Edinburgh ceilidh / modern band recs?

Good point. I'm going on Saturday to hand over the credit card and have a quick nose around so will ask for their recs too

I highly recommend the Jiggers and Callanish. Both are great for ceilidh, though I'm not sure if the Jiggers also do covers, whereas I know Callanish does! However, I think the Jiggers are cheaper. Both can be found by Googling them! Good luck!

Thanks. Jiggers are definitely a band that I've come across over the weekend so need to check their style and I'll also check out Callanish

Thanks

I'm having a band called Three Card Trick who are amazing. They are mostly a rocky covers band but they do a 45 minute ceilidh set too. They played at my friends wedding and do a lot of gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh if you wanted to go see them. I booked through Coast Entertainment and they have a sample video on their website. If they aren't your cup of tea then Coast do have quite a few other bands and run wedding showcases from time to time.

The BEST ceilidh band I've ever seen/heard is Bahookie http://bahookie.org/. I was totally blown away and what an atmosphere. They aren't just any normal ceilidh band though and you'd need to go and hear them to understand what I mean but they mix up modern songs with ceilidh as well as your traditional stuff.

Unfortunately I only heard them last year but I'd have seriously compromised on other things on my wedding day to have them and I just don't do music normally so coming from that that's saying something.