Holiday parties in Denver

Live music for your holiday party at home.

You can tell a holiday party is going well when the coats are piled on a bed upstairs and the whole house is talking. A Christmas jazz duo or trio playing songs like The Christmas Song is a great choice for drinks and dinner, and if you’d like dancing later, we can bring a party band or a DJ, too.

We play plenty of other private parties throughout the year, too. Planning the office party instead? Check out our corporate holiday party page.

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Watch a holiday party band and a jazz guitarist

This is Tejas Singh’s quartet at a holiday party with a dance floor, followed by one jazz guitarist playing White Christmas, a lovely choice for a December dinner at home.

Who to book

What size band do you need for a house party?

In our experience, a holiday party at home needs a smaller band than most hosts imagine, since the musicians have to fit where the party already is. Here are four sizes that work well in a house, and any of them can play your whole party or just one part of it.

One guitar, or a singer with a guitar: This is the right size for an open house or a small dinner. A jazz guitarist can play Christmas songs and jazz standards, or a singer with a guitar can play the songs your guests ask for. If you’d like a dance floor later, Tejas Singh can play dinner as a duo and then grow to a quartet for the dancing.
The Christmas jazz duo or trio: You can book upright bass and guitar, and we can add drums played softly with brushes for a bigger party. They play the holiday classics and some jazz that isn’t about the holidays at all, in whatever balance you like. Learn more about our Christmas jazz trio.
The party band: A trio or a quartet can play the songs everyone knows and get people dancing. Tony Medina can bring up to four musicians. With live band karaoke, the band hands the mic to whoever wants a song, and that works best on a big main floor or in a finished basement.
The DJ: You can book a DJ on their own, or have one take over from the band through the same sound system. It’s the easiest way to keep a house party going late. Can’t decide? Here’s how we’d think about a band or a DJ.

Curious about prices? Our cost guide covers each size across Colorado, including house parties.

What you’re planning

Three kinds of holiday party at home

The open house: Guests come and go over an afternoon and an evening. A solo musician or a duo plays holiday songs with the standards mixed in, so the people who stay all afternoon keep hearing something new.
The seated dinner: Upright bass and guitar are a lovely fit for a dinner, and we can have a microphone ready for a toast. If you’re also celebrating a milestone birthday, we can plan the song list around the guest of honor.
The party that ends in dancing: Some cocktail parties end with the coffee table out in the hall and everyone dancing. A trio or a quartet can play quietly through dinner and then get people dancing on your main floor, and a DJ can take it from there if you’d like to keep going.

The calendar

Live music for Thanksgiving week, New Year’s Eve and January parties

Thanksgiving week: Most of the parties we see that week are the night before Thanksgiving, when family has flown in, or a Friendsgiving on the Saturday before or after. Both are usually dinners, so a solo musician or a duo playing jazz standards is often the right fit, and we’ll add holiday songs if you ask. The same size works well for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, too.
New Year’s Eve at home: At home, a trio or a quartet can play first, a DJ can take over after that, and we can have a microphone ready for the countdown. The Christmas jazz trio can also move from holiday songs to swing as the party goes on.
The January party: Some hosts skip December on purpose and throw their party in the second or third week of January, when people’s calendars are a little emptier. Thinking about this for the office? Check out our post on January office party ideas.

Little extras

Holiday party entertainment ideas for adults, at home.

A Spanish guitarist for a long dinner: Spanish guitar is one of the requests we hear most for December dinners at home, and it’s a lovely way to make a long meal feel special. One Spanish guitarist is plenty for a dinner at home, or Dirty Flamenco can play as a trio, and you can add a dancer for a featured performance.
A surprise song for someone in the house: We can play one special song for a guest in front of everyone, whether it’s a proposal at the party or a song for the grandparents.
A Christmas set at the moment you choose: We can play carols all night, save one set of Christmas songs for after dinner, or let the trio find the right balance as the party goes on.

Need ideas for work, too? Take a look at our office holiday party ideas in Denver, which include venues.

Questions

What people ask about holiday parties at home

Hosting at your house? Our Denver private parties page has more on parking and power, and you can find stage sizes for every act on our technical page.

Can we book a band for a Christmas party at home?

Yes. You can book anything from one guitarist to a band and a DJ through Signet Artists in Denver, all on one contract.

Do you play Christmas music, or just the standards?

Both, and the balance is yours.

How loud is it in a house?

During dinner, we’ll keep the music at about the level of the conversation, so your guests can talk easily. A party band will turn it up once people start dancing. Winter parties are indoors anyway, so December is usually an easy month for the neighbors. If your building or HOA has quiet hours, let us know when you book.

How much space does the band need in a house?

A solo musician or a DJ takes up about 6 by 4 feet, a duo 8 by 6, a trio 12 by 8 and a quartet 14 by 10. Each one may need a dedicated electrical circuit that the oven and the coffee makers aren’t on (the quartet and the karaoke four-piece may need two). Setup can take about 45 minutes for a solo musician or a DJ and about an hour for a duo or a trio. Your tree may be standing in the corner the band would usually take, so just let us know where to set up, and tell us about the driveway or the alley for unloading.

Can we have live music at a small dinner?

Yes. One guitarist or a singer with a guitar is plenty for a small dinner, and a duo works well at an open house, however many people are there at the time.

Tell us your date and a little about your house.

We’d love to play your holiday party, whether that’s one guitarist in the corner or a full band and a DJ. We’ll size the sound system to your house, and one personal contact will look after you from start to finish.

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