Hire Wedding Bands In Essex
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Happy Hour
Our #1 best selling party band, you'll be blown away by the Happy Hour experience! With over 500 five star reviews, Happy Hour are available as a 4-piece l...
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The Arcadias
Dynamic and professional 4 piece Rock and Pop band The Arcadias are ready to bring the high energy and fun to your event. With a huge level of experience a...
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Happy Days
Known for their big stage presence and four-part harmonies, Happy Days are a high energy rock and pop band that’ll have your guests celebrating on the danc...
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Dirty Weekend
Dirty Weekend are the UK's #1 Festival Themed party band! Paying tribute to the biggest & best music festivals in the world, they've also performed at many...
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Party Starters
Party Starters are a cool & contemporary pop & rock band that know what a great party is all about! Energetic & exciting, Party Starters live sets are guar...
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Technicolour
Meet Technicolour! A stand out, vibrant band of talented dudes. Stylistically diverse with a repertoire filled with all of your favourites spanning the las...
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The Leaners
One of our hottest new acts of 2025, get ready for The Leaners - your punchy and soulful party band! Available as a 4, 5 or 6 piece line-up. Mixing hot new...
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The Jukeboxes
Talented 4 piece band covering an extensive mixture of Rock & Pop favourites from the classics Beatles to the latest Kings of Leon. With amazing male vocal...
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Night Shift
Want that unforgettable party? Want funk? Want rock and pop? Night Shift deliver. With the band's mix of stone cold classics and spanking-new bangers, you’...
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The Compilation
Keeping the party dancing with an array of Chart Hits, 90s anthems and a selection of funk & disco classics, The Compilation offer something for everyone w...
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The Low Down
Having performed on some of the biggest stages from Glastonbury to Alexandra palace alongside acts such as Bastille and Tom Odell, The Low Down are an expl...
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“The Party Starters were fantastic! In the lead up to our wedding day we were in contact with Will, who was friendly and efficient. We were able to select our favourite songs from the setlist which the band adhered to and played brilliantly. The band brought a lot of fun to our evening celebrations w...”
Matthew S booked Party Starters for their Wedding in Essex
“Phenomenal performance by Talk of the Town. Very chilled, easy going and fun to have at our wedding. They look the part, they sound the part and delivered a Stella performance. Everyone was waving about the band after the evening was finished. Must have for any event! Thank you again gents!”
Adam C booked Talk Of The Town for their Wedding in Essex
“I can’t praise glow party enough. From the start, they were on time, which is always a relief when holding an event. Chris and George are both very friendly and care about giving you the sounds you want as well as using their experience in judging the audience. They played hit after hit with amazi...”
Pete F booked GLOW PARTY BAND for their event in Essex
“I have to admit I was a bit worried about choosing you without seeing and hearing you live. We couldn't be happier! You provided the most amazing night we could dream of. Your professionalism and your talents were shining and everyone was asking where we found such an amazing band! Thank you Ch...”
Andrea booked The Apes for their Wedding in Essex
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Wedding Bands in Essex
What You Need To Know
It’s the home of Blur, ‘The Planets’ composer Gustav Holst, and Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry. Yet Essex is never given quite the credit it deserves for its contribution to music and culture.
Think Colchester and you probably think of a quaint ancient town, rather than the birthplace of Britpop. However it’s here that mates Damon, Graham and Alex came together with drummer Dave Rowntree to form the band around which the cultural movement coalesced: Blur.
Likewise, Southend (pronounced ‘Saarf-End’) deserves a reputation for punching above its weight when it comes to music, with goth-garage outfit The Horrors and many more all calling the seaside town home.
Our bands are available to hire in every area of Essex including:
- Basildon
- Billericay
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Brightlingsea
- Burnham-On-Crouch
- Canvey Island
- Chelmsford
- Chigwell
- Chipping Ongar
- Clacton-On-Sea
- Colchester
- Epping
- Frinton-On-Sea
- Grays
- Great Dunmow
- Halstead
- Harlow
- Harwich
- Loughton
- Maldon
- Rayleigh
- Saffron Walden
- Southend-on-Sea
- Stansted Mountfitchet
- Tilbury
- Waltham Abbey
- Walton-On-The-Naze
- West Mersea
- Wickford
- Witham
- Wivenhoe
The cost of wedding bands varies, depending on the line-up, and the options each band offers. In the last 12 months, the average price of a wedding band in Essex was £1,800 including travel costs.
The table below shows the range of fees for different types of wedding bands:
| Type of Artist | Cost Range |
|---|---|
| Rock and Pop wedding party bands | £750 - £3000 (3-piece) £800 - £4000 (4-piece) £1100 - £5000 (5-piece) £1400 - £27000 (6-piece or bigger) |
| Upbeat and Dixieland Jazz bands | £660 - £1,800 |
| Acoustic and Roaming bands | £380 - £2000 (Duos) £750 - £2000 (3-piece) £850 - £3600 (4-piece or bigger) |
| Soul Wedding Bands | £1100 - £3600 (5-piece) £1600 - £5000 (6-piece) £2100 - £7500 (7-piece and bigger) |
| Rat Pack and Swing bands | £1000 - £2500 (4-piece) £1100 - £3000 (5-6-piece) £1000 - £5000 (7-piece and bigger) |
Booking a band who are local to your venue is a great way to reduce cost, as any travel fees will be minimal. The home town of all Alive Network wedding bands are included on their profile pages, and your Entertainment Coordinator can recommend the best bands near to your venue. However, you don’t need to limit your search to just local bands – your perfect band maybe willing to travel at nominal cost!
