The UK's Best Showbands to Hire for Weddings and Events
At FixTheMusic, we have handpicked the UK's finest luxury showbands to make it easy for you to connect directly with them and hire for your wedding or party. All are available to perform at weddings and events throughout the UK and internationally.
Our showbands have vast experience performing across the globe at some of the world's most exclusive venues and for the most discerning clients, at destination weddings and high-end corporate events.
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Each showband has a wide-ranging repertoire that includes soul, Motown and pop, as well as R&B, 90s classics and hip-hop.
They are the perfect choice for when you really want to pull out all the stops, impress your guests and create a show to remember. When looking to hire a showband for your wedding, international experience is a must – and our bands have the best experience and musical skills to put on the finest show.
All of our showbands feature multiple vocalists (both male and female singers), as well as horns and brass (sax, trumpet, trombone) and a full percussion section. So they not only sound incredible, but also look spectacular on stage too.
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Reviews from local events in the UK
“Omg if you want your wedding to be the biggest party from start to finish, you need these guys! Best decision we made in the entire wedding was booking the mashup kings! My guests still talk about them! Even with one singer down, Benji told us not to worry and he would get the party started until the other arrived and he absolutely did! Thank you to the entire band for making it my dream day! Xx”
“They played everything my daughter and her now-husband asked for, with exceptional talent. The dance floor was filled from the moment of the first dance to the end of the evening at 01:00am. I can highly recommend them to anybody. Absolutely fabulous.”
“Mashup Kings performed at our end-of-year staff festival, which featured street food, a DJ, a saxophonist, and a vocalist. Their set was fantastic and created a brilliant atmosphere for the staff. The performers engaged the audience and had everyone up on their feet dancing. Thank you for an excellent event. Communication with them was effortless, and their attention to detail prior to the event was superb.”
“The amount of options were amazing, and they got the crowd involved which was so much fun. All our guests said how brilliant they were - you could tell as nobody was off the dance floor whilst they did their sets! I’d highly recommend, thank you so much!”
“Groove Addiction were a great addition to our wedding! We knew from the offset that we wanted to book a band for the evening and we’re so pleased we booked Groove Addiction as they got the party started and the dance floor was always busy! Communication with the band was great leading up to the wedding, they were quick to respond and provide advice on our questions which put us at ease leading up to the big day. We had a fantastic day and we ended on a high by partying the night away with great music. Many of our guests commented on how much they loved the band, we would highly recommend! Thank you Groove Addiction!”
“I would highly recommend Soul Flight! They performed at our wedding this summer & were amazing! We received so many compliments on how great they were. They totally brought the party & got everyone on the dance floor!”
“Beats & Beyond were absolutely phenomenal and made our wedding day. We booked them across the whole day - the acoustic duo for our ceremony and drinks reception, then the full five-piece band with saxophone and DJ in the evening- and every part was flawless. The duo set the perfect tone earlier on, and come the evening the dancefloor didn't empty once. Our first dance was timed to perfection, with a brilliant sax moment that had all our guests flooding onto the floor. So many people came up to us saying they were the best wedding band they'd ever seen, and a few are already tracking them down for their own events! Joe was also fantastic to deal with throughout the planning - patient with our endless questions, flexible with every request, and completely on top of every detail, which made the whole thing stress-free. We couldn't recommend them more highly. Thank you for giving us the most incredible night!”
“The Incognitos were amazing! They really got the crowd involved (including getting the bride up on stage to sing a song), and allowed a guest to sing a song when they asked. They were flexible with timing. They were friendly and polite. Couldn’t have asked for a better performance!!”
“Not sure where to start but MOJO were absolutely FANTASTIC! The vibe and party atmosphere we wanted to create for our wedding couldn’t have been achieved without them! From our entrance into the wedding breakfast, the performances during the wedding breakfast and the fact that our guests haven’t stopped talking about the band and literally couldn’t wait for them to come back on the night of the wedding is the biggest compliment I can give. Mark was brilliant with his communication throughout and just got Katie and me from the get go. Thank you so much for a brilliant day and evening of performances! Even our other wedding vendors have asked for MOJO's details since the wedding which is a clear compliment of how good they are! Thank you, thank you, thank you all!”
“Soul Flight were excellent! A dream to work with (including managing a logistical challenge of a smaller performance space and setup across two timeslots). And the music itself was incredible - despite a boiling July evening, the dancefloor was packed. Brilliant song choices and repertoire - the garage medley was particularly brilliant - and the singer and sax player blew us all away. Would 1000% recommend!”
“Absolutely loved the 3 piece band, the guys made my 30th birthday party a blast and played all the classics and current hits that got everybody doing all kinds of dance moves. would highly recommend them!”
“I don’t even know how to put into words how amazing Saturday night was for me, Robert and all our guests! You were all incredible, beautiful and fun! It was simply everything I hoped it would be and more. Thank you so so much! I also just absolutely loved (your?) mum on the side, truly the ultimate fans! Aaagh I want to do it all over again, please let everyone know how happy we are and so thankful you were part of the day!”
