London Wedding Bands

Our London wedding bands perform a variety of hits from every decade, ensuring there’s a little something for guests of all ages. Whether it’s classic soul and Motown you’re into or bang up-to-date chart hits, you’ll find something to suit your tastes.

Some of the most popular genres covered include Vintage / Swing, 50s / 60s rock 'n' roll, 70s disco/funk, Motown and soul, 80s pop and rock, 90s indie and Britpop, Modern / Contemporary pop, Dance and R&B.

Several factors can affect the price of a live function band, mainly the number of musicians, the experience of the band and the travelling distance.

As a guide, you can expect a trio to start at around £1000, with 4-piece bands ranging between £1200 and £2000.

We always outline exactly what’s included on your quote, but as a guide, you can expect all prices to include the following:

• 2 x 60 or 3 x 40 minute live sets to finish by midnight
• Professional PA system (Speakers, mixing desk, amps etc)
• High-quality lighting for performance area and dance floor
• DJ Playlists before, between and after live sets until midnight
• Travel expenses
• Public Liability Insurance and required PAT test certificates

When hiring a London wedding band through Bands For Hire, you'll be assigned a dedicated member of our team with extensive experience in the wedding industry. We'll be happy to assist with any queries you may have to ensure a stress-free booking process from the moment of your enquiry to the big day itself.

The bands featured on this page are local wedding bands based in London and have performed at some of the most famous and popular venues across the city including Kew Gardens, Fulham Palace, Syon Park and The Barbican Centre to name but a few.

We represent an extensive roster of talented wedding musicians to cover every aspect of your big day. From harpists, guitarists, pianists and wedding singers for the ceremony, through to acoustic acts and jazz bands for afternoon drinks reception music.

Many of our London wedding bands offer a full wedding entertainment package to include extras such as instrumental sets, afternoon acoustic sets, jazz sets, wedding breakfast pianists and evening DJ sets.

We’ve made booking a London band a simple and stress-free process, simply follow the steps below:

• Step 1: Browse through the London wedding bands on this page, watch the videos and visit the band’s profile page to view more videos, photos and information about setlists and packages.
• Step 2: Add the band to your shortlist by clicking on the star icon, once you’re happy with your shortlist, send us an email with your event details. Alternatively, you can enquire about each band separately using the contact form at the bottom of the band’s profile page.
• Step 3. We’ll check availability with the band and send you a quote based in your event location. From here you can reply to our team to ask any questions you may have.
• Step 4: If you’re happy to proceed with the quote, we’ll just need you to send over your full name and address along with confirmation of the full venue address.
• Step 5: We’ll send over a contract for you to review and sign along with an invoice for a deposit, equal to approx. 20% of the total fee.
• Step 6: Once the contract has been signed and deposit paid, we’ll send over a booking confirmation email outlining your booking. You’ll also have a dedicated member of our team assigned to your event who will be available to answer your queries right up to the event date.

We represent some of the most popular wedding bands in London which means they’re often booked up quite far in advance. If you have a favourite band that you simply have to have, then we advise booking at least 12-18 months in advance to make sure you don’t miss out.

Sound limiters have become more and more commonplace over the past few years and are something all of our wedding bands are familiar with. If your wedding venue has a sound limiter or in-house PA system, please mention this in your enquiry and we’ll ensure your wedding band is suitable.

Many wedding bands can adjust their set-up by using an electric drum kit and in-ear monitors.

All of our London bands provide free DJ playlists throughout the evening until midnight, so you won’t need to book a DJ as well.

Most of our bands in London do offer manned DJ sets as an optional add-on. This involves a member of the band DJ-ing from a laptop and usually works out cheaper than hiring a separate DJ.

Wedding bands usually base their quote on a standard arrival time of approximately 5:30 pm/6 pm. If the band are setting up in a different room to the meal and speeches, they'll be able to set up straight away. Otherwise, the band will usually wait until the meal and speeches have finished avoiding any interruptions

Professional wedding bands will always endevour to work to your schedule. As a general guide, we recommend starting the band's live sets no earlier than 8:30 pm/9 pm.

Function bands typically take around an hour to set up and sound check, with some larger bands requiring up to 2 hours.