pre dinner music entertainment

missgroovy21

Hi Guys,

Hoping you can help.

Im getting married next year in The Station House, Kilmessan.
Im looking for pre dinner music entertainment. What should I look for?
I only need someone to play maybe 2hrs max. Its a winter wedding so id say everything will be inside and the pre dinner reception will be in the hotel itself if that makes a difference. What kind of money should I budget for this?

Thanks

clint_silver

missgroovy21 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Hoping you can help.

Im getting married next year in The Station House, Kilmessan.
Im looking for pre dinner music entertainment. What should I look for?
I only need someone to play maybe 2hrs max. Its a winter wedding so id say everything will be inside and the pre dinner reception will be in the hotel itself if that makes a difference. What kind of money should I budget for this?

Thanks

budget 250-300 a musician. maybe 400 for 2 if you strike a deal. if you have a band for post reception, they may do you a deal on it. where in the hotel is pre-reception? in the bar? its awfully small. the restaraunt I think serves during this time so you may be stuck in the bar. maybe a 1 man piano player or acoustic thing. I'll recommend this guy, he's quite good.
http://www.keithoconnell.com

missgroovy21

Thank you very much

sweetie

Perhaps your band will quote you for it? Cheaper if they are going to be there

TAPA2012

Id ask your church musicians they prob be more than happy to go to the venue to play for a few hours.

missgroovy21

Thanks....were getting married in the hotel. I like the look of the musician in the link provided above, just waiting for a bit more feedback first.

Gatica

we had a jazz duo with lads from the evening band. It was brill!
worked out better for sure than quotes from separate musicians as you'll always get charged a premium for someone to travel.

Sleepy

There's a piano in the side of the Hotel bar where they hold the drinks reception but tbh, depending on your numbers, it could well be wasted. Any more than 70/80 people and I don't think you'd be able to hear the piano over the conversation. It's a nice hotel but a bit cramped for weddings over 100 or so imo (based on attending one there recently where the staff were banging off the back of my chair throughout the meal).

Redsox Rover

I am also getting married in The Station House and it is in June. We have booked a singer for the couple of hours before dinner. If you go to www.weddingswinger.ie we were having lunch there in October and he was playing out on the patio. He was incredible and we both agreed we had to have him.he does a mix of jazz and soul singing. A perfect pre dinner mix.