irish / folk band reviews

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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John was the dream we could only imagine...

5 stars - The Banjo Guy are Highly Recommended
booked The Banjo Guy for their Wedding in South Yorkshire

“John was everything we hoped and more! I was so excited to hear his music live and he certainly didn't disappoint! Planning and arranging the set up with John was easy and his replies were always warm and informative. We requested the possibility of a song personal to us for when we walked down the aisle and what he put together was absolutely spot on and so beautiful! His talent is extraordina...”


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.”


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.”


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!”


A perfect addition to our special day

5 stars - The Banjo Guy are Highly Recommended
booked The Banjo Guy for their Wedding in Cornwall

“Beautiful playing really really relaxing and chilled the perfect addition to the day we couldn’t have been happier. John arrived set up and made a great performance people really enjoyed his playing it made the whole event feel really well chilled together and everyone enjoyed relaxing chatting with his lovely music in the background.”


Conwy Food Festival

5 stars - Botanybay are Highly Recommended
booked Botanybay for their event

“No festival in Conwy would be complete without dancing in the streets. This was provided courtesy of Botanybay who played their irresistible brand of acoustic Irish music”


The Irish Ceilidh Band played at our wedding and were a huge success.

5 stars - The Irish Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
booked The Irish Ceilidh Band for their Wedding

“The Irish Ceilidh Band played at the evening reception for our wedding on the 25th August 2018 and were a huge success. Even though few of our guests were knowledgeable about Irish Folk music we had numerous people telling us how fantastic they were. If you’re interested in booking them you can do the same as us and listen to samples and watch videos on Youtube etc but actually that doesn&rs...”

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Value for money: 5 stars
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