Your Ultimate Guide to Hiring the Best Wedding Entertainment
Wedding DJs and Wedding
Musicians in the UK
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Popular Wedding Entertainment Ideas For Each Part Of Your Day
Need inspiration? No problem! We’ve put together a hot list based on the wedding entertainment you're loving right now. These wedding bands, musicians and entertainers are the most popular options currently flying off our virtual shelves at Alive HQ. Expect wedding guitarists, string quartets, classical ceremony musicians and swing singers, as well as cool-handed caricaturists and wedding magicians. Then there are dance DJs, gospel choirs – and of course the mighty rock, indie and chart wedding bands that are still your number one.
What’s My Wedding
Style?
We've looked at the most popular choices, now let's get creative!
Select your wedding style to see perfectly themed ideas.
Our nifty guide will help you hire bands and entertainers in tune with your style and life loves.
Get artist ideas based on the wedding themes you’re feeling, from rustic to retro. And go rogue!
Browse all styles to find a music match that’s all your own.
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1. Rustic & DIY
Your wedding entertainment ideas, love from Alive!
Think handmade decor, beautiful rural surroundings, lantern-lit barns and footstomping, joy-filled live music. Read more...
We love our laidback, rustic loving couples. For you guys, lovingly-made details and live music are at the heart of your day. From Mumford style chart-topping bluegrass, to a good old Ceilidh band, it’s the kind of wedding we all want to be guests at – downing bespoke craft beers, eating a tower of artisan cheese and dancing ‘til dawn!
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3. Boho & Festival
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Colourful, casual and effortless. It’s the wedding equivalent of just throwing on any old dress and looking uh-mazing. Think tousled tresses, cute flower crowns, tipis and a laidback, fun feel. Read more...
For you boho and festival loving couples, it’s all about authentic live music, personal details and that amazing wedfest vibe. Your Pyramid stage-worthy headliner band is a given, but there are loads of other ideas for you to create big feels with a great entertainment line up, making your big day or wedding weekender one amazing flag-flying day to remember.
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5. Country Garden
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Ahh the prettiest of weddings! Fresh, floral and full of English country charm. Think gorgeous greenery and handtied wild flowers with lawn games, ice cream and lovely live music. Pass the Champers! Read more...
Celebrations in beloved gardens, local grounds or even a family home are especially personal and meaningful. That’s why your entertainment should be too. Choose bespoke musical arrangements for your ceremony, and fun outdoor games that your family and friends will love. In the evening, take to a marquee bedecked in fairy lights for a live rendition of your first dance under a floral chandelier.
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2. Vintage & Retro
Your wedding entertainment ideas, love from Alive!
Timeless, era-inspired and super stylish. You’re witty, partial to a bit of bunting and love cool, retro details. Read more...
Happy days for vintage loving couples, because entertainment suits your wedding like you suit each other! It’s one of the most effective ways to pull together everything you love about your vintage style on your big day. Whether your thing is the Gatsby glamour of Art Deco, the chintzy charm of the 1940’s, the iconic rock n roll style of the 1950’s, or you just want a modern-retro feel, you have so many great, all-year-round entertainment options that it’s one of our favourite styles.
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6. Classic & Elegant
Your wedding entertainment ideas, love from Alive!
Elegant, light and always in style. We’re thinking metallic and pastel touches, delicate lighting (oooh tealights!), with personal touches to make it your own, like a cool string quartet playing your favourite indie anthem. Read more...
For classic and elegant couples, your timeless-yet-contemporary feel means you can go as big and bold (or discreet and laid back) as you want with your entertainment. We love classical musicians with a modern twist for your big daytime moments, and a knockout premier party band that gets everyone doing pointy-finger-in-the-air dancing for your all-important evening celebrations. Then capture all the shenanigans on camera with a modern classic – the mighty photo booth!
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4. Fairytale & Romantic
Your wedding entertainment ideas, love from Alive!
Breathtaking venues, feminine details, Jimmy Choos worthy of Cinderella, and a dress fit for a princess! Now just add some magical entertainment... Read more...
