View our selection of world music entertainment and world music bands for hire 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
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 sc... > View band profile
Music Description: Classical Guitar
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
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 co... > View band profile
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
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 celebr... > View band profile
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
Music Description: Specialist Piping Group
Packages range
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
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, thre... > View band profile
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 harves... > View band profile
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 music... > View band profile
Music Description: Salsa, Latin Jazz and Latin American Music
Packages range from £900 to £3000
The CubaVida Band are an exciting seven piece outfit offering a unique sound emerging from Latin, Jazz, Funk, Reggae-Ton and Salsa music. The band consists of 2 horns, 2 percussionists, keyboard, bass and Cuban vocalists. The line up of the band and the indivi... > View band profile
Music Description: Pipe Rock
Packages range from £2000 to £4000
The Dangleberries are a band who add bagpipe influences into "rock" music with a unique blend of vocals, drums and guitars. They are a mixture of bagpipes, drums, guitars and a tambourine player.... > View band profile
Music Description: Pop, Soul and Folk with a Latin Twist
Packages range from £600 to £2000
Das Contras are a six-headed musical monster with a Latin temperament, a worldly attitude, two devilish horns and a rock n roll heart. They were winners of the 2006 PRS New Music Award.
"Like an acoustic Groove Armada, Das Contras like their brass and b... > View band profile
Music Description: Gypsy, Balkan Party music
Packages range from £2800 to £5000
This 'anarchic 15 piece gypsy-punk orchestra' bring high precision musicianship and a blazing passion for performance into a swirling circus of spectacle, sensation and sound where only the dead can refuse to dance. Think Borat meets the Prodigy. Eastern Europ... > View band profile
Music Description: Traditional Dhol Drummers
Packages range from £500 to £3000
The Dhol Blasters are a team of young vibrant male and female Dhol players, performing at stage shows, festivals, melas, processions, weddings and all sorts of events all over the country and abroad. The True Roots and Colours of Punjab...... > View band profile
Music Description: Funky take on Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms
Packages range from £550 to £1500
A foot-stomping funky take on classic Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms, Dias combine Latin American folk talents with a tight funk-jazz rhythm section to produce an exciting blend, full of dance, groove and ambient sounds. With added colour from instruments su... > View band profile
Music Description: Drumming Band
Packages range from £1000 to £4000
The Dojo Drummers are a dynamic and vibrant new taiko group, representing the Mugen Taiko Dojo, the UK's Centre for Taiko Drumming. Taiko drumming is a highly visual and exciting art form, and performances have thrilled audiences at every occasion.... > View band profile
Music Description: Gypsy Swing and Jazz
Packages range from £500 to £2000
Formed In 1986, Havana Swing comprise of 3 Guitarists, Clarinet and Double Bass and will take you on a musical journey of Le Hot Club De France through Parisian cafes and Gypsy campfires! Lightning solos coupled with subtle harmonies will leave you in no doubt... > View band profile
Music Description: Appalachian and Bluegrass tunes played with Celtic spirit
Packages range from £800 to £3000
The Homecoming String Band are an energetic celebration of the huge contribution Scotland has made to American Folk Music.
They bring some of the best music back over the Atlantic to find its roots. Old Time songs, ballads from the Appalachian mountains... > View band profile
Music Description: A unique rendition of popular Jazz songs in French
Packages range from £400 to £2000
The Jazz In Paris project is French-American singer eVe Buigues accompanied by Scottish guitarist Kevin Glasgow. The Jazz In Paris Project bring a fresh and innovative approach to jazz with their original French adaptations of familiar jazz tunes, their unique... > View band profile
Music Description: Eclectic, High Energy Folk
Packages range from £600 to £2000
The John Langan Band are an exciting three piece outfit offering a unique sound emerging from Celtic, Balkan, Gypsy swing, and progressive music. With a Celtic bias and a high-energy delivery, they present an extravagant, eclectic package that, though contemp... > View band profile
Music Description: AfroFunk Latino band
Packages range from £1500 to £4000
An AfroFunk Latino outfit fusing tunes from the heart of 70s Nigeria to the carnivals of Cuba, the back streets of Brazil and beyond - expect blistering brass, stunning harmonies and an explosive rhythm section!... > View band profile
Music Description: Bavarian party songs.
