Quick Guide to Amazingly Hot Irish Wedding Bands for 2022

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Introduction

Hi Everybody I hope all is well and you are surviving after all of the fallout of COVID. As somebody who’s worked professionally as a drummer, and a DJ for over 20 years within the music industry both at an original level and as a commercial musician, I get asked a lot of questions all the time for advice about what are some of the top New Music trends or Irish Wedding bands to book for a wedding.

It’s no surprise that you might feel like your running around in circles with too many options and not enough advice from people who know about entertainment, hey it’s usually your first time ever booking entertainment, and boy can it be a minefield.

We’ve all been there—it never seems easy, so why not check out our list of Wedding band ideas below. With so much choice, so many websites, so many socials, it can get complicated and also cluttered.

When you’re trying to work out which band works best for you based on your budget and style. With this in mind, I felt it could be a good idea to give you some insights into how we look and book, some of the leading Irish Wedding Bands in Ireland and let you in on a secret on the best bands worth looking at for your wedding day 2022, 2023 and onwards!

The Firm
Midnight Revellers
Havana Club Trio
Vintage Boombox
Pure Hits
Kickbacks
Paris Swinging Lovers with Paddy Sherlock
Daft Punk Tribute

Alongside themes and styles of music that they perform this wedding blog may help you incorporate some of the entertainment ideas into your wedding plans, or help you in creating your own personal music theme.

There are some really awesome bands in Ireland right now. Without a doubt, the standard of musicians playing is really high. No matter what Hotel, Bar, Club, Social club you go to you will always find brilliant Irish musicians performing on any given night.

QUICK TIP + ADVICE

In my opinion, the perfect music mix for a wedding party is a great party Band with a Professional and experienced DJ for after the meal, and if you can afford it drop in some drinks reception entertainment to keep the flow of the day.

It’s massively essential to keep the mood going and to really give it a good kick. It’s always great to have some after-dinner entertainment to add a little spark that elicits a real… wow factor.

Increasing the energy levels going into the room is always a good plan in fact it’s essential, as it sets the tone for the party. After a long day, after starting at seven am or 8 am in the morning after a big full meal, people can get tired fast, and then they want to chill out, so you can very easily lose the momentum of the wedding guests and they drop away to recline on the sofas. and talk.

WEDDING ENTERTAINMENT IDEAS

A great idea is to consider booking some after-dinner entertainment for 20 or 30 minutes. Look at Unique Acts like the secret undercover singing waiters, the opera singing waiters, the diva singing waiters, or why not try the Celtic drummers Show with Dancers from Audionetworks which is a brilliant way of delivering high energy and real wow factor. In my experience, it’s a great band for your back as just after the meal guests can get very lazy and with acts like these, you keep the momentum.

If you’ve got guests coming over from America and abroad, it’s always nice to add in some Irish dancers, a simple little show for 20 to 30 minutes can be a great way of incorporating your Irish heritage, at the right price..

It’s your wedding and booking a real dynamic and unique after-dinner act, in my opinion, after gigging for 20 years, plus performing in nearly every single hotel and venue, I do feel that it’s a great idea to have a Party band, and DJ, as the mix of the two acts offers you all the styles of music covering all angles and all age groups.

Post-COVID Obviously, some things may change, or maybe everything might still remain the same in the same format. I would suggest a good idea is to keep focusing on Party-style teams and look at some of the top Irish Wedding bands currently booking for 2022 and 2023 right now.

AMAZING WEDDING BANDS

We’ve got new killer ideas to help inspire the choice of your Irish wedding band.

Here are some of my personal favorites, hot off the shelf ( lol )

Two of the Very big Wedding acts that get that prove massively popular every year are the FIRM As Seen on TV with Ray Darcy and the IRFU alongside The Midnight Revellers who add a bit more traditional Irish songs and new modern contemporary Chart music with an awesome female fiddle player.

The Midnight Revellers are massively popular with Couples getting married with Irish Person Ireland & Abroad. The reason is that this incredible band mix up the best of Trad Irish with Modern Contemporary Songs and classic hits setlist.

If you love a bit of Indie music and some classic tunes with a more Alternative Setlist one band also made a lot of noise at the moment, which would be kickbacks. They are the kind of an alternative flair to a wedding plan, a music style. They’re a little bit edgier, they’ve got a big, big focus on their music playlist.

The Kickbacks Irish Wedding Band

A band for small Weddings

Also keeping up with the different size bands you could take a look at some drinks reception entertainment, a really cool idea would be from Cuba is the Havana Club trio. Beautiful for summer weddings. This acoustic trio, dress up in white suits and trilby hats. So they really set the mood and style for an upmarket reception, As your guests arrive at the hotel or venue, it’s always a nice way of creating that warm buzz and feeling, and this band is totally dynamic, with options to perform and sing as a walkabout table act or by performing live on a stage.

Vintage Boombox

Vintage Boombox take songs from the ’80s to Now, strip them down to Double Bass, Piano, Drums and Powerhouse Vocals and add a dash of Latin, Jazz, blues and Soul!! Featuring members of The Late Late Show House-band & the Stars of the Commitments touring band amongst others
We can play in the corner of a room with mellow tunes or fill the main stage with 2 hours of high energy!
Vintage Boombox was created to be different, playing modern songs you already know in a unique old- fashioned style. We didn’t want to play old Jazz Standards that nobody knew to an understandably indifferent audience – We aim to entertain, and give your guests something they truly haven’t heard or seen before.

PURE HITS

Pure Hits are one of the most exciting, fun filled wedding & corporate bands on the Irish Circuit today. They have got extensive experience in live entertainment and always deliver to the highest level.

