Find a World Music Act for your wedding event in the UK...
View our wedding day selection of world music entertainment and world music bands for hire in the UK including, Flamenco bands, Latin bands, Mariachi bands, Ceilidh bands, Cuban bands, Balkan bands, Indian bands, Asian bands, Arabic bands, Caribbean steel bands, Bollywood bands, French bands, Samba bands, Pipers, marching bands and many more of the best uk world music acts.
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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 A&E Ceilidh Band (based in Isle of Skye )
Music Description: Ceilidh and Scottish Dance
Packages range from £500 to £1500
The A & E ceilidh band was formed in 2000 by two friends who played music together throughout school and into their adult lives. Ally and Edward play between them accordion, highland bagpipes and drums. They were joined in the band by talented guitarist and singer Balfour Christie, who has been a musician for over 30 years. ... » 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 »
The Albanach Guitar Duo (based in Linlithgow)
Music Description: Classical Guitar duo
Packages range from £375 to £800
The Albanach guitar duo provide elegant arrangements of light classics to energetic Latin dances and moody Spanish melodies. ... » View band profile »
Esther Swift, harp and David Douglas, voice are two Scottish musicians at the beginning of their musical careers. They are both highly sought after performers in their own right with a depth of performance experience. Esther enjoys a varied career with orchestras and as a recitalist and composer. David is an up and coming singer with a breadth of experien ... » View band profile »
Alhambra Flute and Guitar Duo (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: Guitar and Flute Duo Performing Classical, Popular and Spanish music
Packages range from £500 to £1500
Alhambra is a Flute and Guitar duo performing Classical, Popular and Spanish music. Alhambra also perform a selection of well arranged folk songs. Audiences around the country have been overwhelmed by their expressive and soulful performances. The intricate combination of guitar and flute are likely to massage the listeners ears for the duration of the perfo ... » View band profile »
Alistair Lennox's Thistle Dubh (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: Ceilidh Band & Disco
Packages range from £550 to £1000
The Thistle Dubh Ceilidh Band were formed at the dawn of the new millennium. Their creative, energetic and vibrant style of playing, will ensure that their blend of music is enjoyed by the novice, discerning dancer and musical enthusiast alike. ... » 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 »
The Allestri Ensemble (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: classical String Quartet or Trio
Packages range from £400 to £900
The Allestri Ensemble are a versatile and stylish string quartet / trio available to play for all kinds of occasion but specialising in providing music for wedding ceremonies and receptions. ... » View band profile »
Ally has piped all over the country and europe for the last 18 years including playing for royality on a numer of occasions and even pop star's weddings! ... » View band profile »
The Anvil Ceilidh Band (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: 4 piece ceilidh band
Packages range from £400 to £1200
The Anvil Ceilidh Band offers a full traditional Scottish Ceilidh - with experienced caller, covering all the popular dances and some unusual but fun aternatives too. The band also offers digital music on CD/DVD Laptop, MP3 and iPod with lights to provide a Disco. The band plays a range of songs interspersed between the faster dances to provide relief for t ... » View band profile »
The Appassionados (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: 4-8 piece Tango band
Packages range from £450 to £2000
An explosion of sound, this band bring you the great Tango music of Argentina. They play music from Carlos Gardel to Piazzolla making it both an authentic and organic experience. Ideal background music which adds an air of class to your event. Either sit back and enjoy or feel the music and dance... ... » 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 »
Beleza is a duo made up of vocals and guitar, specialising in bossa nova, samba, and other Brazilian pop styles. With an extensive repertoire including many classic Brazilian songs and original compositions, Beleza can tailor a performance to suit the mood of your event. Singer Alyss Rose has a background in jazz, blues and pop, and has been singing Brazili ... » View band profile »
Best Before Midnight (based in Falkirk)
Music Description: Ceilidh and Covers band
Packages range from £700 to £1500
Best before midnight are a five piece ceilidh and covers band and comprises Phil MacFarlane on fiddle, Fraser Campbell on keyboards, Craig Scott on drums and percussion, Ronald Webster on Bass guitar, electro-accoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Campbell on lead guitar and harmonies. The band is a collaboration of versatile and richly talented musicians with an ... » 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 »
