Hire Live Swing Bands, Jive and Big Band Swing in Inverness...
We have a top class selection of the best line swing bands for hire in Inverness, big band swing, jive swing and jazz swing bands.
Hire Live Swing Bands, Jive and Big Band Swing, from across the UK, who are happy to travel to Inverness...
52 Skidoo (based in Manchester)
Music Description: 3-7 piece 1920's Harlem Swing Band
Packages range from £500 to £1600
52 Skidoo are a three piece Harlem swing band that have turned back the clock to play a dazzling set of vintage American music. Classic favourites like 'Ain't Misbehavin', 'The Joint is Jumpin'; and 'Your Feet's Too Big' are carefully woven into well known hits like 'Jeepers Creepers', & 'Darktown Strutters Ball' and 'I Ain't Got Nobody' to create an authent ... » View band profile »
Ambassadors of Swing with Jason Isaacs (based in Newcastle upon Tyne)
Music Description: Swing Singer and bigband
Packages range from £800
Jason Isaacs is the most exciting addition to Swing Music in the past ten years! In 2010, Jason was voted "The Nation's Favourite Crooner" by ITV viewers, and he's been sharing his energetic style of big band music to audiences across the World for almost 12 years. Jason Isaacs is a self taught sax player and his natural flare for music shines through ever ... » View band profile »
BBQ (based in Manchester/North West)
Music Description: 3-6 piece Jazz Band
Packages range from £500 to £1500
The BBQ provide quality musical entertainment for weddings, parties, corporate functions and any other special occasion. The band consists of experienced jazz musicians based in North Wales/North West. They have a large and diverse repertoire ranging from New Orleans, through the tin pan alley classics, the swing era, and mainstream jazz recalling the classi ... » View band profile »
Birdland (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Jazz and Soul 3 part vocal harmony
Packages range from £1500 to £3000
Birdland is a jazz & soul vocal harmony trio - think Manhattan Transfer meets the Andrews Sisters with some cool soul thrown into the mix! They are backed by trio of some of Scotland's finest jazz musicians on piano, bass and drums. ... » View band profile »
Blu Velvet (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: 2-5 piece vocal jazz and covers band
Packages range from £200 to £1400
Blu Velvet play and sing classic jazz and modern songs to a high quality. They delve into the great American Songbook and emerge with tasteful modern arrangements; they cherry-pick the best modern songs from the great singers such as Ella, Nina Simone, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Norah Jones, Amy Winehouse, Eva Cassidy, Caro Emerald, Adele, and Edi Reader. ... » View band profile »
The Bond Band (based in London)
Music Description: 1-12 Piece James Bond Tribute Band
Packages range from £900 to £3500
The Bond Band are an explosive and awe-inspiring 12 Piece live band. They perform ALL the title themes from the James Bond Films. They were formed in 2004 as the first ever James Bond Tribute Band in the world, and have since toured the UK extensively and been flown abroad to appear at events. In 2007, the band shared joint billing with The National Symphony ... » View band profile »
Brass Impact Big Band (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: Swing, Jazz, Funk & Soul Big Band
Packages range from £1500 to £5000
Brass Impact are one of Scotland's most dynamic jazz ensembles, offering a unique presentation of big band jazz that is entirely new, fresh and exciting. Playing a wide range of music in the style of the ever popular big bands, their main aim is to provide our members and audiences with the opportunity to experience big band like they've never heard it befor ... » View band profile »
The Casablanca Steps (based in Manchester)
Music Description: 1920s & 30s Music & Comedy with a Contemporary Twist
Packages range from £1750 to £2500
The Casablanca Steps with over 30 TV appearances to their credit will delight your guests from the minute they start. They offer an outstanding musical performance that is unique and thoroughly entertaining. Their track record is unrivalled. The Casablanca Steps are four very individual and talented performers who recreate the authentic musical ambience of t ... » View band profile »
The Congo Faith Healers (based in London)
Music Description: Gypsy-swing, blues, latin band
Packages range from £900 to £4000
The Congo Faith Healers are like no other band and have a totally unique sound and image! Combining swamp infested gypsy blues with wild guitar playing, voodoo vocals, latin american drum and trumpet grooves with rockabilly swing double bass and hooks that you can sing along to instantly, they have one of the most intense and utterly compelling live shows ar ... » View band profile »
