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Live Bands For a Wedding | UK Wedding Bands
Hire a wedding band, fill the dance floor & make your wedding soundtrack as unique as you are!
We represent the best UK Live Wedding Bands for Hire. Our acts have vast experience, unparalleled talent & will create the perfect musical backdrop to your wedding.
Choose from our selection of function bands to soul groups, pop covers bands to party bands, jazz bands to acoustic live lounge acts & the best live bands for a wedding.
Need help? We provide every wedding couple with an individual entertainment consultant to guide you through every step of the process, from initial enquiry through to the day of your wedding.
Hire a Wedding Band

Live Bands For a Wedding | UK Wedding Bands
Hire a wedding band, fill the dance floor & make your wedding soundtrack as unique as you are!
We represent the best UK Live Wedding Bands for Hire. Our acts have vast experience, unparalleled talent & will create the perfect musical backdrop to your wedding.
Choose from our selection of function bands to soul groups, pop covers bands to party bands, jazz bands to acoustic live lounge acts & the best live bands for a wedding.
Need help? We provide every wedding couple with an individual entertainment consultant to guide you through every step of the process, from initial enquiry through to the day of your wedding.
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Guide to Booking a Live Wedding Band
A wedding music band are acts that specialise in performing live music for weddings & typically play during the evening wedding reception..
There is a wide range of live wedding bands available in the UK allowing you to choose an act to perfectly compliment the theme & style of your wedding,
Elastic Lounge’s most popular types of live wedding bands include:
Rock and Pop Cover bands
Rock and Pop Cover bands are a popular style of wedding band that specialise in performing well known rock and pop music.. The typical line up for a Rock and Pop Covers Band includes a drummer, bass player, guitarist and lead singer. Larger bands may also include a keyboard player, brass section and backing singers.
Motown and Soul Bands
Soul and Motown bands are a very popular style of wedding band that specialise in performing popular soul and Motown hits from the 1960’s through to the late 1970’s. Motown and Soul Bands are typically fronted by an exceptionally strong lead singer and usually include backing vocals. They also include drums, guitar, percussion, keyboards, and brass section. There are some smaller scale Motown available but to create the authentic sound of this era bands often have up 10+ member, creating a real factor.
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If you book a Soul or Motown Band for your wedding expect to hear Martha Reeves & the Vandelllas, the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, MArvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Jackson 5, Percy Sledge, James Brown and Aretha Franklin.
Acoustic Roaming Wedding Bands
Acoustic roaming wedding bands are a highly interactive style of act that as the name suggests roam around your wedding performing for your guests. Typically wedding roaking bands would be booked for daytime entertainment and cover acapella singers, travelling trios and wandering quartets.
Jazz and Swing Bands
Jazz and Swing Bands are one of the most flexible and diverse act types in terms of instrumentation, number of musicians and repertoire. The bands range in styles from Trad Jazz of the early 1920’s to Rat Pack Singers, modern jazz bands performing your favourite chart hits and vintage themed acts. Whatever style you choose jazz bands always create a cool sophisticated vibe.
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Vintage Themed Wedding Bands
Vintage Themed Wedding Bands are one of the most on-trend style of live wedding bands available. The acts could be included in Jazz & Swing section but due to their popularity in the UK today we felt they deserved to listed as a separate section. Vintage Themed WEdding Bands have been popularised by films like the Great Gatsby and famous acts such as Postmodern JukeBox who have gone viral over recent years.If you are planning a vintage themed wedding these upbeat acts that create a real wow factor are the perfect choice.
Party DJs and Musicians
Party DJs and musicians are another popular choice for wedding entertainment and cove a broad range of acrs where a DJ is accompanied by musicians. There are various options available from DJ and Sax, Dj and Singer through to drummers and violinists. These acts typically perform music from the dance era and range from two to large ensembles of over 10 musicians.
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Luxury Wedding Show Bands
Luxury wedding show bands deliver the ultimate wow factor for weddings and events.Typically fronted by up to five of the most talented male and female on the events scene with a large band of up to 12 musicians Luxury Show Bands perform at the most exclusive international weddings. Luxury Show Bands have extensive repertoires and the large act size and diverse members enables them to seamlessly cover any style of music to the highest standard.
Typically the main evening entertainment during the wedding reception is a live wedding band or wedding DJ.
However, there is nothing quite like a wedding band to liven up a wedding reception & get you’re guests excited.
Today the options available for booking a wedding band are vast. Whether you’re looking for discreet sophistication or an infectious party vibe, nothing can compete with the wow factor of a wedding band.
What can you expect when you Hire a Wedding Band from Elastic Lounge:
Optional performance of a chosen first dance song
- Music played between sets
- Optional DJ service until the end of your event.
Many Elastic Lounge wedding bands provide wedding entertainment packages to provide a complete wedding entertainment solution for your entire day including:
Tailored entertainment during your wedding ceremony
- Drinks reception entertainment
- Wedding Breakfast entertainment
- First Dance
- Evening wedding / party band performance of 2 x 6o mins
- DJ Service
Elastic Lounge entertainment supplies live Wedding Bands across the UK and internationally.
