Can we hire a band for an engagement party?

Yes. An engagement party is usually a dinner or a cocktail party for forty, so the jazz duo is the size to price first: upright bass and guitar playing the standards at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table. A singer with a guitar plays the party where the couple's song has to be sung, a Spanish guitarist plays a long dinner, and a trio or a quartet plays the engagement party the friends throw. It's one contract with one personal contact and an announcement microphone for the toasts.

What are engagement party entertainment ideas?

The couple's song played once in front of both families, learned for the night; a preview of the wedding's musicians, because the duo at the engagement party can be the duo at the cocktail hour; a Spanish guitarist under dinner; a singer with a guitar taking both families' requests; a trio for the friends' version of the party; and live band karaoke for the wedding party, months early.

Can the same musicians play the engagement party and the wedding?

Yes, on one contract. The duo the families hear at the engagement party plays the cocktail hour on the wedding day, and the singer who learns the couple's song for the engagement party already has it for the first dance, because the first learned song is included in every booking. Tell us both dates with the enquiry.

Can you do the party right after the proposal?

Yes. The friends set up the house while the question is being asked somewhere else, and the couple walks in to everyone they know with their song already playing, which is the same booking as a proposal with a musician: set up early, playing at conversation volume, with the song on a cue. The proposals and surprise songs page covers how the cue works, and one booking can cover the question and the party.

What does live music for an engagement party cost?

The pricing page covers what live music costs in this market and the cost guide has the Colorado figures, wedding cocktail hours included. An engagement party and the cocktail hour it leads to are quoted together when you send both dates, so tell us the place and the couple's song and we'll come back with a configuration and a price for each night.

Can the band play on a patio at an engagement party?

Yes, under cover, with a wall socket through the nearest window. A singer with a guitar takes 6 by 4 feet on one circuit, a duo 8 by 6 on one and a trio 12 by 8 on one, and once the sun goes down the loud part of a patio party moves indoors or to the DJ. The backyard party page sets out the power, the cover and the after-dark rule for a yard.

Engagement party

Live music for your engagement party.

An engagement party is the first night the two families are in one place, and it’s smaller and looser than the wedding will be: a dinner at home, a patio in summer, a restaurant’s private dining space, a toast from whoever gets there first, and the couple’s song played once with everyone watching. The music that fits it is a jazz duo or a Spanish guitarist at a volume the table talks across, a singer with a guitar who learns the song for the night, and a trio if the party is the kind that ends on a floor, on one contract with one personal contact in charge of the music.

An engagement party is part of our private parties bookings, and it’s the first booking of the wedding: the duo the families hear at the engagement party can play the cocktail hour on the day, on the same contract. Both sides of the family get one contract and one personal contact to deal with, the paperwork (a certificate of insurance and a W-9) comes with the quote, and there’s an announcement microphone for whichever parent stands up first.

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Spanish guitar for the dinner, a trio if it dances.

Dirty Flamenco playing Malagueña, the sound of an engagement dinner under a long table, and Sunny on a jazz trio with drums played with brushes, the size for an engagement party big enough to have a floor.

The configurations

A duo for the families, a band if it dances.

An engagement party is usually a dinner or a cocktail party for forty, so the duo is the size to price first, and the rest follows from whether the night ends on a floor.

The jazz duo: Two families who’ve just met need to be able to hear each other, so the duo plays the standards on upright bass and guitar at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table and never above it. It fits in 8 by 6 feet on one circuit, at home, on a patio or in a restaurant’s private dining space, and it’s the same duo that plays a wedding cocktail hour, which makes the engagement party the first time the families hear the wedding’s musicians. The jazz duo and trio page covers the size.
A singer with a guitar: The song the two of them will dance to at the wedding, sung once at the engagement party by Tejas Singh, so the first dance gets a rehearsal nobody calls one. He learns it for the night if it isn’t already in the book, the first learned song is included in every booking, and he takes requests from both sides of the table for the rest of the evening.
The Spanish guitarist: A guitar with real technique in it under a long dinner, which is the first clip above. Dirty Flamenco plays it as one guitarist or as a trio, and the Spanish guitar is also the sound couples book for the ceremony itself.
The trio, for the party that dances: When the friends throw it rather than the parents, it’s a party with a floor, and that books a trio in 12 by 8 feet on one circuit or a quartet in 14 by 10 on two. Tony Medina plays it up to a four piece, and the DJ is there for the friends who want the night to run past the band.