We love that you’re romantic and a little bit fanciful when it comes to your nuptials – and quite frankly, we don’t want your big day to be ‘just fine’ either! That’s why we’re thinking big in the most tasteful way. Ethereal harp music, twinkling tree lights, a flower wall, something unexpected to wow your guests – say, singing waiters or a firework display. And how about a live wedding band, fit for a certain red-haired, real-life Prince? Yes, really! Your big day will be so dazzling it will need its own Instagram account. Now where did we put that magic wand?
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Get Planning
Less worry, more party! From booking tips and budget advice, to on-the-day timings and
handy checklists… We’ve got the planning side sorted so you can focus on the fun stuff.
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Your
Real Weddings
Get lovely ideas for your own day from lovely real couples! See how they did it below.
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The Nameless Three Felix and Ella's #SummerWedding (June 2017) #newbandmembers #alivebrides
Shine On had a great time at #BramfordWedding last night! Here's to you Ann & Danny, many congratulations! 30-06-2017 #CrowdSurfingBride #alivebrides
Breakthrough played for this amazing couple on their wedding reception at @TitheBarn on 09-06-17 #alivebrides
Another #CrowdSurfingBride this time at a wedding The Hot Shots performed at Ardleigh Essex on 02-06-2016. Congrats to Becky & James #alivebrides
Shine On had a crowd surfing bride at their Broyle Place wedding on 23-06-2017!! #alivebrides
Shine On captured this stunning photo of Pippa & Howie's #FirstDance at their wedding which took place at Starborough Manor Edenbridge in Kent on 29-04-2017 #alivebrides
The Modern Way were sent this lovely picture from Andy and Amy's wedding at #HangletonManor back in August. Congratulations again! #alivebrides
The Hot Keys' fab new banners we created looking awesome at the side of stage! This #GORGEOUS couple enjoying their first dance don't look too shabby either ;) #Congrats #alivebrides
Featured Reviews
Super happy couples say nice things about us and our artists...


"Really great... memories we will cherish forever."
Really great, just what we wanted, providing some great background relaxed music for our drinks reception. Marcello took the time to learn some extra songs for us for our ceremony ...
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"We had the best day, everything went so smoothly and ..."
Hi Rob, Travis, David & James, Mark and I just wanted to say a BIG thank you for last Thursday. We had so many comments from our guests on how good you were and it really does ...
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"Thank you so much for a wonderful evening!"
Despite there being so many differing tastes in music amongst our guests, everybody was really impressed with Fraudio. You guys managed to get everyone up dancing, even some who ha...
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"Very talented and lived up to all expectations."
Tom and I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and the rest of the band for your amazing performance at our wedding on Saturday night. It was such an excellent evening and yo...
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"Wow, wow, wow! The Nameless Three are simply awesome."
Wow, wow, wow! The Nameless Three are simply awesome. They delivered and then some. All our guests were blow away about how good the band were. Simply brilliant. They couldn’...
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"The best wedding band EVER! The dance floor was packe..."
The Nameless Three were incredible, the best wedding band EVER! Amazing set list, every song got everyone up and the dance floor was packed the whole night! We wanted an epic band ...
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"Well what can I say this band was amazing, EVERYONE a..."
Well what can I say this band was amazing ... especially Maria ... she was so lovely to speak to and very helpful right at the last minute on finding music for my dad and husbands ...
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"You guys were epic - the dance floor was always packe..."
Thank you so much for playing at our wedding at Lillibrooke Manor on New Year's Eve. You guys were epic - the dance floor was always packed, every tune was a better than the last, ...
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"This is the greatest and best wedding band in the wor..."
This is the greatest and best wedding band in the world.......tribute! These guys are brilliant. They absolutely nailed our NYE wedding. They are all incredibly talented musicians ...
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"A really fun band with a great wide-ranging repertoir..."
Happy Hour were very professional to deal with in the run up to the wedding, very responsive on emails, happy to answer any questions and consider song choices. They were...
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