Wedding Band Suggestions

HappyGal97

Hey!

I am looking for suggestions for a great affordable wedding band that won't cost an arm and a leg. Our wedding is August next year in Cork and some quotes we have received so far are quite expensive e.g. €2600 and €3000 including DJ. Ideally, we we would like to spend no more than €2200 including DJ/Travel.

Has anyone any great suggestions? Hoping to book in the next few months and would ideally like to see them first.

All advice is welcome!

Thanks so much.

mcgiggles

We've Late Night Radio booked, saw them at a few weddings, they were absolutely brilliant, the dance floor was full all night! Within your budget too!

evil_seed

We had the suite. Really can't recommend them enough. Pure talent, amazing musicians and singers. Everyone loved them, and still go on about them.
After a haggle we got them for what we wanted and it was just under what you are looking for. They travel anywhere in ireland

You'll find them on facebook

MissElle

Getting married next year and we've booked The Trips. Seen them live and two friends had them at their weddings, dance floor was full! They are so nice to deal with. They're in your budget too, based on the price we got. They've a website with videos if you want to get an idea of what they're like. Good luck with your search!

HappyGal97

Thanks so much for your replies - all very useful! - I'll check out those bands. Always a bonus when in budget too!

bizebee

evil_seed wrote: »

We had the suite. Really can't recommend them enough. Pure talent, amazing musicians and singers. Everyone loved them, and still go on about them.
After a haggle we got them for what we wanted and it was just under what you are looking for. They travel anywhere in ireland

You'll find them on facebook

Had these guys at our own wedding two years ago! Would definitely recommend them! Had the dance-floor full all night and all the lads as mentioned are amazing musicians/Singers!

Best of luck with the search!

anewme

MissElle wrote: »

Getting married next year and we've booked The Trips. Seen them live and two friends had them at their weddings, dance floor was full! They are so nice to deal with. They're in your budget too, based on the price we got. They've a website with videos if you want to get an idea of what they're like. Good luck with your search!

I booked The Trips for a corporate do. I was worried because I picked them and if they were crap all moans would have been at me.

Best band ever!!! They got a number of bookings from our do and I got lots of kudos for picking them. no regrets.

Professional , friendly, talented musicians great energy , (they run their own music school) would thoroughly recommend. Ive tried to get them twice still since but they've been booked out.

They are much better live than their videos. Would recommend you go to a viewing!

autumnbelle

Our wedding band are costing us waaaayyyy less its two guys and they are brilliant I can pm you the name if you want. We had to book a dj separately but even with that the music was under €1,000.
Only thing is Im not sure they would travel to Cork!

Rebshe88

We are having the Buachaills, they are fantastic

Nalz

Any other suggestions guys? we probably have a budget of €1600

thanks

Wellyd

I actually can't cope with the price of bands. Some seem ridiculously priced at €3500 to €4000

Nalz

Wellyd wrote: »

I actually can't cope with the price of bands. Some seem ridiculously priced at €3500 to €4000

There has to be decent bands to cater for small / budget weddings surely at half those prices and lower. Right?

pconn062

Yes there are loads of bands that charge less than 2k who still provide a quality service. 3-4K seems really extreme to me. My own band is in your price range but I don't want to get banned for advertising! Check out the wedding band suggestion thread at the top of the main page, there are bands there and I also posted a link to my own bands website there.

mcgiggles

Wellyd wrote:

I actually can't cope with the price of bands. Some seem ridiculously priced at €3500 to €4000

Woah thats double what we are paying and I would have considered our band a bit on the dearer side! :-O

mick121

Check out deuces wild,cork based band.I watch them regularly when they are near.they are fantastic. Tell Jonny that mick from Shannon says hi.

Misguided1

We had Midnight Sounds for our wedding. They were brilliant and had the floor full all night. They tend to offer deals so we got pre-dinner drinks music plus the band for 2,2. Think they offer the same price for Band plus DJ. Well worth a listen. They are playing for a friend of mine in July who heard them at our wedding.

je551e

Hope you don't mind op me adding to this, I'm also looking for a band for next year for a wedding in Kerry that's not super expensive.

GingerLily

pconn062 wrote: »

Yes there are loads of bands that charge less than 2k who still provide a quality service. 3-4K seems really extreme to me.

There are several bands that can sell out venues who also do weddings, perfectly reasonable for them to charge 3/4k, I'm not suggesting they're great value for most people but some people have the budget!!

pconn062

GingerLily wrote: »

There are several bands that can sell out venues who also do weddings, perfectly reasonable for them to charge 3/4k, I'm not suggesting they're great value for most people but some people have the budget!!

Obviously some people have the budget. However my point was 3-4k is a little excessive for your common or garden wedding band. I've seen some top class bands that provide a great nights service for around the 2k mark (I should know, I'm in one ). Of course if people want a specific band and can afford 4k then go for it. It's their wedding!

GingerLily

pconn062 wrote: »

Obviously some people have the budget. However my point was 3-4k is a little excessive for your common or garden wedding band. I've seen some top class bands that provide a great nights service for around the 2k mark (I should know, I'm in one ). Of course if people want a specific band and can afford 4k then go for it. It's their wedding!

I was at a wedding spring break played and people still talk about it, definitely worth the money for that couple - there's a difference between having a good night and a memorable/special night!

pconn062

GingerLily wrote: »

I was at a wedding spring break played and people still talk about it, definitely worth the money for that couple - there's a difference between having a good night and a memorable/special night!

Ok....
And I know loads of people who have had cheaper bands (2k region) who said they made their night, and people raved about them.

I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make other than more expensive= Must be better. Maybe we need to charge more if people are really willing to spend 4k!

GingerLily

pconn062 wrote: »

Ok....
And I know loads of people who have had cheaper bands (2k region) who said they made their night, and people raved about them.

I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make other than more expensive= Must be better. Maybe we need to charge more if people are really willing to spend 4k!

My point is that a couple can spend what they want on a band, you should charge what you want,

I don't think it's necessary to judge people who spend more on things that are important to them, and I didn't like the comments critising couples who did.

pconn062

GingerLily wrote: »

My point is that a couple can spend what they want on a band, you should charge what you want,

I don't think it's necessary to judge people who spend more on things that are important to them, and I didn't like the comments critising couples who did.

Nobody is judging anybody, come on. People are free to spend what they wish on anything they want, as I said in my posts. However it's about making people aware that not all bands are in the 3-4K range and there are some excellent bands for lower prices. They can then decide themselves having the full info.

GingerLily

pconn062 wrote: »

Nobody is judging anybody, come on.

You did say it was "extreme", which is what I initially quoted

Best leave it there, haha

danmanw8

Try https://www.groovecollective.ie/. Just saw them mentioned in another post as well. I saw them live before and recommend them as a wedding band. Don't think they are too expensive either but not sure.

Good luck on finding what you are looking for!

clint_silver

pconn062 wrote: »

Nobody is judging anybody, come on. People are free to spend what they wish on anything they want, as I said in my posts. However it's about making people aware that not all bands are in the 3-4K range and there are some excellent bands for lower prices. They can then decide themselves having the full info.

as I always like to say on here, theres 3 types of bands, good, cheap and available.
Unless you get really lucky or book 2 years in advance, you only get to pick 2 of those.

pconn062

clint_silver wrote: »

as I always like to say on here, theres 3 types of bands, good, cheap and available.
Unless you get really lucky or book 2 years in advance, you only get to pick 2 of those.

I agree mostly, but I'm really not arsed getting into this again. A someone who plays at 80+ weddings a year I was just trying to give a personal viewpoint. Book early!