Can we hire a band for a graduation party?

Yes. A graduation party books a singer with a guitar first, because one voice can play the songs the whole family knows through the food and the songs the graduate asked for once the table thins out, and it grows to a quartet if the lawn turns into a floor. A jazz duo covers the family lunch, a DJ covers the friends, and live band karaoke gets both generations singing. It's one contract with one personal contact, and sound support sized to the yard is included.

What are good graduation party entertainment ideas?

A singer with a guitar taking the graduate's requests; live band karaoke, where the band plays the hits from the 80s onward and hands the microphone over, so the friends and the parents sing in the same hour; a DJ set built from the graduate's own playlist; a jazz duo for the family lunch; and one song for the graduate, learned for the day and played in front of everyone.

What does a band for a graduation party cost?

Our pricing page covers what live music costs in this market and the cost guide has the Colorado figures, house parties included. A graduation party gets one quote whether it books one singer or a singer and a DJ, so send the date and a sentence about the yard and we'll come back with a configuration and a price.

Can the music work for the grandparents and the graduate's friends?

That's the whole job. A singer with a guitar plays the standards and the songs the family knows at a volume the table talks across, then the songs the graduate asked for once the table thins out, and the DJ or the band takes the yard from there. Live band karaoke is the one configuration that gets both crowds up at the same time, because its book runs from the 80s and 90s onward.

What does the yard need to provide?

A wall socket through the nearest window on a dedicated circuit, cover over the band and the sound desk in any forecast, and a plan for the loud part of the party to move indoors or to the DJ once the light goes. A singer with a guitar or a DJ takes 6 by 4 feet, a duo 8 by 6, a trio 12 by 8 and a quartet 14 by 10. The backyard party page sets the whole ask out.

Can the musician learn one song for the graduate?

Yes. The song a parent wants played for their kid is learned for the day if it isn't already in the book, and the first learned song is included in every booking. Tell us the title with the date.

Graduation party

Live music for your graduation party.

A graduation party is two parties in one yard. The grandparents, the aunts and the neighbors are at the table, and the graduate’s friends are on the lawn wanting nothing to do with the table, and the music has to reach both without either one leaving. A singer with a guitar who plays the songs the whole family knows and then the ones the graduate asked for, a duo for the family lunch, and a DJ or a party band for the part of the afternoon that belongs to the friends, on one contract with one personal contact in charge of the music.

A graduation party is part of our private parties bookings. It comes with sound support that’s the right size for a house or a yard, a certificate of insurance and a W-9 with the quote, and the musicians arrive with the smallest setup the afternoon allows. It almost always happens outdoors, so the backyard party page covers what the yard has to provide, from the power to the cover.

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A singer with a guitar, and a band for drinks.

Tejas Singh building No Woman No Cry from the ground up with a looper at a private party, which is the size that reaches the table and the lawn at once, and Tony Medina playing welcome drinks, the band a bigger graduation party books.

The configurations

The size that reaches the table and the lawn.

The graduate’s friends and the graduate’s grandparents don’t want the same music, and the size that solves it is the one that can play both.

A singer with a guitar: One voice and a guitar in 6 by 4 feet on one circuit, playing the songs the whole family knows through the food and the songs the graduate asked for once the table thins out. Tejas Singh is the act we recommend first for a graduation party, because he builds a request from the ground up with a looper and the same booking grows to a quartet if the lawn turns into a floor.
The jazz duo for the family lunch: Upright bass and guitar in 8 by 6 feet, playing the standards at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table for the graduation that’s a lunch for the family first. The jazz duo and trio page covers it.
The DJ for the friends: A DJ in 6 by 4 feet on one circuit, with a set built around the graduate’s own playlist and the songs that have to happen, is the size the friends actually want, and it moves indoors easily when the loud part has to.
The party band: A trio in 12 by 8 feet or a quartet in 14 by 10 for a graduation party big enough to have a floor. Tony Medina plays it up to a four piece, and live band karaoke, the band that hands the microphone to whoever wants a song, is the one idea that gets the graduate’s friends and the graduate’s parents up in the same hour, because the book runs from the 80s and 90s onward.

What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page, and the cost guide sets out the Colorado figures for each kind of night, house parties included.

