brought our evening do alive, and were a propper highlight for everyone. Very funny, talented and got everyone they could involved. Excellent music selection and took requests on the fly. Perfect wedding band plus would love to get to another of their gigs in the future. Thanks for a brilliant evening!
"Incredible. Professional, made our wedding"
What can I say about the Scoundrels. They were amazing all our guests commented on them (all good things) Dave was fantastic to talk to prior to the wedding made me feel very confident that we had picked the right sound for our wedding. The song list was so varied they even got my mother in law up to dance. I will be definitely booking them again for any event I have in the future. Thank you so much guys you were amazing.
Local York Venues For Hire
We work closely with some amazing York venues including: Sandburn Hall, Merchant Adventurers' Hall, The Royal York Hotel, Yorebridge House, The Hospitium, The KP Golf Club, Grays Court Hotel 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.
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