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ACD (based in Surrey)
Music Description: 4-8 piece World African Contemporary Music and Dance
Packages range from £700 to £2500
ACD -IN THE AFRICAN WORLD OF MUSIC, ARTS AND DANCE ACD is a World Music and Dance band that specialises in both contemporary and traditional African Music especially from East Africa. The band provides entertainment and performance accompanied with a creative blend of live African and Western instruments. Available for weddings, co-operate and charity e ... » View band profile »
The Afrik Bawantu (based in Middlesex)
Music Description: Afro Funk Band
Packages range from £2500 to £4000
Get ready to embark on a journey to Afla Sackey's musical dreams through his newly born orchestra, The Afrik Bawantu. Blending vibrant African percussions to a funky and talented horn section, the upcoming Afro Funk sound takes the trendy London crowd to a scene that they couldn't but fall for.
Colourful and ground breaking, the energy spread by thei ... » View band profile »
Alasdair Beaton started his piping career at the age of 14 receiving tuition first from Willie Beverage formerly of the Royal Scots and British Caledonian Airways Pipe Band and then from Jim Elmslie who was part of the famous Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band winning the World Championships five years in a row from 1965 - 1969. At the time they held the record for ... » View band profile »
Allaidh Modhan (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: A Ceilidh & Covers band with a contemporary take
Packages range from £800 to £1800
Modhan (AKA Allaidh Modhan) are a fresh talent from the exciting modern Celtic music scene in the UK. Heavily influenced by the traditional music of Scotland, Modhan express their extensive range of diverse influences throughout their compositions. Elements of jazz, funk & rock all feature, and sit alongside African grooves and European melodies. The result ... » View band profile »
Babylon Arabic Band (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Arabic songs and music throughout all Arab countries
Packages range from £800 to £1500
This Edinburgh based band consists of Iraqi, Scottish, and English musicians led by Mohammed Nafee (Iraqi singer & musician). They perform a selection of Mohammed's favourite Arabic songs throughout all Arab countries, which he performed at parties and celebrations in Iraq. Mohammed is now hosting parties and performing for new audiences around the UK with ... » View band profile »
The Baghdaddies (based in Newcastle upon Tyne)
Music Description: Balkan Brass Band
Packages range from £950 to £3000
Blistering Eastern brass harmonies and high-energy rhythms. Inspired by the Roma wedding and brass band music of the Balkans, fused by eclectic musical influences ranging from calypso and jazz to punk, The Baghdaddies are an experience not to be missed. ... » View band profile »
Bags of Rock (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: Specialist Piping Group
Packages range from £1500
Bags of Rock is an exciting new live experience featuring ex Red Hot Chilli Pipers frontman, guitarist Gregor 'G Man' McPhie together with two talented Grade One pipers. ... » View band profile »
Baja (based in Birmingham)
Music Description: Indian, Punjabi style band
Packages range from £900 to £2000
Baja is one of the oldest & finest Indian/ Punjabi style brass bands in the UK. They specialise in performing at weddings, melas and carnivals across the country & abroad. Baja is a team that consists of a trumpet player, an accordion player, three dhol players working together to produce harmonious sounds. The line up however can be tweaked to ... » View band profile »
The Balkan Bandits (based in Sheffield)
Music Description: 7 piece balkan klezmer show tunes band
Packages range from £550 to £2000
From the Former Soviet Socialist Republik of South Yorkshire, the Balkan Bandits are a 7-piece brass, cabaret, wailing and oom-pahing orkestra, here to indulge you with marvellous melodies and huge harmonies of Balkan, Klezmer and Show Tunes. Formed in 2007 as the house band to Na Zdrove, Sheffield’s premier “klezmer to Kalingrad” part ... » View band profile »
The Baltik Ceilidh Band (based in London)
Music Description: The Baltik Ceilidh Band, Ceilidh/Covers 4-11 Piece Band.
