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?
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:
| 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 Essex Has To Offer!
Check out these reviews of Essex wedding bands to help you find the perfect band for you.
Funk The Revolution “These guys were flawless. Their live sets got all of our guests going. There were only 30 of us due to covid restrictions, but everyone felt uplifted by the funky music. The band didn’t just go through the motions. They really wanted to be at our wedding and wanted to show off their talents. Massive thanks guys. Hope the difficult situation for performers like you resolves itself in the not too distant future.”
Jeremy C booked Funk The Revolution for their Wedding in Essex on 26th September 2020
The Kicks “The Kicks were absolutely 100% utterly amazing.
I cannot explain how good they were, i am so pleased we went for them. Catered to everyone of our needs, arrived early for us, and just made the evening amazing.
Easy And fast to communicate with before the wedding, answered all questions, absolutely loved them.
I would 1000% use them again.”
Joel I booked The Kicks for their Wedding in Essex on 8th February 2020
The Kicks “Was easy to book, was contacted by the band 3 weeks before our wedding to confirm a few things, no problems. Night before the wedding had a phone call to say the lead singer had a bad back and couldn't make it (can't be helped) but had a cover by the previous lead singer. Obviously I was a bit nervous having never heard them play before! But they was brilliant. Did our first song amazing. They were all so polite and nothing was to much to ask. I highly recommended but based on the cover lead singer.”
Sadie L booked The Kicks for their Wedding in Essex on 25th January 2020
Happy Hour “Despite one of the members falling ill, the band got another individual to take their place and did everything possible to make sure the evening was a smash.
They kept the groom up to date throughout due to the issues, were polite and well presented, thankful for the evening food and had everyone one dancing and interacted with guests where needed.
Absolutely 100% the right choice for our wedding and recommend to everyone. Wedding photographer said the best band he'd ever seen across all the weddings he'd been to.”
Lisa R booked Happy Hour for their Wedding in Essex
Midnight Soul “Can I say a massive thank-you to Midnight Soul for playing at our wedding! The talent in this band is incredible! We were dancing until our feet hurt and barely had a chance to speak with our guests! They were incredibly professional and no-one even noticed them setting up while the speeches were done. The stage looked amazing and the lights and lasers really set the mood for our evening change over! Shana's vocals are full of soul and energy and I swear she could have a sing off with Whitney and stand her ground! We were so impressed (such a big voice from such a tiny person!). We would recommend this band to anyone looking for the best wedding reception around! We would definitely book them again for any event we can!”
Trina O booked Midnight Soul for their Wedding
Ignition “These guys are amazing! They performed at our wedding and we could not have been happier! They did an acoustic set during drinks after the ceremony and then the whole band raised the roof in the evening! They had guests up dancing all evening, we would recommend them to all our friends and family as they are absolutely brilliant!!!!”
Cara N booked Ignition for their Wedding
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.
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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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