The Counsellors (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Lounge tinged Swing, Latin & Funk
Packages range from £1400 to £2500
The Counsellors are a seven piece extravaganza of a band. Their sound is classic lounge, with a twist of lemon, and an extra jigger of dry Vermouth. Comprised of vocals, three horns (trombone, trumpet and sax), guitar, bass and drums, The Counsellors swing (and we mean swing) from all over the world, with members from Australia, Canada, Brazil, Ireland and S ... » View band profile »
Dean Alexander (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: Solo swing tribute act
Packages range from £200 to £1000
Dean Alexander has been the performing as "Wrapped Up Showband" for over 20 years and now he is doing what he was born to do, Sing swing! Dean actually trained as an actor in Glasgow before taking up singing full time, among other things he's been murdered in Taggart, appeared in Still Game & River City and treaded the boards too... Testimonial» View band profile »
Debbie Davis (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Jazz, Swing and Big Band
Packages range from £800 to £3000
Debbie Davis has a vast and beautiful voice, awarded ‘Runner Up Best Vocalist of the year’ by The Scottish Jazz Awards 2009 Debbie's repertoire is versatile and impressively extensive in range. Often outperforming originals her excellence is instantly recognisable and has been compared to Barbara Streisand, Eartha Kitt as well as her greatest her ... » View band profile »
The Declaration Band (based in Dundee)
Music Description: 6 Piece soul band with ceilidh option
Packages range from £750 to £2000
The ‘original good time band’ playing old time classics that will keep you on your feet and dancing the night away. The Declaration band combine blues, soul and rock n roll. They boast a full brass section and always dress to impress and will happily learn your first dance on request. The band are based in Arbroath and have quickly gained a reputation in ... » View band profile »
Dominic Halpin and the Honey Bs (based in Manchester)
Music Description: 5 piece party swing band.
Packages range from £900 to £3500
One of the coolest swing bands in town, perfect for your wedding entertainment, private party or special corporate function business event. Dominic Halpin and the Honey B's swing band will keep you entertained . They can keep the mood mellow with the smooth sound of Dominic's unique voice, or pump it up for the party people. What ever you require, this band ... » View band profile »
Down For The Count (based in London)
Music Description: 9-piece function band
Packages range from £1250 to £2700
Down for the Count are a sensational 9 piece function band performing a fantastic mix of Swing, Rat Pack, Soul and Motown music to give you a party to remember! A fantastic female vocalist is backed by a youthful and experienced band, providing unforgettable live entertainment at great value. This versatile and talented band will transform the atmosphere of ... » View band profile »
The Eastcoast Boys (based in London)
Music Description: Celebrating The Music Of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
Packages range from £2000 to £5000
This Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Tribute are guaranteed to have you dancing in the aisles, featuring many hits from both sides of the Atlantic: 'Sherry', 'Grease Is The Word', 'Bye Bye Baby', 'Stay', 'Silence is Golden', 'Working My Way Back to You Babe', 'Oh What a Night', plus many, many more… ... » View band profile »
Elle and the Pocket Belles (based in London)
Music Description: 5 stunning females performing Swing and Jazz
Packages range from £600 to £1500
Presenting... the statuesque Elle and her stunning pint-sized Pocket Belles. Soulful and sassy, this quintet simply sizzle on stage with their swinging take on contemporary hit songs; as well as delivering jazz and swing classics in their harmonious and cheeky style. These stylish beauties will captivate your nostalgia. Add vintage class and the glamour o ... » View band profile »
Fat Sam's Swing Band (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Swing Big Band
Packages range from £2000 to £4000
Fat Sam's Swing Band are Scotland's premier Jumpjive, Boogie, Swing, Dance, Swing Dance, Jazz, Blues, and R & B swing band. This 9 piece outfit covers a huge range of classics from the highly commercial 'jump-jive' music of Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway and Louis Prima, and the swinging sounds of Glen Miller, to the small and big band music of the middle-perio ... » View band profile »
The Funky Butt Swing Ensemble (based in Hampshire)
Music Description: Funky dance from the 20s to the 60s and lots more!