Packages range from £750 to £1500
Kolonel Schnapps is one of Scotland's leading Bavarian style band, ideal for beer festivals, weddings and corporate events. The 6-piece Kolonel Schnapps Oompah Band brings the Hofbrauhaus atmosphere to your event. The band will involve and entertain your gues... > View band profile
Music Description: Flamenco dance and Spanish band
Packages range from £500 to £1200
Las Babuchas is a highly respected and experienced set of professional flamenco dancers and musicians: guitar, vocal and cajon player (drums) are the main pieces of the band, but occasional violin or double bass mix with them. They perform a traditional and a... > View band profile
Music Description: Solo Singer and pianist performing rock, pop, jazz covers and original material
Packages range from £350 to £1500
Polish singer Luiza Staniec has been playing the piano, singing and composing for years. Before switching to an electric Wurlitzer, she would usually accompany herself on the piano.... > View band profile
Music Description: Celtic/folk band
Packages range from £450 to £1800
MLB play what they describe as 'Celtic eclectica' - i.e., a range of music within the broad spectrum of Celtic/folk music, from traditional Scots & Irish, Americana, contemporary right through to Basque music and Bob Dylan! They are currently writing their own... > View band profile
Music Description: All girl quartet playing songs of Love, Loss and Mischief
Packages range from £450 to £1500
This quirky Edinburgh-based group present fresh takes on works by musical storytellers from Kurt Weill to Tom Waits as well as self-penned material. The group’s musical chemistry draws in audiences to listen, contemplate, laugh and dance their socks off ... > View band profile
Music Description: Samba Percussion Group
Packages range from £700 to £2000
Samba School are a colourful Samba percussion group specialising in authentic rhythms from the flamboyant Carnival culture of Brazil. Samba is the heartbeat of this culture of celebration, street parties, dance and fun.... > View band profile
Music Description: Celtic Pipe and Drum Band
Packages range from £800 to £2500
Those that have heard SAOR PATROL live never forget the visual image, and the vibrant energy they send out to their audience during a performance. Their original pipe tunes and drum rhythms please, and excite, many a crowd from all walks of life. They are "the... > View band profile
Music Description: Traditional Cuban Band
Packages range from £600 to £2000
This five piece Cuban band have been making waves across Scotland over the last year with their fantastic authentic sound. Son al Son was formed in 2008 by musicians from Cuba and Scotland. As the name suggests, Son al Son play son, a style of music made popul... > View band profile
Music Description: Latin Salsa Band
Packages range from £1300 to £4000
Son Real is one of the UK's most innovative and contemporary Latin bands around today. Created in January 2006 by Latin Touch Entertainments, Son Real aims to create a fresh sound representative of the UK's love affair with the "Latin spirit". Musically Son Re... > View band profile
Music Description: Afro, Ska and Big Beat - Big band
Packages range from £2000 to £4000
The Soznak musical ensemble is the latest addition to the cultural melting pot that is Newcastle upon Tyne In the north of the UK. Soznak is a multi-ethnic world music band, comprising musicians from Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Spain, and the... > View band profile
Music Description: Latin American Folk Band
Packages range from £500 to £1000
Voces Del Sur are an Edinburgh based four piece band, led by stunning Chilean singer Valentina Montoya Martínez. They perform a wide range of music within a broad umbrella of Latin American folk styles, including chacareras, zambas, joropos, valses, Cub... > View band profile
Pop cover bands, rock cover bands, 60s cover bands, 70s cover bands & many many more... The selection we have listed here are all able to play sets that include live cover band tracks & popular Scottish Ceilidh dance music
We have a fantastic selection of Scottish Ceilidh Bands for hire with experience traditional Ceilidh Callers for your Ceilidh Dance. Our Ceilidh Bands for hire are able to bring their own barn dance callers and can play a mixture of Ceilidh Dance and covers which can be tailored to your individual event.
View our selection of professional pipers for hire from solo bagpipers to highland pipe bands including Scottish highland dancers. Our Scottish pipers are perfect any occasion...
We have a range of drummers african, caribbean, japanese, indian and steel drum bands. Hire steel bands or any of our other percussion groups for any occasion...
Most of our live World Music Acts Ayrshire are available to hire for functions and events across the whole of Scotland. Freak Music make it easy for you to hire a band for your event or function in your local area. If you're looking to hire World Music Acts in Ardrossan, Auchentiber, Auchinleck, Ayr, Beith, Catrine, Cumnock, Dalry, Darvel, Drongan, Drybridge, Dunlop, Dunure, Fairlie, Fenwick, Galston, Gatehead, Ayrshire, Girvan, Glengarnock, Hurlford, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Kilwinning, Knockentiber, Largs, Logan, Lugton, Lugar, Mauchline, Maybole, Muirkirk, Newmilns, Ochiltree, Prestwick, Saltcoats, Seamill, Skelmorlie, Sorn, Springside, Stevenston, Stewarton, Troon, West Kilbride then Freak Music is here to help you.
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