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Essex Wedding Bands on Alive Network

Our bands are available to hire in every area of Essex including:

Alive Network is home to 17 of the very best wedding bands who are based in Essex and other bands who are available to hire for weddings taking place within the county.

How much does it cost to hire a wedding band in Essex?

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The Hot Shots

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 5-piece band is around £1,600.

The table below shows the range of fees for different types of wedding bands:

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?

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Tritts & The Numbers

The table below shows approximately how much space wedding bands of different sizes require:

How long will they take to set up & soundcheck?

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Atlantic Groove

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 Essex Has To Offer!

Check out these reviews of Essex wedding bands to help you find the perfect band for you.

Tritts And The Numbers

5 stars - Tritts And The Numbers are Highly Recommended

“The band were perfect, really made the night and everyone was talking about them afterwards. The sound quality was excellent and the band appeared to be really enjoying themselves. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. ”

Lily H booked Tritts And The Numbers for their Wedding in Essex on 6th November 2021

Shine On

5 stars - Shine On are Highly Recommended

“Just wanted to say a huge thank you for helping make our day feel so magical. You were incredible on the night and everyone loved having you there. What an evening you all pulled off - can't thank you enough xxx”

Julia H booked Shine On for their Wedding in Essex

The Dukes

5 stars - The Dukes are Highly Recommended

“We had The Dukes for our wedding day. Could not ask for better entertainment! They read the crowd perfectly and played the an array of music that kept everyone up and dancing all night. Thank you so much for helping to make our day so fab.”

Annie W booked The Dukes for their Wedding in Essex on 2nd October 2021

Season

5 stars - Season are Highly Recommended

“Fantastic band! The guys absolutely smashed it and made the evening of our wedding. We had so many guests comment on how good they were too. Such a great choice and would definitely recommend. Thank you.”

Kristie D booked Season for their Wedding in Essex on 23rd September 2021

Riptide

5 stars - Riptide are Highly Recommended

“We booked Riptide for our Wedding, originally in May 2020. It was one of the hardest decisions that we made for our Wedding, as was one of the most important parts of the day for us. After three postponemments, we were fortunate that Riptide were available and still able to perform on our Wedding day. Before the event, communication with the band was fantastic, and this helped us feel really comfortable and confident in them. On the day, the band were even better than we could have imagined. They are four very talented musicians and kept the dancefloor full throughout the night. We had so many of our guests compliment the band on how amazing they are - with one of our friends looking into booking them for their own Wedding. We cannot recommend Riptide enough!”

Lucca R booked Riptide for their Wedding in Essex on 15th September 2021

Funk The Revolution

5 stars - Funk The Revolution are Highly Recommended

“Funk The Revolution performed at our wedding in September and they were fantastic! We particularly loved our first dance song which they learned for us. We also had a laptop DJ service for the sets in between which worked out great. Thanks for being so flexible with us! The band came with a great sound engineer and the band's manager Andy who was great at communicating with the venue in advance and on the night.”

Hannah D booked Funk The Revolution for their Wedding in Essex on 10th September 2021

Local Essex Wedding Venues

We work closely with some amazing Essex wedding venues including: Gosfield Hall, Gaynes Park, Leez Priory, Braxted Park Estate, Quendon Hall (Parklands), Blake Hall, Prested Hall, The Reid Rooms, Layer Marney Tower and Houchins Farm 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 Essex

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 Essex and the surrounding areas: One Curious Dream, Weddings By Mary, Natalie Hewitt, BusyBrides and The Wedding Planners.

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Aside from finding some of the best Wedding Bands in the UK and getting expert advice from our friendly staff, one of the main reasons to hire a Wedding Band 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 Wedding 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!?

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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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