Packages range from £1975 to £3500
The Funky Butt Swing and Dance Ensemble are an established professional band who travel UK wide. Since recent BBC One appearances the band are in demand for dancing, background, corporate and cabaret engagements. ... » View band profile »
The Gilev Showband (based in London)
Music Description: 15 Piece Showband
Packages range from £18000
The Gilev Show Band has left audiences around the globe wowed for close to two decades now. This 15 piece fully professional band features some of the world’s finest musicians and vocal entertainers. Their high-energy, non-stop performances display a dynamism anmatched by any other act and their passion for music and a sophisticated glamour that knows no b ... » View band profile »
Goosebumps (based in Canterbury)
Music Description: 5 piece energetic swing band
Packages range from £1000 to £3000
Goosebumps are one of the hottest Swing Jive and Jump Blues bands in the UK. These highly-experienced musicians are truly the cats "meow" and will Jive up any event with their Swing. "The Jumpingist Jivers in town" - the high energy Swingy-Jazzy-Jivey-Bluesy music is the name of the game with these fellas, from their togged-out period clothes to the in betwe ... » View band profile »
The Hat Pack (based in London)
Music Description: The Hat Pack: Taking the world of swing bands by storm
Packages range from £1800
As swing bands go, it doesn’t get more charismatic than The Hat Pack. Phenomenal vocals, great on stage chemistry and glittering humour are the core ingredients that make The Hat Pack what it is: charming, suave and unforgettable. Whether they’re performing fifties classics or modern hits, the Hat Pack delivers each song in an irresistible swing style. F ... » View band profile »
The Jazz Bar Jazz Group (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: all kinds of jazz from upbeat to laid back
Packages range from £400 to £2000
Variable Jazz format groups (Trio/Quartet/Quintet/Funk Band/with vocal) that provide a cool jazz ambience, ideal as a background to a drinks reception, corporate event, wedding or other private gathering eg Birthday, or scaled up to a more dance-oriented role. Using the substantial and impressive programming expertise of The Jazz Bar (Edinburgh's most popula ... » View band profile »
Jazz Cannons (based in London)
Music Description: Magnificent 4, 5 or 7 piece Vintage Swing, Rat Pack, Classic Pop & Soul Band
Packages range from £1600 to £3000
The Jazz Cannons are a classic swing band, jazz band, soul band and pop band led by the magnetic vocalist and saxophonist Jimmy Cannon. When booking The Jazz Cannons you can expect everything from laid back jazz standards to cool Rat Pack style swing and dance floor stomping jive. If the mood takes you, they have an extensive range of classic pop, soul and f ... » View band profile »
The Jive Aces (based in London)
Music Description: Swing and Rock n' Roll classics
Packages range from £4000 to £8000
The Jive Aces are one of the hardest-working bands in show business today, performing over 300 shows a year in over 25 countries and appearing on hundreds of TV and radio shows all over the world ... » View band profile »
The Johnston Brothers (based in Dundee)
Music Description: Jazz and Swing Duo
Packages range from £300 to £850
Brothers, Garry and Derek Johnston have been singing and performing for over 20 years in the Tayside area of Scotland. Having started with local amateur musical societies, both have appeared in popular stage musicals, many of these in leading roles. ... » View band profile »
Legacy (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Pop Covers, Soul and Motown, Ratpack Swing, Jazz Standards and Ceilidh
Packages range from £250 to £2500
If you're planning a party or special event, and are looking for great live music to give your event that special touch, look no further. Legacy gives you every option you could possibly need. They are a flexible 1-9 piece band that performs Pop Classics, Rat Pack swing, soul music, and even Scottish Ceilidh music that's sure to make your event a real succes ... » View band profile »
The Little Big Band (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Vocal and Guitar swing duo
Packages range from £250 to £500
