DJ / Band recommendations?

Not in the area but £600 divided by 5 members for 3 hours work each works out at £40 an hour per member - minus travel costs, maintenance of equipment, website, etc etc.

So altogether, that's not necessarily an unreasonable.

Like most things, you generally pay for what you get... the Bootleg Beatles charge £12,000 for an evening by the way!

Hi

I agree with AJ above - I suspect though that your £600 was probably a 3-piece, am I right? That's about right for a three-piece and a little cheap for a 5-piece. You do indeed get what you pay for.

Usually reckon on something like £170-200 per player for the night. It may be more if you need them for longer.

hope this helps

Tony

RS

Ps...AJDown - If I could make my working day 3 hours I'd be absolutely delighted! Most of ours are 10-12 hours per wedding if you include travelling, setups, waiting around and packing down and of course playing.

Tony

£600 was actually the quote for just a DJ, not a band ?

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A good wedding DJ ....between £300 and £800. As already said.....you do get what you pay for. Also they do a lot more than just turn up and press play. Tony touched on a few hidden things there.....but also add into the mix that they will meet up with you to discuss your evening (travel time +costs), will source the music you want ( which can be very time consuming) ....there's lots more we do but we all offer slightly different things.

I help run two organisations. For wedding specialists visit https://www.weddingdja.co.uk/ or for a general party DJ visit https://partydjdisco.co.uk/

PS...Hi Tony....hows it going....thought you'd jumped ship!

Hello!

I know a great band but obvioulsy cant advertise on here. Drop me an email and I will let you have the details. Used them myself in the West Midlands. I know they have different ways of going out which was better for my budget. Three peice or four piece and a female vocalist was offered. (not a fan of female fronted bands myself)

To be honest thats a alright quote for a DJ but this band does DJ style music which which was in with the quote and was great. So best of both worlds.

£600 for a band would be quite cheap. We found bands for this money were more used to playing pub gigs and not what was wanted for the wedding.

Hope you see this!!

Alright thanks Sandy! Nope, not jumped ship - just been busy busy!

T

I struggled on the DJ / band decision. I really wanted a band - but could not afford one. I opted for a DJ but found a cheap percussionist / bongo player to accompany the DJ and it was much cheaper than a band... but still brought a live feeling to the night. I found him on Gumtree. May be an idea?

Good luck!

Nat

Hi Kat

I went to a summer ball in Warwickshire recently that had a good band playing. Are we not allowed to put details on the forum? No idea on price I'm afraid but I danced all night! x