Hi all!
Our wedding planning is coming along nicely for our wedding on 5th September next year, but some of the logistics are giving me a headache! Not sure if it's too early to be thinking about the details but I am a planner! Spreadsheets and everything 
The band we booked have said that they need an hour to set up at 'full performance volume'. Now, our wedding ceremony and reception are all in one location - we're getting married at a vineyard with a small barn for the ceremony, and then we're having a marquee for the food/reception in the evening. The vague timeline so far is:
4pm - ceremony
4.30 - 6pm - photos/canapes
6 - 7.30pm - dinner
7.30 onwards - music, dancing etc.
9.30pm ish - evening nibbles.
The band have suggested not setting up during dinner, but I think it will cost more to have them arrive before 6pm... has anyone had their band set up during food? Or have any suggestions how we could fit their warmup into our schedule? The fallback will be having them set up during the photo/canape time but we already stretched our budget to get the band so would prefer not to!
Also, in terms of feeding them, would making sure we have enough evening food for them be suitable or do we have to account for them in our main meal?
They also want a dressing room (!) which I'm not sure how we'll manage yet but hopefully we will sort something out 
This wedding lark is complicated!!