The band members have shared the stage with some if the biggest acts today, David Grey, Dermot Kennedy, Mundy and many more. They cover across a wide range of music genres to provide customers with the perfect experience to suit their tastes and requirements. Dance floor filler, sing along anthems, big time Hits, from The Beatles to Take That, Oasis to Elvis, you name it the Pure Hits will deliver everything.

Paris Swinging Lovers

Renowned musician Paddy Sherlock’s Paris Swinging Lovers, who are exclusively selected from Paris for you, are with certainty a real treat at any event, whether it be your Wedding…

We broke international news with Daft Punk tribute this week Due to their massive berlin club show …..check it out

FRANCE;
DAFT PUNK TRIBUTE DJ SHOW ( LEADING FRENCH MUSIC ARTICLE )
http://mobile.lesinrocks.com/2016/10/04/musique/malgre-les-photos-et-les-videos-daft-punk-netait-pas-en-concert-a-berlin-mardi-soir-11869285/

GERMANY;
https://noisey.vice.com/alps/article/sind-daft-punk-am-montag-heimlich-in-berlin-aufgetreten
https://thump.vice.com/de/article/sind-daft-punk-am-montag-heimlich-im-sisyphos-berlin-aufgetreten?utm_source=thumpfbde&utm_medium=link

VIRGIN RADIO FRANCE
http://www.virginradio.fr/daft-punk-en-concert-a-berlin-la-rumeur-qui-a-agite-le-web-a562621.html

VIRGIN RADIO FRANCE

http://www.virginradio.fr/daft-punk-en-concert-a-berlin-la-rumeur-qui-a-agite-le-web-a562621.html

DRINKS RECEPTION IDEAS

Another cool idea, the drinks reception entertainment or even for the ceremony is to DueT Justice.

The amazing duo is classically trained. Aoife Kelly is one of Ireland’s most talented and sought-after fiddle players, recognised also by performing with the wonderful profile Irish group KILA. This acoustic duo is crossover artists that mix classical music and traditional music, along with modern contemporary themes. If you like, they can also switch from the fiddles to acoustic guitars and vocals.

The perfect entertainment idea for ceremonies, and for drinks reception …..also hot tip. When you’re looking at booking drinks reception music and ceremony music, If you book the same band, they’ll always offer you a discount. So do ask, why not you might be able to shave some euros off if you book with an agency.

This of course is one of the advantages. you’ve got the backup. You’ve got the bands, but also if you’re booking multiple acts, you’ll get more discounts for each act that you book.

TRIBUTE ACTS?

Believe it or not, we do quite a lot of work in London, with one of our acts called Daft Punk Tribute. This is one of the most exported Tribute Wedding DJ acts that we’ve had in the last 10 years. This Dj Duo is a really cool idea as we all know regrettably that daft punk just split up. So why not pretend you have the real thing…. Live and alive at your wedding, definitely unique, definitely Awesome, And definitely a great value. Perfect for going late into the evening.

Speaking of late into the evening……Why not take a look also at something cool like a Silent headphone disco. You’ve got no noise issues. It’s super cool fun. It’s unique. My personal advice would be to split the DJ’s set into two parts.

Absolutely keep your band and your DJ, the DJ does the normal set. Then just at the end of the night, say for the last hour, or hour and a half you finish your DJ set with the Silent Disco. This means you can go really late into the night because there are no noise issues. Usually, the hotel will let you go on a bit longer, plus it’s a super cool and unique wedding entertainment idea.

It’ll leave your guests talking about your wedding for many years to come. This along with things like The opera singing waiters or the diva waiters are a brilliant way of making your wedding really stand out. Right now Sax & DJ or Drummer with DJ is proving very popular for bookings in 2021 and 2022.

Some cool links to view are right here;

If your hitting the resident’s bar why not book a trad duo at midnight for a sing-along session, that will keep the party flowing all night long late into the early morning, nothing like a 4 am finish!

We all feel it, COVID has made us all rethink how we live our lives, and what we really cherish and value, so I think, good music and great entertainers can help make us all more connected and the need for that connection can always be expressed through great music at a wedding, especially in Ireland were words folklore songs ballads, Celtic mythology, are super essential to the parts of our daily lives, handed down from generation to generation.

I really hope you enjoyed some of the advice and thoughts that we discussed. Perhaps you will find one or two little nuggets or wedding entertainment ideas that may help you when choosing your perfect wedding acts. Feel free to hit me up by mail Or call. + 353 1 201 3660, it would be great to hear from you. Wishing you all the best on your wedding day.

Check out our Party band examples and take some inspiration for your wedding entertainment. You are sure to find something that could work for you at the right price point based on your budget, not ours.

Why not pop in and call us for a free personal one-to-one call or a personal and direct Zoom meeting face to face. You can find us real easy at Suite 12 Parklands Office Park, Southern Cross roundabout, Bray, County Wicklow …Take care & Big Love All!

MEET THE EXPERT

Mark Downing, is the Owner & Director of the Award Winning Agencies Audionetworks.ie plus Ireland’s Profile Original Talent Agency www.AMAMusicAgency.ie ) A former Drummer & DJ, Mark has over 30 years of experience as a Music & Entertainment Business Consultant.

These websites below are fully loaded with incredible acts and wedding music ideas;

( Written by Mark Downing, former Drummer & DJ & Director of Audionetworks.ie and Ireland’s profile Original Talent Agency www.AMAMusicAgency.ie )

Quick Guide To Amazingly Hot Irish Wedding Bands For 2022