Why Hire a Showband for Your Wedding or Event?
Our selection of UK show bands are the ultimate form of live musical entertainment. They are the first choice for luxury, destination weddings across the world, high-end corporate parties and other VIP events. Luxury event planners and wedding planners turn to these bands when they need a reliable band to pull out all the stops for their client.
The showbands we have selected on FixTheMusic include some of the UK's finest musical talent: singers who tour the world with celebrities and session musicians at the very top of their game.
Each show band also has vast experience of performing at luxury Jewish weddings, both in the UK and across Europe.
How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Showband in the UK?
The starting price to hire a wedding showband for an event in the UK is usually around £5,000. The exact price will vary depending on the number of musicians and singers you book.
At the upper end, the cost to hire the most luxury UK showbands can be between £20,000 - £50,000.
One of the most popular size of showband is a 12-piece wedding band. This size of band usually allows for multiple singers, a horn section, as well as the usual guitars, drums and bass. Pretty much any other combination is possible: from 10-piece, 11-piece, 13-piece, 14-piece wedding bands – the options are endless.
Most showbands perform 2 x 60 minute live sets. In between and after the live sets, the band either provides a laptop playlist service or more commonly a DJ will hit the decks to keep the party pumping when the band isn't on stage. In the last couple of years, a very popular choice is to add a sax player and percussionist to perform alongside the DJ, effectively a showband with DJ live combination. In our opinion, that is the ultimate package for high-end weddings, as it both looks and sounds spectacular and is guaranteed to impress your guests.
If you're looking to elevate the showband's performance even further, you might want to hire a stage for the band to perform on. Most bands aren't able to provide their own stage, but there are plenty of specialist stage suppliers in the UK who work with our showbands frequently.
What Instruments Are Included in a Showband?
Each show band will offer different options and line-ups depending on what you require. Our showbands are more than happy to create bespoke arrangements for your event.
The usual line-up will be one or two singers (usually a mix of male and female singers), guitar, bass guitar, drums and keyboard. The next addition is often a horn section made up of sax, trumpet and possibly trombones.
The bands can add more singers, a string section (violins and cellos) and some even offer the option to add a full gospel choir.
These larger options are truly spectacular – both in look and sound. If you're really looking to wow your guests, then a 14-piece showband is guaranteed to blow them away. Our Gatsby showbands also feature dancers and other elements to put on the best show for you and your guests.
Where Will the Showband Perform?
Our showbands are available to perform anywhere in the world.
As the UK's capital city with numerous types of showband, London is the most popular area for showbands to perform – most frequently at large private events and 200+ person weddings.
In London, our showbands are regular performers at some of the cities top wedding venues, including the Rosewood Hotel, The Goring, The Beaumont, Corinthia, Claridge's in Mayfair and The Wellesley.
Outside of London, our showbands travel the length of the country frequently. They have performed in other parts of south-east England (in Kent and Berkshire for example), as well as further north, in Manchester and Leeds, as well as in Scotland.
Beyond the UK, the bands have vast experience entertaining at international conventions and destination weddings in countries such as Portugal, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Dubai, Bahrain, Oman and Turkey.
About FixTheMusic
FixTheMusic is a secure platform for hiring amazing professional wedding bands and musicians anywhere in the world. And it's completely free to use.
Founded in 2015 by two brothers who share a passion for great live music, FixTheMusic is a new way to find and book hand-picked bands for weddings, private parties, corporate events and charity events.
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As professional musicians, we realised how difficult it can be for event planners to find and book musicians for their event. So we decided to make it easy.
With FixTheMusic, all you need to do is tell us what you’re looking for and our system does the heavy lifting to get you offers from our carefully curated selection of amazing musicians.
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Local professional musicians and function bands throughout the world
Beyond the UK, FixTheMusic has helped clients find amazing local musicians and book UK-based bands for destination weddings and events as far afield as Cyprus, France, Malta, Monaco, Ibiza, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, Iceland, Finland, Poland, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Guinea, India, Israel, the Dominican Republic, Singapore and China.
We are the world's leading specialists in providing outstanding bands for weddings in France, Italy, Greece (and the Greek islands, especially Santorini), Spain, Portugal and Croatia.
We have ambitious plans to grow internationally over the coming years — we want FixTheMusic to be the first port of call for discovering and booking outstanding local musicians throughout the world.
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FixTheMusic was a finalist in the Parmee Prize for Entrepreneurs at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
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We have become the first port-of-call for British couples looking to hire the finest wedding bands UK has to offer.
Having provided the live music entertainment for thousands of weddings and events worldwide, we were often asked by clients if we provided other entertainers aside from bands.
We now offer a full range of entertainment options for weddings and corporate events, from fire dancers and magicians to acrobats and stilt walkers, including other professionals such as wedding photographers.
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