The season

Late May and June, on everybody’s calendar at once.

Graduation parties land in a three-week window at the end of May and the start of June, on the same weekends as every other graduation in the district and the first wedding Saturdays of the summer, so the date is the thing to send early. A college graduation runs a couple of weeks ahead of the high schools, and the Sunday afternoon after a Saturday ceremony is the easier ask on both calendars.

The party is an afternoon that turns into an evening, which is the backyard shape: a singer with a guitar or a duo while the food is on, at a volume the tables talk across, and the band or the DJ once the family thins out and the friends have the yard. Sets run 45 to 60 minutes with music through the breaks. The loud part of it belongs early or indoors, which the backyard party page sets out, along with the power and the cover a yard has to provide.

Ideas

Graduation party entertainment ideas.

The ideas that work with two generations in one yard, each with the page that covers it.

A singer taking the graduate’s requests: One voice and a guitar, building the songs the graduate asks for from the ground up after the family’s songs are done. Tejas Singh plays it with a looper.
Live band karaoke for both generations: The band plays the hits from the 80s onward and hands the microphone over, so the graduate’s friends and the graduate’s parents end up singing in the same hour. It needs a big main floor or a garage with the cars out, and the live band karaoke page covers how a guest gets to the microphone.
A DJ set built from the graduate’s playlist: Hand us the playlist and the DJ builds the afternoon around it, in 6 by 4 feet on one circuit, and carries the late end of the party indoors.
A jazz duo for the family lunch: Upright bass and guitar under a long table for the graduation that’s a lunch for the grandparents first. The jazz duo and trio page covers it.
One song for the graduate: The song a parent wants played for their kid in front of everyone, learned for the day if it isn’t in the book. The first learned song is included in every booking, and the proposals and surprise songs page covers how a single song gets placed in a party.

Questions

Asked about graduation parties.

Can we hire a band for a graduation party?: Yes. A graduation party books a singer with a guitar first, because one voice can play the songs the whole family knows through the food and the songs the graduate asked for once the table thins out, and it grows to a quartet if the lawn turns into a floor. A jazz duo covers the family lunch, a DJ covers the friends, and live band karaoke gets both generations singing. It's one contract with one personal contact, and sound support sized to the yard is included.
What are good graduation party entertainment ideas?: A singer with a guitar taking the graduate's requests; live band karaoke, where the band plays the hits from the 80s onward and hands the microphone over, so the friends and the parents sing in the same hour; a DJ set built from the graduate's own playlist; a jazz duo for the family lunch; and one song for the graduate, learned for the day and played in front of everyone.
What does a band for a graduation party cost?: Our pricing page covers what live music costs in this market and the cost guide has the Colorado figures, house parties included. A graduation party gets one quote whether it books one singer or a singer and a DJ, so send the date and a sentence about the yard and we'll come back with a configuration and a price.
When should we book a graduation party?: As soon as the ceremony date is known. Graduation parties land in a three-week window at the end of May and the start of June, on the same weekends as every other graduation in the district and the first wedding Saturdays of the summer. A college graduation runs a couple of weeks ahead of the high schools, and the Sunday afternoon after a Saturday ceremony is the easier ask.
Can the music work for the grandparents and the graduate's friends?: That's the whole job. A singer with a guitar plays the standards and the songs the family knows at a volume the table talks across, then the songs the graduate asked for once the table thins out, and the DJ or the band takes the yard from there. Live band karaoke is the one configuration that gets both crowds up at the same time, because its book runs from the 80s and 90s onward.
What does the yard need to provide?: A wall socket through the nearest window on a dedicated circuit, cover over the band and the sound desk in any forecast, and a plan for the loud part of the party to move indoors or to the DJ once the light goes. A singer with a guitar or a DJ takes 6 by 4 feet, a duo 8 by 6, a trio 12 by 8 and a quartet 14 by 10. The backyard party page sets the whole ask out.
Can the musician learn one song for the graduate?: Yes. The song a parent wants played for their kid is learned for the day if it isn't already in the book, and the first learned song is included in every booking. Tell us the title with the date.

Send us the date and a sentence about the yard, and we'll come back with the configuration and a price for the party.

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.