The pricing page covers what live music costs in this market, and the cost guide has the Colorado figures, wedding cocktail hours included.

The party

The dinner, the patio, and the night after the question.

The dinner with the two families: A long table at home or in a restaurant’s private dining space, the parents meeting the parents, a toast from each side, and the duo playing the standards underneath all of it at a volume the table talks across, with the announcement microphone live for whoever stands up. The Denver private parties page covers the club dinners this city books and what a house has to provide.
The cocktail party on a patio: The summer version, with friends of both invited and the party the point rather than the meal. A singer with a guitar or a duo plays it while the light lasts, and the backyard party page covers the power, the cover and what happens to the loud part once the sun goes down.
The party right after the proposal: The one the friends set up in the house while the question was being asked somewhere else, so the couple walks in to everyone they know and their song already playing. The proposals and surprise songs page covers the musician who was already there, and the same booking can cover the question and the party. The wedding weekend’s own welcome party, the night before the day, is on the weddings page.

Ideas

Engagement party entertainment ideas.

The ideas that fit the first night the families meet, each with the page that covers it.

The couple’s song, once: The song they’ll dance to at the wedding, learned for the night and played once in front of both families, so the wedding has a first rehearsal nobody calls one. The first learned song is included in every booking, and the proposals and surprise songs page covers how one song gets placed.
A preview of the wedding’s musicians: The duo at the engagement party is the duo at the cocktail hour, so the families have already heard them by the day. The cocktail hour page covers that hour of the wedding.
A Spanish guitarist under dinner: Something with real technique in it under a long table, and the same guitar couples book for the ceremony. Dirty Flamenco plays it as one guitarist.
A singer taking both families’ requests: One voice and a guitar building the songs each side asks for from the ground up. Tejas Singh plays it with a looper.
A trio for the friends’ version: A trio or a quartet playing the songs the wedding party will dance to, for the engagement party the friends throw. Tony Medina plays it up to a four piece.
Live band karaoke for the wedding party: The band plays the hits and hands the microphone to the best man, months early. The live band karaoke page covers the size it needs.

Questions

Asked about engagement parties.

Can we hire a band for an engagement party?: Yes. An engagement party is usually a dinner or a cocktail party for forty, so the jazz duo is the size to price first: upright bass and guitar playing the standards at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table. A singer with a guitar plays the party where the couple's song has to be sung, a Spanish guitarist plays a long dinner, and a trio or a quartet plays the engagement party the friends throw. It's one contract with one personal contact and an announcement microphone for the toasts.
What are engagement party entertainment ideas?: The couple's song played once in front of both families, learned for the night; a preview of the wedding's musicians, because the duo at the engagement party can be the duo at the cocktail hour; a Spanish guitarist under dinner; a singer with a guitar taking both families' requests; a trio for the friends' version of the party; and live band karaoke for the wedding party, months early.
Can the same musicians play the engagement party and the wedding?: Yes, on one contract. The duo the families hear at the engagement party plays the cocktail hour on the wedding day, and the singer who learns the couple's song for the engagement party already has it for the first dance, because the first learned song is included in every booking. Tell us both dates with the enquiry.
Can you do the party right after the proposal?: Yes. The friends set up the house while the question is being asked somewhere else, and the couple walks in to everyone they know with their song already playing, which is the same booking as a proposal with a musician: set up early, playing at conversation volume, with the song on a cue. The proposals and surprise songs page covers how the cue works, and one booking can cover the question and the party.
What does live music for an engagement party cost?: The pricing page covers what live music costs in this market and the cost guide has the Colorado figures, wedding cocktail hours included. An engagement party and the cocktail hour it leads to are quoted together when you send both dates, so tell us the place and the couple's song and we'll come back with a configuration and a price for each night.
Can the band play on a patio at an engagement party?: Yes, under cover, with a wall socket through the nearest window. A singer with a guitar takes 6 by 4 feet on one circuit, a duo 8 by 6 on one and a trio 12 by 8 on one, and once the sun goes down the loud part of a patio party moves indoors or to the DJ. The backyard party page sets out the power, the cover and the after-dark rule for a yard.

Send us the date, the place and the couple's song, and we'll come back with the configuration and a price for the night.

Live music for your event, from a solo musician to a full band, with sound support that’s the right size for the venue and a personal contact for the night.

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Send us the date and the venue, and we’ll come back with a recommendation and a price for your night. What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page.