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Irish / Folk Band Reviews

99% of customers would recommend Alive's Traditional Irish / Folk Bands to their friends

99% of customers would recommend Alive's Traditional Irish / Folk Bands to their friends.

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We all had a great night!

5 stars - The Foggy Dudes are Highly Recommended
booked The Foggy Dudes for their event in Suffolk

“We all had a great night. The Foggy Dudes were brilliant and funny too and had a rapport with the audience. We all had a great time!”


You made the party very special and everyone enjoyed the music

5 stars - The Celtic Mandolin Man are Highly Recommended
booked The Celtic Mandolin Man for their event in Hertfordshire

“I would just like to thank you for playing at my fathers 80th birthday party. You made the party very special and everyone enjoyed the music. Thank you for listening to what we wanted and providing exactly that. I would recommend you wholeheartedly.”


You made the party very special and everyone enjoyed the music

5 stars - The Celtic Mandolin Man are Highly Recommended
booked The Celtic Mandolin Man for their event in Hertfordshire

“I would just like to thank you for playing at my fathers 80th birthday party. You made the party very special and everyone enjoyed the music. Thank you for listening to what we wanted and providing exactly that. I would recommend you wholeheartedly.”


Fantastic, we didn’t want the night to end.

5 stars - The Rovers are Highly Recommended
booked The Rovers for their event in North Yorkshire

“This duo were amazing, they far exceeded our expectations. What a fantastic atmosphere they created, everyone was foot tapping, singing or dancing. The music was great and the vocals were brilliant, I can’t thank them enough for making my husband’s birthday and charity night so memorable. They went above and beyond to please and make the night special. Looking forward to booking these again ...”


True Irish experience and a good band too,

5 stars - Artys Party are Highly Recommended
booked Artys Party for their Wedding in Somerset

“The band were absolutely fantastic. Originally we had only booked 3 piece band but before our wedding we added a percussionist and that was offered by the band and it made all the difference. They are absolutely brilliant band, great music and even let one of our wedding party sing with them. They looked like the were having a great time playing together and after the last year and covid disru...”


An Amazing Band - Could not have Chosen Better

5 stars - The Whiskey Priests are Highly Recommended
booked The Whiskey Priests for their Wedding in Merseyside

“The Whiskey Priests were excellent and the guests absolutely loved them. Amazing musicians who got everyone dancing. Being a Liverpool wedding, the audience know their Irish music and everyone was full of praise for the energy and musicianship. We requested Nick Lowe's 'Peace, Love and Understanding' for our first dance and it was perfect. Not a dry high in the house. Absolute professional...”


Fantastic Irish music - All guests loved them

5 stars - The Whiskey Priests are Highly Recommended
booked The Whiskey Priests for their Wedding in Cheshire

“Blew us and the wedding guests away with their Irish music, fantastic throughout, made our evening wedding reception so much better with their music. They had to adapt their set as the large hall we were in didn't have the best acoustics for the amps so instead, they went full acoustic which gave it a much more personal feel. Interacted with the crowd with anecdotes and with the people dancing, ...”


Wonderfull bunch of lads great for all ages

5 stars - The Whiskey Priests are Highly Recommended
booked The Whiskey Priests for their event in Lincolnshire

“The whiskey priests were absolutely fabulous the best band I’ve hired for a long time everyone commented they could not believe how great they were even the venue management wanted to know all about them for future reference I would hire them again in an instant we’ll done lads.”


Thank you Foggy Dudes for a great time

5 stars - The Foggy Dudes are Highly Recommended
booked The Foggy Dudes for their Wedding

“The Foggy Dudes came to our wedding venue and set up early before the evening started. Communication was great, by email and phone and this made it easy. We were still at the reception but they were discreet and organised. The choice of music was FABULOUS. Many of our guests commented afterwards how impressed they were at their performance. We found them fun and appropriate for our wedding. The ch...”


Helped to create a fantastic atmosphere

5 stars - Traditional Duo are Highly Recommended
booked Traditional Duo for their Wedding in London

“Fantastic musicians! Very professional and really helped to set the tone for a wonderful wedding day. Our guests absolutely loved the performance and we couldn’t be happier we chose them for our day. Highly recommended!”

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Value for money: 5 stars
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