Why bother booking live music for your wedding? We've all been to that wedding with the embarrassing singer blasting out 'Don't Stop Me Now' or the bored looking string quartet. A live musician's job at a wedding is to help the bride and groom create the aesthetic and vibe they are looking for. We are not the centre of attention, you are. We support you on your big day, reading the room and providing just the right background atmosphere; we help break the ice between your guests; we provide entertainment and add a touch of class and style which you just can't get from a playlist, trust us...
We've put together some packages which, from experience, we know work well. If you have a different plan, or specific idea, please get in touch.
Travel Costs:
We planned our own DIY wedding in 2022 so we understand completely what it is like trying to plan a wedding and manage a budget. Our pricing is totally transparent, we have no 'hidden fees' and we don't quote clients different amounts. When we were planning our wedding, nothing annoyed us more than suppliers who put 'get in touch for a quote' rather than listing their prices! We put the same effort, attention and expertise into every single wedding we play, and our pricing reflects that.
The packages above cover the total cost to you EXCEPT TRAVEL COSTS. We work these out at 55ppm each way from our house in Bristol (BS16) and for travel over 50 miles, there is also an extra surcharge on top of this towards our time spent while driving. We both have various other types of work, rehearsals and gigs with other bands and musicians and we're renovating our house currently as well. We don't mind driving, but during that time neither of us can earn money elsewhere. If we have a wedding to play in Cornwall for example, this could very well be a 12-16 hour day, for two people. Compare this to a wedding in Bristol where the total time spent might be less than half of that. This is why we charge a surcharge for long distances.
Below is a table to give you an idea of how much the expenses portion of this works out to for different areas of the UK but please bear in mind, for longer journeys it may be substantially more. Please get in touch for an exact quote but hopefully these figures are useful as a rough guide when doing your planning.
Bath - Add £14.00 to your chosen wedding package
Hereford - Add £69 to your chosen wedding package
Cardiff - Add £58 to your chosen wedding package
Birmingham - Add £104.50 to your chosen wedding package + long distance surcharge
Tintagel, Cornwall - Add £166 to your chosen wedding package + long distance surcharge
Brighton - Add £172 to your chosen wedding package + long distance surcharge
Edinburgh - Add £402 to your chosen wedding package + long distance surcharge