Packages range from £900 to £2000
Ma Lairds & Loddies, Chinas & Fair Middens... The Baltik Ceilidh Band bring you a new generation of celtic musicians bursting with energy. Their burning grooves and rich melodies hit you hard and keep you dancing all night. With high profile performances for the likes of Tower 42, Exxon Mobil, NHS and the Old Billingsgate Market, they are fast becoming the m ... » View band profile »
Barulho (based in Brighton)
Music Description: Brighton-based Brazilian Samba band
Packages range from £500 to £1500
Barulho are a leading Brighton based Samba band. With a unique style and presence, they bring any event to life with infectious rhythms, funky beats and spectacular performances. Blending Afro-Cuban and South American roots with samba reggae, funk, hip hop and drum & bass, their passion for sound is guaranteed to get you dancing and lift your spirits. From ... » View band profile »
The Bavarian Strollers (based in London)
Music Description: 4-7 Piece Bavarian Oompah Band
Packages range from £550 to £1200
The Bavarian Strollers are one of the country’s most successful Bavarian bands and have been an established German Um Pah band since 1978. The band uses first class professional musicians and is based on a traditional Bavarian band consisting of 2 clarinets, trumpet, trombone and tuba although the band can also perform with a 4, 6 or 7 piece line up adding ... » View band profile »
Beer For Breakfast (based in Stockport)
Music Description: Irish and ceilidh band
Packages range from £560 to £1500
Beer for Breakfast are a four piece Irish Band, who play a fantastic and lively range of Traditional and Contemporary Irish Music as well as Celtic Rock and Country Rock & Roll. They are all professional musicians who came together from academic, formal and session music backgrounds to form one of the liveliest bands in the UK Irish music scene today. They g ... » View band profile »
The Bhangra Blasters (based in Birmingham)
Music Description: Traditional Dholi Dancers
Packages range from £1200 to £2000
The Bhangra Blasters are the world's first Male and Female Dholi dancers formed from the Dhol Blasters team. Bhangra Blasters are a group of young energetic dancers just waiting to burst out and show the world their dance routines which are based on the harvest that takes place every year in the Punjab, India. ... » View band profile »
Buffo's Wake (based in Brighton)
Music Description: 6 piece stomping Gypsy Band
Packages range from £400 to £1700
Buffo's Wake takes the style of Eastern European gypsy music and spins it on its head with a dark and macabre twist. Formed in Brighton in October 2010, Buffo's Wake had an amazing summer that year, recording live sessions for the BBC, playing at over 15 festivals throughout the UK, storming the likes of Secret Garden and Boomtown and playing some amazing sh ... » View band profile »
Cafecito (based in London)
Music Description: 5- 10 piece Cuban style band
Packages range from £900 to £2500
Cafecito plays a lively pre-salsa style of music still heard on the streets of Old Havana today - charanga! They play cha cha chas, boleros, danzones and Latin jazz, a flavour of which you may have heard on some of the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. Perfect for dancing and background music, weddings, parties, corporate events and Cuban or Latin themed ... » View band profile »
Camine are twin sisters Ramona and Zinta Egle. Their music originates from Ireland, Scotland and beyond and moves imaginatively from high energy jigs and reels to sublime harmony singing. On their musical travels they have received accolades from eminent music legends such as Herbie Flowers and Mike Scott and have performed their own arrangement of a Laurie ... » View band profile »
The Ceilidh Experience (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Ceilidh Rock band
Packages range from £1000 to £2000
Norman Mackay's Ceilidh Experience originally formed in Edinburgh in 2002. Now the Ceilidh band of choice for Rock stars, soap stars and famous politicians, they have gone on to perform at ceilidhs all over Scotland as well as making regular trips to England, Ireland and Europe. The Ceilidh Experience are renowned for their rock style & high energy performa ... » View band profile »
Ceilidh Minogue (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: 3-6 piece Scottish ceilidh band
Packages range from £600 to £1800
Scotland's favourite ceilidh band. An enthusiastic, energetic Scottish ceilidh band that never fails to make weddings and ceilidhs a success. The band is based in Scotland but plays all over, covering cities in the UK from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Manchester and London and abroad. They were featured in BBC Radio Scotland's Hogmanay 'Live' show in 2009 and 2 ... » View band profile »
Celtarabia (based in Hull)
Music Description: 2-7 Piece dance band
Packages range from £550 to £3000
Celtarabia play a wildfusion of Arabic, Andalucian, Celtic, Medieval music and contemporary beats designed to get bodies dancing. Some of this country’s finest world dance musicians play the wildest cross-over music being made in the UK today. Featuring Hurdy-Gurdy, Hammered Dulcimer, Vocals, Cittern, African and Arabic Percussion, Drum kit Didjeridu and ... » View band profile »
Celtica - Pipes Rock (based in International Band Members)
Music Description: Celtic rock band
Packages range from £2000 to £5500
An international band formed in 2009, Celtica - Pipes Rock includes members from Scotland, America and Austria. Featuring two bagpipers, electric guitar, bass, drums and accompanying visuals-their unique blend of fiery rock brings alive the Celtic spirit wherever they perform! The band spent the winter of 2009/10 recording their first album and filming video ... » View band profile »
Celtic Clan (based in Birmingham)
Music Description: 3 piece Irish/Celtic Party Band
Packages range from £450 to £1000
Celtic Clan is the Irish band that doesn't just do Irish! They're perfect for everything from weddings through to corporates, garden parties and more - anywhere you need an atmospheric blend of music designed to get people mingling, dancing and having fun. Of course, they've the capability to do full Irish nights (they played Cheltenham Races on St Patrick ... » View band profile »
Celtic Horizon (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Celtic Folk Music
Packages range from £350 to £1800
Celtic Horizon have been full time musicians for many years now. Celtic Horizon formed in 2000 and have toured extensively around the UK and Europe. ... » View band profile »
The Celtic Soul Orchestra (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Big Beats and Soulful Grooves Celtic Style
Packages range from £2000 to £5000
The Celtic Soul Orchestra combines a unique blend of big beats and soulful grooves with a distinctive Celtic character. The band fuses the soul, funk and disco sounds of Hammond organ, guitar, bass, drums, brass, with fiddle, all performed by exceptional musicians - and finished off with some beautiful vocals. The Celtic Soul Orchestra play an infectious set ... » View band profile »
The CK Gospel Choir (based in London)
Music Description: Gospel Choir
Packages range from £1000 to £3000
The CK Gospel Choir are one of the most talented and professional choirs in the European Gospel scene. Available from 4 to 16 members & with piano or a full band, the choir perform a mix of gospel, jazz, blues, soul, classical & latin. Whether you want to create a melodic backdrop to your event or a burst of energy and joy the CK Gospel Choir will provide a ... » View band profile »
