Wedding Bands Staffordshire

To hire the average 3-4 piece wedding band, it usually costs £1700 - £2400 based on a number of factors. Firstly, the distance your band has to travel affects the price as the cost of their transportation is included in your quote. For this reason, we advise hiring a Staffordshire wedding band if you're getting married there to keep costs down. The other factors that can affect the cost of hiring a wedding band are the number of members in the band, their level of experience and popularity, and the date of your wedding. It often costs more to hire a band on Fridays and Saturdays over the summer months due to high demand.

Wedding bands get booked up extremely quickly, with the most popular wedding bands in Staffordshire getting bookings over two years in advance. Once you've got your venue booked, it's time to book your wedding band to avoid the disappointment of finding out someone else has already snapped them up!

Most wedding bands play for a total of 2 hours spread over either 2x 60-minute or 3x 40-minute sets depending on which suits your schedule best. Many bands offer late finishes and extra sets if you'd like them to play longer or later so when choosing your band, check out their profiles or ask your adviser to recommend bands who offer this if it's something you're interested in.

When it comes to booking a wedding band, your aim will be to keep your dance floor full at all times and the best way to do this is to play a little bit of everything so guests of all ages want to strut their stuff. The most popular wedding bands in Staffordshire are pop and rock bands, who do just this. Expect them to play everything from The Beatles to Dua Lipa! If your tastes are a little more specific, don't worry! You'll find bands who play music in every style you can think of here at Warble.

If there are any songs that are your favourites in your wedding band's repertoire, let them know and they'll incorporate them into their setlist for your wedding day. After that, we highly recommend leaving the rest of the song choices to the band. Their experience and ability to read the room is absolutely priceless here. They'll know exactly which songs to play and when in order to keep your dance floor pumping all night.

Most bands arrive between 5 and 6pm in order to complete their sound check before your first dance. For the average band it takes just over an hour and the band are super skilled when it comes to making it unobtrusive. Your wedding venue should have plenty of methods of keeping your guests elsewhere while the sound check is being completed. If not, don't worry - the sound check is often really exciting for guests and gets them ready to dance from as soon as the band hit the stage. Alternatively, look for bands who are able to arrive early to set up.

You don't need to hire any tech equipment at all when you hire from Warble. Your band will arrive with their own professional PA and lighting and it will have all been PAT tested too.

No DJ hire is needed at all. All our bands will provide music to dance to while they take a break and up until curfew. Most provide a playlist DJ service where music is played through a laptop or tablet and some offer to upgrade to a manned DJ service and provide a band member to take requests. A few bands offer a full DJ service with mixing decks and professional equipment as an additional upgrade.

Having live music at your drinks reception is the perfect way to create a relaxed atmosphere and make your guests feel at ease while they mix and mingle. Some wedding bands offer a daytime service as an add-on and this always works out cheaper than hiring a separate act. Usually this consists of one or two band members playing a laid-back acoustic set, but sometimes you can hire the whole band or they offer sax or jazz sessions! Check out each band's add-on section on their profile to see what's on offer when booking.