The Little Big Band are a guitar and vocal duo performing classic swing covers. From Sinatra to Louis Armstrong The Little Big Band's repertoire covers a wide range of classic swing and showtunes from the Jazz and Blues era. Featuring Callum Maguire on vocals and Aly Barr on acoustic guitar, The Little Big Band are guaranteed to get any audience clicking the ... » View band profile »
The Lollipops (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: 6 piece Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass covers band
Packages range from £650 to £1500
For your fun party or event, Lollipops re-creates the happy, brassy Tijuana brass sound from the 1960s. Singing and playing hits like 'This Guy's In Love With You' and 'Tijuana Taxi' with the original taxi horn. The band's line up includes trumpets, vocals, accordion, guitars, bass, keyboards and drums, enabling to re-create those classic 1960s charts while ... » View band profile »
Martin Waugh (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Jazz Vocalist
Packages range from £350 to £2000
Martin Waugh is one of Scotland’s leading jazz vocalists. After attending the distinguished Fiona Duncan vocal jazz workshop and working with his vocal coach Anne Diack, he has become one of the country’s most sought after singers. ... » View band profile »
The Mini Big Band (based in Leeds)
Music Description: 10 piece jazz and swing band
Packages range from £1900 to £3000
The Mini Big Band is a fantastic 10 piece band specialising in providing the highest quality musical entertainment for any event, with the charisma and professionalism that has come to be highly sought after by this youthful Band. Whether a corporate function or a private event, you can be confident that The Mini Big Band will provide your guests with a hig ... » View band profile »
The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra (based in Nottingham)
Music Description: Jazz and swing bigband
Packages range from £350 to £3000
The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra UK is a swing big band with options avaialble from the full 19 piece band down to a cool American Songbook trio. The Band has appeared at functions as diverse as the American Air Museum, Ascot Racecourse (as a strolling jazz sextet), the Edinburgh Fringe festival and on TV's 'Big Breakfast' show. The Band always deliver a pr ... » View band profile »
Moray Innes (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Sinatra Tribute act
Packages range from £450 to £5500
Moray Innes was born on 11th April 1964 in Edinburgh, attended Ainslie Park School and it is here he discovered his musical talents, first on clarinet then saxophone. While Moray was growing up, he was greatly influenced by his father‘s passion for the music of Jolson, Sammy Davis Jnr, Dean Martin and Sinatra. Their music inspired him to follow a caree ... » View band profile »
The Nova Scotia Jazz Band (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: 20's and 30's ragtime jazz band
Packages range from £570 to £1500
The Nova Scotia Jazz Band is firmly in the tradition of the swinging Dixieland groups led by Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, and Alex Welsh. Featuring the world class trumpet of Lorne Cowieson, the banjo wizardry of Duncan Findlay, the elegantly swinging string bass of Ken MacDonald, the ever swinging drums of Andy Rankin and the vocals, clarinet and saxophon ... » View band profile »
Ocean's 3 (based in Aberdeen)
Music Description: Rat Pack style vocal trio
Packages range from £750 to £1500
3 voices bringing the best of the Rat Pack and more, with a show inspired by the great Vegas shows of Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, along with other great crooners. Ocean's 3 provide more than just great voices, they are interactive and their fun banter with an audience makes any event more entertaining. ... » View band profile »
The Riot Jazz Brass Band (based in Manchester)
Music Description: 6 - 15-piece riotous brass band!
Packages range from £500 to £2500
Riot Jazz - A twisted mix of funk, soul, hiphop and aggressive jazz - sculpted round the LIVE 8-piece Riot Jazz Brass Band. Since their maiden voyage in Manchester 2008, the Riot Jazz Brass Band has been the bare-breasted galleon figure of the Riot Jazz flotilla. Captained by Nick Walters (who recently completed a Masters in Jazz Trumpet) and fronted by the ... » View band profile »
The Riviera (based in Manchester/North West)
Music Description: The Busking Band with a Twist!
