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Hertfordshire’s musical heritage is vast and varied! From George Michael and Wham!, Cliff Richard, two Spice Girls (Posh & Ginger), and the multi-award winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice, to folk guitarist and MBE Martin Carthy, classic rockers Deep Purple, contemporary electronic dance music band Enter Shikari and modern folk trio The Staves, musical output from Herts is eclectic to say the least! Not to mention celebrated drum and bass producers LTJ Bukem and Photek, indie pop band Friendly Fires, garage rock band The Subways and harcore band Gallows! There’s just too many to mention!
Its musical diversity is echoed in Hertfordshire's music festival offering which includes Slam Dunk - the UK’s biggest independent rock festival, Folk By The Oak - A festival of folk's finest acts gathered in beautiful leafy parkland, Standon Calling - An independent boutique music and arts festival with big acts, emerging talent and much more, Wilkestock Charity Music Festival - probably the best festival you've never heard of, and Hertford Music Festival - an annual celebration of local live music.
Hertfordshire is also home to Britain’s oldest specialist music school, The Purcell School for young musicians.
Our Wedding Bands in Hertfordshire
Our bands are available to hire in every area of Hertfordshire including:
Alive Network is home to 22 of the very best wedding bands who are based in Hertfordshire and 564 other bands who are available to hire for weddings taking place within the county.
Hiring a Wedding Band In Hertfordshire
How much does it cost to hire wedding bands in Hertfordshire?
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 Hertfordshire Has To Offer!
Check out these reviews of Hertfordshire wedding bands to help you find the perfect band for you.
"Luxe band made our wedding night!"
Luxe were absolutely fantastic! We have been complimented by quite a few of our wedding guests about how good the band were. We danced all night long! We paid for the premium DJ service which I fully recommend as this enables you to continue to party in between the sets.
"Absolutely sensational wedding band!"
Breakthrough were the absolutely perfect choice for our wedding band! They were sensational! In the build up, they were so well organised and put us completely at ease. Then on the night itself, they were incredible. They got the audience completely involved and ensured the dancefloor wasn't empty at any point. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend then and book them for future events!
"Awesome band! Had everyone dancing and got rave reviews fro..."
We spent aaaages looking for a band to perform at our wedding and finally settled on The Hot Keys and we're so glad we did! We booked a 7-piece option with male and female vocalists, and a brass section and they absolutely smashed it. Great repertoire, amazing energy, had everyone dancing and enjoying themselves and we got lots of positive feedback from our guests. Would absolutely recommend these guys to anyone! Thanks for helping to make our night such a huge hit!
"They captured the wedding guests"
Bandit added to make a great atmosphere at our wedding, across a whole range of age groups. The dance floor never emptied. The lads were very well organised and professional in there delivery of some great music.
"Excellent Wedding Band. Absolutely nailed it!"
The Colts played our Wedding at the end of August and were just brilliant. They played hit after hit and had the dance floor filled all night. Musicianship was on point and many of guests commented on how great they were, there was so much energy and dancing in the room. We even had them do a Rat Pack set earlier in the night which was really nice while evening guests arrive to give the atmosphere more spark. They even learned our First Dance request which made the moment even more special. Communication was quick, band were accommodating with some time changes on the night and set up / pack down was efficient and fast. Couldn't recommend them enough! Thanks guys.
"The highlight to our wedding - wouldn’t change a thing!"
The Colts were incredible - they chose a perfect mix of songs, they made everyone have so much fun and they were just super chilled. They were the cherry on top of a perfect day. 100% would recommend!
Local Hertfordshire Wedding Venues
We work closely with some amazing wedding venues in Hampshire including: Tewin Bury Farm Hotel, Fanhams Hall Hotel, Hanbury Manor Hotel, The Priory Barn, Offley Place, Brocket Hall, St Michael's Manor Hotel, Hatfield House, Coltsfoot Country Retreat, Ashridge 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 Hertfordshire
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 Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas: Weddings by Mary and By Siobhan Louise.