The list below shows approximately how much space wedding bands of different sizes require:
- 3-piece band - 3 x 3 metres
- 4-piece band - 4 x 3 metres
- 5 and 6-piece band - 5 x 3 metres
- 7-piece band and bigger - 5/6 x 4 metres
Depending how close to the performance space a wedding band can park, unloading, setting up and performing their sound-check will take around 60 – 90 minutes.
Some busy city hotels require bands to load in via a supplier’s entrance, using a shared staff elevator, which can increase set up times.
Following their performance, it takes around 45 – 60 minutes to pack down and load out.
Our bands usually offer two 60-minute performances, though many can perform for longer if needed. You could spread out a two-hour performance by splitting it into three 40-minute sets. Most bands are flexible to fit in with your evening, and will usually take a break of around 15 minutes between sets, during which time they will provide background music from an MP3 player or laptop.
If providing the evening entertainment, a wedding band would typically arrive at 6pm, get set up and perform that all-important sound check by 7.30pm to 8pm, get changed and ready to start the first performance by around 9pm. The second performance would then start around 10.30pm, until a normal curfew of midnight. Many wedding bands offer longer performances or DJ sets at an additional cost, including finishing times of 1am and 2am. You can find the booking options on each wedding band’s profile page. These times serve as an example – the band will always liaise with you and will tailor what they are doing on the night to your particular needs.
Check out these reviews of Essex wedding bands to help you find the perfect band for you.
- Party Starters
“The Party Starters were fantastic! In the lead up to our wedding day we were in contact with Will, who was friendly and efficient. We were able to select our favourite songs from the setlist which the band adhered to and played brilliantly. The band brought a lot of fun to our evening celebrations with our guests dancing and singing along to every song. The lead singer was engaging with the guests, creating a very warm, connected atmosphere between band and guests. Would highly recommend for any occasion.”
Matthew S booked Party Starters for their Wedding in Essex
- Talk Of The Town
“Phenomenal performance by Talk of the Town.Very chilled, easy going and fun to have at our wedding.They look the part, they sound the part and delivered a Stella performance. Everyone was waving about the band after the evening was finished.Must have for any event! Thank you again gents!”
Adam C booked Talk Of The Town for their Wedding in Essex
- The Apes
“I have to admit I was a bit worried about choosing you without seeing and hearing you live. We couldn't be happier! You provided the most amazing night we could dream of.Your professionalism and your talents were shining and everyone was asking where we found such an amazing band! Thank you Chris, Sam, Ryan and Lewis for a memorable night for us and for all of our guests who still talk about you ??Andrea & James”
Andrea booked The Apes for their Wedding in Essex
- Juicebox
“Juicebox arrived and set up promptly ready for the start of the wedding. The singing was amazing and got everyone up dancing and singing along. Great communication before the event. Juicebox learnt our first dance, especially for the event and it was amazing. Can’t recommend highly enough. Thank you Juicebox.”
Charlotte H booked Juicebox for their Wedding in Essex
- Season
“Season played at our wedding, and put in a fantastic performance. They nailed our first dance song acoustically and then played our favourite songs in a playlist that was thoughtful for all generations at our wedding. Thank you so much x”
Ed S booked Season for their Wedding in Essex
- Arcades
“Can we just say a massive thank you for making our wedding so amazing!!!!! We had the best evening. From start to finish you made the whole process brilliant and stress free. Your a very talented bunch of people. Thank you again Kelly and Wayne”
Wayne A booked Arcades for their Wedding
We work closely with some amazing Essex wedding venues including: Gosfield Hall, Gaynes Park, Leez Priory, Braxted Park Estate, Quendon Hall (Parklands), Blake Hall, Prested Hall, The Reid Rooms, Layer Marney Tower and Houchins Farm and many more.
If you want any advice on suitable entertainment at your chosen venue, just let us know where you’re planning to book and we’ll share what we know, who we’ve booked there in the past, which of our bands are most suitable and any other key information about entertainment at that venue that we think you might want to be aware of.
As a proud supplier member of the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners, we are happy to recommend their members who abide by the UKAWP Code of Business Practice.
The following UKAWP wedding planners cover Essex and the surrounding areas: One Curious Dream, Weddings By Mary, Natalie Hewitt, BusyBrides and The Wedding Planners.
Aside from finding some of the best Wedding Bands in the UK and getting expert advice from our friendly staff, one of the main reasons to hire a Wedding Band from Alive Network Entertainment Agency is security. We ensure your booking is covered 24/7 against any eventuality, so that no matter what, you can enjoy your event without worrying about whether your entertainment will turn up. If your band is ill or unable to perform, our team will be on hand to source a suitable replacement even out of office hours and at short notice. Imagine having to do that yourself!?
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