Ideas, Advice & Inspiration
Our entertainment guides are here to spark inspiration for your next event. Explore the latest trends from our experts, get insider tips on choosing the perfect live acts, discover crowd-pleasing favourites for weddings, parties and corporate events, and uncover unique performance ideas you might not have considered.
Halloween Superstitions
All manner of spooky Halloween superstitions to incorporate into your Halloween parties this year.
A Day In The Life Of The Supertones
Surrey based rock and pop band The Supertones played to university students attending an LSE Ball at The Globe Theatre in Lon...
A Day In The Life Of Irish Ceilidh Band Celtica
Irish trio band Celtica played at a Rotary Ball in Skegness on a bracing and chilly day in March. Ruth Graham, Celtica's voca...
Halloween Kids Party Food And Drinks
Spooky Halloween kids party food and drinks, exciting recipes to entertain your little monsters this year.
Halloween Safety For Kids
Halloween safety for kids: A guide to keep your children safe this Halloween, advice for 'trick or treaters' every where from...
A Day In The Life Of ABBA Live
By Rich Hearn
In January, ABBA Live, the ultimate ABBA tribute band, were booked for an event held at Hotel Mount Errigal in Letterkenny, I...
Halloween Kids Party Games
A small selection of popular party games for your kids to play this Halloween.
A Day In The Life of The Kicks
Ian Fellows, drummer of The Kicks rock and pop function band shares the bands experiences on a good gigging day. It's diffic...
A Day In The Life Of Cheshire Harpist Oona Linnett
Oona is a Cheshire based harpist with many years experience. She was recently booked to play the harp at a wedding in Coventr...
A Day In The Life Of Party Band Happy Hour
Richie Cooper, front man of Happy Hour rock and pop function band, provides an insight into a normal gigging day from leaving...
A Day In The Recording Studio With The Swing Smiths
In December 2010, The Swing Smiths spent a day at The Limehouse Studios in East London recording a new demo CD. 11 hours late...
Planning and Organising a Christening
By Rich Hearn
The steps required to organise a Christening with information about parent and godparent roles, ceremony requirements and app...
Booking An Electric Violinist, Everything You'll Ever Need T...
Whether you want to tug at heartstrings or fill the dance floor, an electric violinist is a glamorous, contemporary and excit...
Booking Indian And Bollywood Entertainment, Everything You'l...
Bring the energy, expertise and elegance of Indian music to your wedding, party or corporate event. From the beauty of the si...
Top 5 Wedding Magicians This Summer
Forget the top hats, capes and canes, today's magicians are stylish, clever and cool! Check out our top five Alive Network we...
Booking Vocal Groups & Choirs, Everything You'll Ever Need T...
Whether you want terrific voices to raise the roof with song, or corporate entertainment that sings your product's praises, v...
Trending Now... The Geek Party
By Clare Hargreaves
Attention all secret geeks, wannabe Princess Leias and retro gamers! This is a Christmas Party too cool for (old) skool...
Your Perfect Party Must-Haves
By Clare Hargreaves
We checked in with guests, planners and event experts on THE ultimate trends and essentials for pulling off your perfect part...
Bijou and Budget-Friendly Partying
By Clare Hargreaves
A successful company Christmas party doesn’t need to involve big bucks. We’ve put together some bright ideas and...
Booking A Latin Or Salsa Band, Everything You'll Ever Need T...
In this booking guide you will learn everything there is to know about Latin and Salsa bands, from what they do to how to boo...
Budgeting 101! Our Top 10 Budget Planning Tips
By Clare Hargreaves
We know you know...but here’s a quick reminder of the basics for you party budgeting gurus
How to live stream from home
These methods are intended for live streaming solo performances from home (due to social distancing). However, when Boris say...
Booking A Soul, RnB or Motown Band
By Rich Hearn
Chill out or boogie on down with the superb sounds of some of the UK’s finest soul, Motown and RnB (rhythm & blues)...
Booking A Swing And Jive Band, Everything You'll Ever Need T...
By Rich Hearn
Get your glad rags on and dance the night away to the retro sounds of super swing and jumpin’ jive bands.

