The locations where our wedding bands are most commonly booked include:
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The locations where our wedding bands are most commonly booked include:
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Merseyside
Cheshire
Cumbria
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
North Yorkshire
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Shropshire
Suffolk
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Most popular cities:
Aberdeen
Bath
Birmingham
Bradford
Brighton
Cambridge
Canterbury
Cardiff
Chelmsford
Chester
Coventry
Derby
Durham
Edinburgh
Exeter
Glasgow
Gloucester
Hereford
Hull
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
Manchester
Newcastle upon Tyne
Norwich
Nottingham
Oxford
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Salford
Sheffield
Southampton
Stoke-On-Trent
Sunderland
Swansea
Wakefield
Westminster
Wolverhampton
Worcester
York
How much does a live wedding band cost?
The cost to Hire a Wedding Band varies greatly depending on the location of the event, number of musicians in the wedding band the musicians experience & standard.
Here’s a guide for the price range of booking different main types of wedding bands:
Wedding Band Type | Price Guide |
Rock and Pop Cover Bands | £800 – £1500 (3-piece) £980 – £1,600 (4-piece) £1,200 – £1,800 (5-piece) £1,440 – £2,600 (4-piece) |
Motown and Soul Bands | £1200 – £3,500 (4-piece) £1440 – £3,800 (5-piece) £1,600- £4,200 (6-piece) £1,800- £10,500 (larger bands) |
Acoustic Roaming Wedding Bands | £360 – £760 (2-piece) £480 – £1,550 (3-piece) £720 – £1,800 (4-piece) |
Jazz and Swing bands | £1,200 – £1,800 (4-piece) £1,440 – £3,200 (5 to 9-piece) £2,600 – £3,600 (10-piece+) |
Vintage Themed Wedding Bands | £1,440- £1,800 (4-piece) £1,600- £3,600 (7 to 9-piece) £3,200 – £3,900 (10-piece+) |
Party DJs and Musicians | £720 – £1440 (2-piece) £860 – £1,640 (3-piece) £960 – £1,960 (4-piece) £1440 – £3,995 (5 to 9 -piece) |
Luxury Wedding Show Bands | From £2,800 – £10,500 |
How long will a Wedding Band perform?
Live Bands for a Wedding typically offer 2 x 60 mins or 3 x 40 mins of entertainment. However, wedding bands may have a larger repertoire allowing them to provide much longer performance times if required.
Many weddings couples book wedding bands to perform during their evening wedding reception. However, many wedding coupes choose to book a wedding entertainment package & use musicians & members of the band to perform during the 5 key moments for wedding entertainment.
How big an area will a Wedding Band need to perform?
The area required for a wedding band to perform varies greatly depending on act size & instrumentation. It might sound obvious but the space required will increase with the numbers of members in the act.
The following table outlines a guide for performance space required for different wedding band sizes. We always recommend checking the exact requirements for each act:
Act Type | Performance Space Required |
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3 Piece Wedding Wands | 3 x 3 metres + |
4 Piece Wedding Wands | 4 x 3 metres + |
5 & 6-piece Wedding Band | 5 x 3 metres + |
7-piece and bigger: | 6 x 4 metres + |
How long do Wedding Bands take to set up?
UK Wedding Bands typically require 60 – 120 minutes to unload equipment, set up & soundcheck. However, this is very dependent on act size & duo would require a lot less time and a large Motown Band considerably more.
During our booking process we always ensure adequate set up time forms part of our contract & we will talk through your event to ensure things run perfectly to tome.
1. Choose your act
If you know the type of entertainment you want, browse Our Acts then Contact Us by our enquiry form, phone or email to request a quote or to ask any other questions.
If you need support choosing your act to Hire a Wedding Band or would like more information about a wedding package our experienced personal wedding entertainment consultant’s will guide you through the process of choosing the right act & tailoring the performance to you’re wedding.
2. Get a quote
Once you have chosen your entertainment, we’ll send you a quote with a transparent breakdown of all the charges including booking fee, act fees and expenses (for example, if travel and accommodation are needed).
If you need to hire extra equipment for the event these charges will be clearly laid out here too.
3. Confirm the booking
Once you’re happy to Hire a Wedding Band we’ll send you a confirmation email, a contract & request a booking fee.
The full balance will be payable [direct to the act or Elastic Lounge at least 14 days before the performance or in cash on the day of the of the event before the entertainment starts.
Any charge for equipment hire needs to be paid at least three months before the date of the event.
4. Connect with the act
In the months leading up your event you don’t need to do anything as we’ll make all the arrangements with the act for you.
Then, three weeks before the event we’ll put you in direct contact with the act so you can ask any final questions. (Let us know if you’d like to speak to the act before this, but, from our experience it’s not usually necessary.)
4. Get ready to party!
We care about your event as if it was our own, so, rest assured, everything is taken care of. In the final run-up your event there’s nothing left to do as everything is 100% confirmed and backed up by our performance guarantee. All you need to do is get ready for the party!
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