Packages range from £1050 to £2500
Bringing the sound of 1930's Paris crashing into the modern world of contemporary pop!!! The Riviera are a stylish and charismatic group of extraordinary musicians. Their unique busking style combines the sublime talents of all 5 musicians to create a vibrant live act, putting a contemporary twist on the classic 1930’s gypsy jazz sound. Wh ... » View band profile »
Schwing (based in London)
Music Description: 4-12 piece swing band
Packages range from £1650 to £5000
Schwing are one of the finest live swing bands of their kind in Europe. After countless performances this function band are still thrilling audiences the world over with their fine musicianship, exceptional vocal talent and charismatic performance. Schwing’s sensational repertoire combines swing band and Italian classics with dance floor filling pop and so ... » View band profile »
Sinatra Entertainment UK (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: 2-13 piece Sinatra-style weddings and corporate entertainment
Packages range from £495 to £1985
Over 20 years ago, Frank Holden was fortunate to see one of the most influential performers of the 20th Century, Francis Albert Sinatra. He had seen Frank Sinatra perform twice before, but this time he was only 3 metres away. Also in the audience was Sammy Davis Jr., and on stage was the Buddy Rich Orchestra. After a few minutes, a voice said: "Ladies and ge ... » View band profile »
Soul Simplicity (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Soul and blues function band
Packages range from £450 to £1600
Soul Simplicity present you with a sonic fusion of blues, funk and all‐time classics performed with inimitable style. The band’s influences range from the down‐home blues of the Mississippi Delta to the soulful finesse of Motown to the funk explosion of the seventies, also incorporating modern classics into their own bluesy idiom. Soul Simp ... » View band profile »
The SoundPower Orchestra (based in Newcastle upon Tyne)
Music Description: 35 piece professional contemporary orchestra
Packages range from £4500 to £7500
The Soundpower Orchestra's specialism is versatility: it is equally at home delivering a programme of TV Themes, Hits from the 60's, Movies Themes or A Night with the Beatles. Also a 70's Disco Inferno or A Christmas with Soundpower. This unique orchestra could also provide a dynamic accompaniment to a leading singer or Jazz soloist. The orchestra shatter ... » View band profile »
The Stirling Function Band (based in London)
Music Description: Stirling Austin Swing & Soul Band
Packages range from £1250 to £2500
The Stirling Austin Band has all the ingredients you need to make your event - wedding entertainment, a party, private or corporate function- truly remarkable from the very first note. They are a Swing Band and a Soul Band. They cover all the party classics from Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Buble and Elvis through to Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder and Lionel Rich ... » View band profile »
The Strictly Smokin' Big Band (based in Newcastle Upon Tyne)
Music Description: 19-piece Big Band
Packages range from £700 to £3000
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, The Strictly Smokin' Big Band is now a well established ensemble in the North East, lead by trumpeter Michael Lamb. With a repertoire taking all styles of Jazz and Swing music ranging from Duke Ellington to Gordon Goodwin via Buddy Rich, Bob Mintzer, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra - there's something for everyone to enjoy. W ... » View band profile »
The Sugar Band (based in London)
Music Description: 2-5 piece jazz/swing band
Packages range from £480 to £1500
The Sugar Band, led by jazz/swing singer Sheila Daniels, can be hired for your wedding, civil ceremony, private party or corporate event at any location throughout the UK. Sheila is backed by a top class line-up of professional jazz musicians. They can provide a Duo, Trio, Quartet or Quintet to suit your special occasion. Delivering the very best of jazz, s ... » View band profile »
The Swingcats (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: Swing, jazz and standards in three-part harmony
Packages range from £800 to £2000
This glamorous female four piece capture the classic look and sound of the 30s, 40s and 50s with close jazz harmonies and swingin' piano. Much in demand after several sell out tours and shows both in the UK and abroad, these girls bring the great era of swing and jazz to life with wonderful arrangements of classic songs. ... » View band profile »
The Todd Gordon Big Band (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Jazz & Swing Big Band
Packages range from £2000 to £5000
Classic performer of American Songbook material. Inspired by the greats (Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme) but delivering the songs with his own personal style and panache. Because Todd has such an extensive repertoire, he can tailor the music to suit the occasion, whether for dancing, or more subtle background effect, or for a l ... » View band profile »
Two Petes in a Pod (based in Edinburgh)
Music Description: Piano/Saxophone Duo
Packages range from £600 to £1500
2 Petes In a Pod provide arrangements of well known classics ranging from light jazz to pop including The Beatles, Louis Armstrong and The Jungle Book. ... » View band profile »
