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Function Band Reviews

99% of customers would recommend Alive's Rock and Pop Function Bands to their friends

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Simply put, incredible

5 stars - The Fulltones are Highly Recommended
booked The Fulltones for their wedding November 2025

“The band were fantastic! Simply put, incredible — they brought fun, passion, and a great understanding of how to get our guests dancing. Communication was excellent, but the day itself surpassed all expectations. We couldn’t have asked for a better band — book them without hesitation! Again, thank you for learning our first dance and making the night so special!”


Killer setlist for a full on celebration

5 stars - Bounce are Highly Recommended
booked Bounce for their party November 2025

“The band turned our engagement party into a full-on celebration. They have an amazing chemistry on 'stage' and a killer setlist. Our friends are still raving.”


Way better than just a DJ

5 stars - ETA are Highly Recommended
booked ETA for their party in Buckinghamshire November 2025

“ETA played for my wifes 60th birthday party in the local village hall and were great. They have a long playlist to choose from and added a couple of extra ones that werent on the list. Everyone loved it.”


Utterly incredible

5 stars - Get On Up are Highly Recommended
booked Get On Up for their wedding in West Sussex October 2025

“get on up were amazing, we've had nothing but compliments since”


Fantastic Group, brought lots of energy and fun to the evening!

5 stars - Beat Surrender are Highly Recommended
booked Beat Surrender for their wedding in Northumberland October 2025

“From start to finish our booking and communications with the band have been amazing. Nothing was an issue and the lads were lovely. We got so many compliments throughout the night on both the live performances and song choices. Would not hesitate to recommend Beat Surrender for weddings/events!”


Perfect

5 stars - Youth Overrided are Highly Recommended
booked Youth Overrided for their party in London October 2025

“Having seen these guys at another wedding we had attended- we had high expectations. I'm pleased to say they were exceeded. Performance on the night was fantastic, guests were on the dance floor all evening. Communication with James with the band was great- they were friendly, flexible and the rock/ pop vibe was exactly what we wanted for our wedding.”


Above and beyond is what you get!

5 stars - The Fulltones are Highly Recommended
booked The Fulltones for their wedding October 2025

“Above and beyond is what you get from The Fulltones! The dance floor was packed all night when they were playing and when Jimmy took our very very long playlist and turned it into something that had people on their feet singing and dancing in-between sets. Our day fell pretty behind schedule and they handled it perfectly switching from 3 shorter sets to 2 longer ones with no fuss. As a wedding pre...”


what a fantastic band and boy they can play well.

5 stars - Best In Class are Highly Recommended
booked Best In Class for their wedding October 2025

“From the moment we booked Best In Class we felt at ease because the communication was fantastic. We had to choose 32 songs from the vast catalogue which is more difficult than you think but the 32 songs selected were performed excellently. All our guests have commented to us "what a fantastic band " and " boy they can play well". We wouldn't hesitate to book them again. Fantastic night , thank...”


Bringing the party

5 stars - The Marlins are Highly Recommended
booked The Marlins for their wedding in Northumberland October 2025

“The Marlins brought the party to our wedding and had everyone up on the dance floor grooving from start to finish. Couldn't have asked for anything more! Very relaxed and professional in their approach to everything and accommodating of requests such as first dance choice. Would highly recommend them”


Amazing entertainment for our big day

5 stars - Drive are Highly Recommended
booked Drive for their wedding in Manchester October 2025

“The guys in Drive were fantastic. They were responsive to messages and chose a set that really matched what we were looking for. They did such a good jo learning the song for our first dance and had some good surprises to make the night fun. So many guests had great things to say about them so would definitely recommend hiring them!”

Performance quality: 5 stars
Sound quality: 5 stars
Behaviour: 5 stars
Communication: 5 stars
Audience engagement: 5 stars
Value for money: 5 stars
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